Seahawks given 1-word description of offseason that mirrors Eagles' from 2025
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The Seattle Seahawks are having an iffy offseason. While they're coming off a Super Bowl title, they have lost a lot of very key players to free agency.
Kenneth Walker III, Coby Bryant, Boye Mafe, and Riq Woolen are all gone now. While they have brought back Rashid Shaheed and Josh Jobe, the Seahawks lost a lot of key players this offseason.
Bleacher Report's Alex Ballentine, following such an offseason, gave the Seahawks a 1-word description of their offseason. That word was also applicable to the Philadelphia Eagles a year ago, as both recent Super Bowl winners suffered the "Super Bowl Tax."
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"Seattle Seahawks: Tax," Ballentine writes. "The Seahawks got a front row seat to what the Super Bowl tax looks like."
The Seahawks are losing a ton of key free agents this offseason, seeing Bryant sign with the Chicago Bears, Mafe sign with the Cincinnati Bengals, Woolen sign with the Eagles, and Walker sign with the Kansas City Chiefs.
This is the impact of the Super Bowl "Tax" on the winning team of the Super Bowl. Players who win the Super Bowl often go on to land strong deals in free agency.
Last offseason, the Eagles lost Milton Williams, Josh Sweat, Mekhi Becton, Isaiah Rodgers, Darius Slay, Kenneth Gainwell, Oren Burks, Avonte Maddox, Fred Johnson, and Britain Covey.
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While it's still only one week into the offseason, the Seahawks have lost a lot of players as well, seeing Walker, Bryant, Woolen, Mafe, and Dareke Young leave for new teams in free agency.
Fortunately for the Seahawks, they were able to bring back Shaheed and Jobe, and they don't have any other big-name free agents hitting the open market.
Winning the Super Bowl is the goal, but there is a price to doing so, and it's the free agents that most Super Bowl winners go on to lose in the subsequent offseason.
And while it stings to lose key players, it's a trade-off that every team should be willing to make if it means winning the Super Bowl.