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The Seattle Seahawks have undergone one of the more significant roster overhauls of any team this offseason as they’ve let go of a host of key players. This has understandably given off the vibe of a team that’s planning to rebuild.
However, Seahawks GM John Schneider doesn’t consider the team's activity this offseason as a rebuild so much as a reset.
“It’s just always very, very hard to make those decisions to move on from people, but that’s what we have to do in order to be a consistent championship-caliber football team,’’ Schneider said, per Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times. “We don’t want to be having these major rebuilding years. We want to be able to have little re-sets, if you will.”
The Seahawks have already let go of Richard Sherman, Michael Bennett, Sheldon Richardson, Jeremy Lane, DeShawn Shead, Jimmy Graham, and Paul Richardson this offseason. Schneider also acknowledged that star safety Earl Thomas is very much available for the right price.
Schneider points out that the Seahawks still have a lot of talented players on the team, which was a much better situation than when he and Pete Carroll came to Seattle back in 2010. But even so, Seattle fans will have a tough time buying into the idea that this is a team capable of reaching the same heights as those of previous years barring some spectacular additions.
After a half-decade run of sustained success, Seattle’s time in the sun had to end at some point. And as much as Schneider would like to deny it, it’s hard not to come away with the conclusion that the Seahawks have reached that point where they have to build their team back up again.
