Why Daniel Jeremiah isn’t concerned about Seahawks’ FA losses

The Seattle Seahawks entered free agency last month with six key players who were set to hit the open market as unrestricted free agents.

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The Seahawks brought back two of those players, re-signing speedy wide receiver/return specialist Rashid Shaheed and cornerback Josh Jobe. But the other four – running back Kenneth Walker III, edge rusher Boye Mafe, safety Coby Bryant and cornerback Riq Woolen – each signed elsewhere.

Of those four free agent departures, should any of them be concerning to the Seahawks?

NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah, who was posed that question Thursday on Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk, doesn’t think so.

“Not to be callous, but I think they all are replaceable,” Jeremiah said. “I think there’s good players, obviously, in that group of guys. But for the roles that they were playing and where they were – a lot of times you think about, man, you lose a left tackle or you lose your starting premier edge rusher or a defensive tackle. Like, those are going to require high picks or high dollars in free agency to replace.

“I think the guys that they lost, they can replace in second, third, fourth, fifth-round picks.”

The Seahawks enter the draft with just four picks – a first-rounder (No. 32 overall), a second-rounder (No. 64), a third-rounder (No. 96) and a sixth-rounder (No. 188). But Jeremiah expects the Seahawks to trade out of the first round to net additional picks.

“There’s no way they’re picking at 32,” Jeremiah said. “… I’ll be shocked, because there is a fifth-year (option) benefit for somebody, and you just need one team to want to move up a couple spots. … I think they’ll trade back.

“I think they’ll have opportunities, and I think this is a draft where it’s more of a quantity than a quality. So I think you would want some more pops out of it.”

From a big-picture perspective, Jeremiah praised the Seahawks for their disciplined approach in not overpaying during free agency.

“They have conviction and belief in their process, and there’s proof in the pudding coming off of a Super Bowl,” Jeremiah said. “They didn’t overpay. They got the deals done that they felt were proper deals and fair deals and didn’t stretch it. And now they’ll rely on their talent acquisition as we go into the draft, which John’s been exceptional at.

“It’s easier to be confident when you’ve got the trophy, and it’s a pretty good indication your process works.”

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