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Seattle Seahawks Needs: Top Positions of Need in 2025
- Offensive Line
- Wide Receiver
- Defensive Back
What Picks Do the Seattle Seahawks Have in 2025?
The Seattle Seahawks have 10 picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, including:
- Round 1 (18)
- Round 2 (50)
- Round 2 (52)
- Round 3 (82)
- Round 3 (92)
- Round 4 (137)
- Round 5 (172)
- Round 5 (175)
- Round 7 (223)
- Round 7 (234)
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Seattle Seahawks Draft Value vs. Other Teams:
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Seattle Seahawks Strength of Schedule, 2025
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Seattle Seahawks Offense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs
Rich Hribar breaks down the offensive depth chart by position for the Seattle Seahawks, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft.
Quarterback Depth Chart, Seahawks:
- Sam Darnold
- Sam Howell
- Drew Lock
- Jaren Hall
- John Rhys Plumlee
Seattle shook up their quarterback room this offseason.
After trading Geno Smith to Las Vegas, they signed Sam Darnold in free agency.
Darnold is coming off his best season in the NFL, finishing 16th among qualifying quarterbacks in EPA per dropback (0.06).
He had some strong efficiency metrics, posting 7.9 yards per pass attempt (6th) and a 6.4% touchdown rate (5th), but he was a boom-or-bust performer.
28.2% of his dropbacks earned 1.0 EPA or more (third in the league), but 17.7% also produced a loss of 1.0 EPA or worse (25th).
Darnold had an 8.1% sack rate (28th) and a 2.2% interception rate (19th).
His 3.7% turnover-worthy throw rate ranked 32nd.
Darnold’s best season also ended on a significant down note.
He completed just 53.1% of his passes for 5.1 yards per attempt with an interception and 11 sacks in the Week 18 game for the No. 1 seed and the Wild Card loss to the Rams.
Darnold will reunite with Klint Kubiak, who was with him on the 49ers in 2023.
Kubiak runs a system that can coax out the best of what we saw from Darnold last season, and he got some of the best football from Derek Carr last season when he was with New Orleans.
Carr had a career-high rate using play-action and pre-snap motion last year.
Carr was fifth in the league in dropbacks with motion (60.7%) and 11th in use of play action (27.2%).
Darnold was at his best last year using play action.
His 130.2 rating was second in the NFL using play action.
He completed 72.2% of his passes (8th) for 10.1 Y/A (5th) and a 10.1% touchdown rate (2nd).
Kubiak will primarily focus on keeping Darnold clean and calling games to insulate an offensive line full of questions.
Darnold’s negative plays were driven by pressure.
When pressured, he had a 3% interception rate (18th) and a 22.1% sack rate (23rd).
Darnold will only turn 28 this June, signing a three-year contract with Seattle.
The interesting part is that Seattle did build in immediate outs if this does not work out.
Darnold has a cap hit of $13.4 million this season.
He has cap hits of $33.9 million and $44.9 million over the following two seasons, but Seattle can save $8.3 million in cap space if they move on next offseason and $25.7 million in cap space if they pull the plug after 2026.
Seattle still has Sam Howell under contract for 2025 behind Darnold.
Howell only found the field for 18 dropbacks last season, but they were rough.
He completed 35.7% of his passes with an interception and took four sacks.
The team also brought back Drew Lock on a one-year deal.
Running Back Depth Chart, Seahawks:
- Kenneth Walker
- Zach Charbonnet
- Kenny McIntosh
- George Holani
The Seattle running game had plenty of issues last season, most of which stemmed from offensive line play, something they are hoping Kubiak can come in and work around.
In 2024, Seattle running backs combined to rank:
- 19th in EPA per rush (-0.09)
- 18th in success rate (37.3%)
- 19th in runs of 10 or more yards (10.2%)
- 27th in rate of runs that failed to gain yardage (20.8%)
They were 30th in yards created before contact (0.90) but ninth in yards generated after contact per rush (3.21).
We know there is talent here, but the team has had mixed results.
Kenneth Walker’s efficiency has dropped in each of the past two seasons.
He averaged just 3.7 YPC last season, 40th out of 46 running backs with 100 or more attempts.
His 0.69 yards per contact ranked 44th on that list.
That number has dropped for Walker each year in the NFL, but Zach Charbonnet was only 40th in yards before contact per rush (0.87), so there is a common link between the two and the offensive line.
Walker was still solid in forcing missed tackles, ranking 13th on that list in forcing a missed tackle every 11.8 runs.
Charbonnet was ninth in that department, forcing a missed tackle every 11.3 attempts.
Walker enters 2025 in the final season of his rookie contract.
Charbonnet has two more seasons remaining on his contract.
This is far from a team “need,” but Seattle has many Day 2 picks if it wants to add contractual insurance for Walker's free agency next off-season.
Wide Receiver Depth Chart, Seahawks:
- Jaxon Smith-Njigba
- Cooper Kupp
- Marquez Valdes-Scantling
- Jake Bobo
- River Cracraft
- Dareke Young
- Steven Sims
- Cody White
Jaxon Smith-Njigba ramped up his production in year two, catching 100 of 137 targets for 1,130 yards and 6 touchdowns.
A midseason injury to DK Metcalf accelerated his breakout.
Through seven weeks, Smith-Njigba averaged 5.3 receptions (14th) for 45.6 yards per game (45th).
He had only 1 touchdown and a target on 19% of his routes (49th).
From then on, he averaged 6.3 receptions (10th) for 81.1 yards per game (9th) with 5 touchdowns.
He was targeted on 24.4% of his routes (19th).
Heading into his third season, Smith-Njigba has run 180 routes with Metcalf off the field, drawing a target on 23.3% of those routes with 2.55 yards per route run.
With Metcalf and Tyler Lockett no longer on the roster, Smith-Njigba is set to take over as the feature wide receiver on the roster.
The questions entering this season will be how he fits in with a new quarterback, a new play caller, and the addition of Cooper Kupp.
While Smith-Njigba enjoyed a breakout season, he was still a player driven by his performance from the slot.
He has played 67.6% and 77.4% of his snaps from the slot through two seasons.
From the slot last season, Smith-Njigba posted 1.91 yards per route but only 1.30 yards per route on the outside.
As a rookie, that number was 2.43 yards per route on the outside, but it was on a larger sample size (147 routes compared to 105).
Kubiak’s system is primarily driven by two receiver sets, which makes the combination of Smith-Njigba and Kupp more of an odd fit.
New Orleans was in 11 personnel on only 33.3% of their snaps last season (31st).
When he called plays for Minnesota in 2021, they were 29th in the rate of 11 personnel (42.1%).
Even without the addition of Kupp, Smith-Njigba was going to be asked to win more on the outside in 2025.
Kupp is coming off a disappointing close to his run with the Rams and will turn 32 in June, but Seattle still aggressively signed him to a three-year contract worth up to $45 million.
He matched a career-low with 10.6 yards per catch in 2024, and his 59.2 yards per game were his fewest since his rookie season.
Kupp ended the year catching only 18 passes for 252 yards over his final 7 games through the playoffs.
He has suffered multiple lower-body injuries in the past two seasons, and those have impacted his ability to win downfield.
Per ESPN’s open score, Kupp ranked 102nd out of 116 wide receivers last season.
His rank in that metric has declined in the past three seasons.
Kupp was also slot-dependent for production, like Smith-Njigba.
He played 63.2% of his snaps from the slot last year with the Rams.
While in the slot, Kupp averaged 2.14 yards per route run, but that rate dropped to 1.70 yards outside, the lowest mark of his career.
As noted with Smith-Njigba, regardless of who leads this team in slot snaps next season, Kupp will have to inherently win more on the outside based on the system change.
While Kupp does appear to be a risky signing, Seattle also built in immediate exits from his contract if things do not work out, similar to Darnold.
The team can regain $9.5 million in cap space in 2026 and $14 million in 2027 if they move on from Kupp in those offseasons.
Seattle also signed Marquez Valdes-Scantling on a one-year contract.
Valdes-Scantling had a solid run as a field stretcher with Kubiak last season in New Orleans.
After joining the Saints in Week 9 last year, Valdes-Scantling averaged 22.6 yards per reception with 4 touchdowns.
Smith-Njigba and Kupp are the only receivers under contract after this season.
They will have restricted free-agent rights on Jake Bobo and Cody White.
With the potential that Kupp does not work out and Valdes-Scantling only signed for one season, Seattle can add to this spot during the draft.
Tight End Depth Chart, Seahawks:
- Noah Fant
- A.J. Barner
- Eric Saubert
- Brady Russell
The Seattle tight ends are more of a collection of parts.
Their tight ends combined for 86 receptions (15th), 810 yards (18th), and 5 touchdowns (13th) in 2024.
Noah Fant led the group with 48 catches for 500 yards and a touchdown.
Through six seasons, Fant has yet to make a jump as a feature pass catcher in the NFL, averaging 3.2 catches per game over his career.
Fant is only signed for this upcoming season.
A.J. Barner is the only tight end on the roster signed beyond this season.
A fourth-round pick last season, Barner caught 30 of 38 targets for 245 yards and 4 touchdowns as a rookie.
Offensive Line Depth Chart, Seahawks:
LT: Charles Cross, Josh Jones
LG: Sataoa Laumea, Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu
C: Olu Oluwatimi, Jalen Sundell, Michael Novitsky
RG: Anthony Bradford, Christian Haynes
RT: Abraham Lucas, Michael Jerrell
This offensive line was at the root of this offense's problems in 2024 and stands out as an issue entering the NFL Draft.
Seattle ended the year 21st in ESPN’s pass block win rate (58%) and 28th in run block win rate (69%).
At Pro Football Focus, they ranked 26th in pass blocking grade and 24th in run blocking grade.
They struggled to keep everyone healthy.
The most frequently used combination up front was on the field together for 30.4% of the snaps, 23rd in the league.
Charles Cross and Laken Tomlinson were the only linemen to play in all 17 games, and no other player appeared in more than 11 games.
Center Connor Williams retired during the season.
The team will surely pick up the fifth-year option for Cross this offseason.
He is coming off his best season, finishing ninth in overall grade among tackles, per Pro Football Focus.
The rest of this offensive line is an island of misfit toys.
No spot outside of the left tackle is safe when entering the draft.
Abraham Lucas is in the final season of his rookie contract.
Lucas has only played 13 games in the past two seasons due to injuries.
He was 57th in grade among tackles when on the field last year and allowed a 7.4% pressure rate, 78th among tackles.
Tomlinson was not an effective player, but he took all but three snaps at left guard last season.
With Tomlinson leaving in free agency, Sataoa Laumea is in line to be the front-runner for that spot, but this is a spot where a rookie can immediately compete for snaps.
Laumea was a sixth-round pick last season.
Playing 355 snaps at right guard last season, Laumea allowed a 10.5% pressure rate, the highest rate for any guard with 100-plus snaps in pass protection.
Olu Oluwatimi started 8 games at center after Williams retired.
He was 21st in grade per PFF among centers but 36th in pass protection.
Anthony Bradford led the team with 578 snaps at right guard.
He ended the 74th season in grade at his position per Pro Football Focus, allowing a 7.1% pressure rate (86th among guards).
Seattle Seahawks Defense: Depth Chart, Analysis & Draft Needs
Raymond Summerlin breaks down the defensive depth chart by position for the Seattle Seahawks, identifying areas where the team could improve in the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft.
Defensive Line Depth Chart, Seahawks:
- Leonard Williams
- Byron Murphy II
- Jarran Reed
- Cameron Young
- Mike Morris
- Brandon Pili
- Quinton Bohanna
Seattle allowed 4.6 yards per carry to running backs (27th) and a 1.64 yards before contact average on those runs (28th).
The core of the defensive line group is back with Leonard Williams, Jarran Reed, and Byron Murphy II.
Williams is coming off another outstanding season in which he led the team with 12 run stuffs and 11 sacks.
He ranked 41st among all qualified pass rushers – not just defensive linemen – in pressure rate.
Reed signed a new three-year deal to stay with the team this offseason.
While he managed just 4.5 sacks, his 12.9% pressure rate actually bettered Williams’ per rush number, ranking 30th among that same group.
A first-round pick last year, Murphy was more of a rotational player over the 14 games he managed as a rookie, but he showed up in the running game with 8 run stuffs, finishing second on the team in that metric.
This unit will also get back Cameron Young, who missed nearly all of last season because of a knee injury.
Williams and Reed are both on the wrong side of 30, but there are no short-term contractual questions with the top three.
The only real question here is depth.
EDGE Depth Chart, Seahawks:
- Boye Mafe
- Derick Hall
- DeMarcus Lawrence
- Uchenna Nwosu
- Tyreke Smith
- Jamie Sheriff
- Kenneth Odumegwu
Seattle got pressure on opposing quarterbacks in 2024, finishing third with a 37.9% pressure rate and eighth with 45 sacks.
The defensive line unit above played a big role in those numbers, but Seattle also got good contributions off the edge.
Derick Hall led this group with 8 sacks a season ago, posting a 12.7% pressure rate.
Boye Mafe had 6 sacks of his own, but his 14.4% pressure rate ranked 16th among qualified pass rushers.
Dre’Mont Jones is gone, but the Seahawks added veteran DeMarcus Lawrence in free agency to add another option off the edge.
Lawrence is coming off a lost season and will turn 33 before Week 1, but he was 23rd among all qualified pass rushers in pressure rate from 2022 to 2023.
This group will be in an even better spot if they get a full season out of Uchenna Nwosu, who has played 12 games total in the last two years after recording 9.5 sacks in 2022.
There are some questions here given Nwosu’s recent history and Lawrence’s age, but this looks like a solid unit for 2025.
That said, there are some longer term questions here, especially with Mafe heading into a contract year.
Linebacker Depth Chart, Seahawks:
- Ernest Jones IV
- Tyrice Knight
- Patrick O’Connell
- Drake Thomas
- Josh Ross
- Michael Dowell
Added via a trade midway through the season, Ernest Jones signed a three-year deal to stay with the Seahawks this offseason.
Jones recorded a tackle on 23.9% of his run defense snaps a season ago, a number that ranked seventh among all qualified linebackers.
He logged a tackle on 26.7% of his run defense snaps after joining the Seahawks.
According to PFF, his 9.5% stop rate ranked sixth among qualified linebackers.
Jones was not as good against the pass last season as he has been in the past, but he is a quality option atop this depth chart.
2024 fourth-round pick Tyrice Knight established himself as a starter in the second half of his rookie season, and he played well enough to get his shot at the No. 2 spot in 2025.
Knight allowed 5.8 yards per target as a rookie.
The Seahawks might want to add some competition for Knight in that role, but this unit probably needs depth more than a front-end addition.
Cornerback Depth Chart, Seahawks:
- Devon Witherspoon
- Riq Woolen
- Josh Jobe
- Nehemiah Pritchett
- Shemar Jean-Charles
- Demarion Williams
- Tyler Hall
The Seahawks allowed 6.9 yards per attempt in 2024 (9th) and ranked 11th in defensive EPA per pass attempt.
It is tough to question the talent atop the depth chart here.
A first-round pick in 2023, Devon Witherspoon allowed just 5.4 yards per target as a rookie, but that fell to 7.4 in his sophomore season.
Still, he is likely to be a quality option at corner for a long time.
Riq Woolen burst onto the scene as a fifth-round rookie in 2022, and he has allowed just 5.9 yards per target and a 68.8 quarterback rating in coverage over three seasons.
That said, he allowed 5 touchdowns in coverage last year, tied for the 18th-most in the league.
Woolen is also headed into the final year of his deal, and the same is true for Josh Jobe, who is likely the No. 3 option as things stand now.
Jobe opened the 2024 season on the practice squad, but he found himself in the starting lineup late in the season and held his own in that role.
Seattle also has 2024 fifth-round pick Nehemiah Pritchett, but he did not look ready on limited snaps as a rookie.
The Seahawks could look to upgrade on the No. 3 spot this year, especially given the long-term contractual questions for Woolen.
Safety Depth Chart, Seahawks:
- Julian Love
- Coby Bryant
- Jerrick Reed II
- Ty Okada
- D’Anthony Bell
- AJ Finley
- JT Woods
Like at corner, the Seahawks have some contract concerns at safety with Coby Bryant headed into the final year of his rookie deal.
Bryant is coming off a solid year in coverage, allowing a 77.3 quarterback rating and ranking 36th among qualified safeties in yardage allowed per coverage snap.
Julian Love allowed the same number of touchdowns in coverage last season (6) as he had in the previous two seasons combined, but he allowed just 6.2 yards per target and remains a quality option.
Rayshawn Jenkins also played a lot of snaps last season, but he remains a free agent as of mid-April.
Seattle does not have any proven depth behind that top two, and as mentioned above, Bryant is heading into the final year of his contract.
This is another spot the Seahawks could target early in the draft.
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