Sunday, February 22, 2015

2015 Offseason Outlook: LBs

Key Returning Players:

  • Bobby Wagner, MIKE
  • KJ Wright, WILL
  • Bruce Irvin, SAM/LEO
  • Brock Coyle, MIKE
  • Kevin Pierre-Louis, WILL

Key Free Agents:

  • Malcolm Smith, WILL (UFA)
  • Mike Morgan, SAM/WILL (RFA)

This group should be pretty easy to cover.  Smith will move on, but he didn't really do much this year anyway and KPL will take his spot.  The Seahawks will tender Morgan and keep him around for another year.  He's a core special teamer and can play all of the LB positions.  

Wagner will get a long term deal this year and is one of the best MLB in the league.  KJ just got his new deal and is a very long, instinctual 'backer.  Irvin is really starting to show up as a playmaker and should get a new deal with the Seahawks when his contract is up.  Coyle played well on special teams and is young/cheap.

I don't think the Seahawks will use a pick at one of the true LB positions unless its a late round flier.  They will most likely add a few as UDFA and see if they can make the team.  Morgan will need to be replaced next year, but that's not a huge need for this season.

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