The Seahawks have agreed to terms on a one-year deal with cornerback Noah Igbinoghene, Michael-Shawn Dugar of TheAthletic.com reports.
Noah, 26, spent the past two seasons in Washington.
In 2025, he totaled 35 tackles, one sack and five pass breakups in 15 games with two starts. He played 373 defensive snaps and 72 on special teams.
He played all 17 games in 2024, with 10 starts, and saw action on 76 percent of the defensive snaps.
The Dolphins made Igbinoghene a first-round pick in 2020, and he played two years in Miami and one in Dallas before landing in Washington.
In his career, Igbinoghene has recorded 119 tackles, one interception, 17 pass breakups and two fumble recoveries.
Washington is one of a handful of states with NFL teams that carry the benefit of no state income tax. That could be changing.
A 9.9-percent “millionaire tax” has emerged from the legislature, and Governor Bob Ferguson plans to sign it into law. As written, it becomes effective in 2028.
That could impact the local NFL team, when it comes to attracting players to the state.
“There were a bunch of agents texting me the other day like, ‘Hey, can’t use that anymore, buddy,’” G.M. John Schneider said Thursday on Seattle Sports 710-AM, via Brady Henderson of ESPN. “I think it is for all the pro teams here in town. It’s always been a huge attraction, especially competing with the California teams. It’s been a big deal for us. So it’s going to sting, from a recruiting standpoint and what that looks like. . . . It’s going to sting, no question about it.”
The other NFL states that currently have no state income tax are Nevada, Texas, Tennessee, and Florida. California imposes a 13.3-percent tax on the state’s highest earners.
On one hand, the impact on take-home pay becomes a positive when it comes to recruiting players. On the other hand, it’s not as if the Raiders, Texans, Cowboys, Titans, Jaguars, Buccaneers, and Dolphins are powerhouse teams. Only one of them — the Buccaneers — has made it to a Super Bowl this century.
The 49ers and Rams, meanwhile, have been to six between them since the 2001 season.
The Seahawks have been to three since 2014, without state income tax. If/when the “millionaire tax” becomes effective in 2028, would-be millionaires with options could choose to go elsewhere.
Wide receiver Dareke Young is joining Klint Kubiak in Las Vegas.
Young’s agents announced that he has agreed to terms on a contract with the Raiders. Kubiak became the Raiders’ head coach after serving as the Seahawks’ offensive coordinator in their run to the Super Bowl LX title.
Young was a member of that Seahawks team and he spent the last four seasons in Seattle. Young had two catches for 48 yards in nine regular season appearances last year and he also played in all three of the team’s postseason contests.
Young saw action on special teams in addition to offense in Seattle and he had 12 tackles across his 12 overall appearances.
The Seahawks are signing safety D’Anthony Bell to a one-year deal, according to Jordan Schultz of The Schultz Report.
Bell spent 14 games with the Seahawks last season before finishing the season with the Panthers, who claimed him off waivers Jan. 1. He did not play a game for Carolina, but saw action on 96 defensive snaps and 251 on special teams in 14 games with the Seahawks.
Bell entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Browns in 2022.
He played 50 games in three seasons for the Browns, with seven starts, totaling 61 tackles, two interceptions and a forced fumble.
Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald kept most of his staff after winning Super Bowl LX.
He did lose offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, who left to become head coach of the Raiders, and Macdonald hired Brian Fleury as the team’s new offensive coordinator.
Macdonald announced his staff on Thursday, and it includes four other newcomers in inside linebackers coach Zachary Orr, pass-game strategist Daniel Stern, senior offensive assistant/running backs Thomas Hammock and offensive assistant Johnathan Williams. Orr, Stern and Hammock previously worked with Macdonald in Baltimore, while Williams most recently served as the offensive coordinator at South Carolina State.
Several coaches who were on the staff last season received a title change for 2026.
Tyson Prince was promoted to quarterbacks coach to replace Andrew Janocko, who went with Kubiak to Las Vegas as the Raiders’ offensive coordinator. Offensive passing game coordinator Jake Peetz also added the title of quarterbacks coach. Offensive line coach John Benton added the title senior offensive assistant; Josh Bynes was promoted to outside linebackers coach, with Chris Partridge, who held that title last season, moving to defensive run game coordinator.
With Orr taking over as inside linebackers coach, Kirk Olivadotti moves to a new role of senior defensive assistant. On the other side of the ball, Justin Outten goes from run game specialist and assistant offensive line coach to run game coordinator.
Orr and Macdonald are reuniting after spending significant portions of their respective careers together in Baltimore. Orr played three seasons with the Ravens as a linebacker from 2014-16 before his career was cut short by a neck/spine condition, coinciding with the start of Macdonald’s NFL coaching career.
Here is the full 2026 coaching staff:
- Mike Macdonald (Head Coach)
- Aden Durde (Defensive Coordinator)
- Brian Fleury (Offensive Coordinator)
- Jay Harbaugh (Special Teams Coordinator)
- John Benton (Senior Offensive Assistant/Offensive Line)
- Mack Brown (Tight Ends)
- Josh Bynes (Outside Linebackers)
- Michael Byrne (Assistant Tight Ends)
- Rob Caprice (Defensive Assistant)
- Keller Chryst (Defensive Quality Control)
- Devin Fitzsimmons (Assistant Special Teams)
- Leslie Frazier (Assistant Head Coach)
- Thomas Garcia (Strength & Conditioning Assistant)
- Thomas Hammock (Senior Offensive Assistant/Running Backs)
- Justin Hinds (Defensive Line)
- Jeff Howard (Safeties)
- Frisman Jackson (Wide Receivers)
- Ivan Lewis (Director of Player Performance & Development)
- Quinshon Odom (Assistant Offensive Line)
- Tim Ojeda (Strength & Conditioning Assistant)
- Kirk Olivadotti (Senior Defensive Assistant)
- Zach Orr (Inside Linebackers)
- Justin Outten (Run Game Coordinator)
- Chris Partridge (Defensive Run Game Coordinator)
- Jake Peetz (Offensive Passing Game Coordinator / Quarterbacks)
- Mark Philipp (Associate Head Strength & Conditioning)
- Tyson Prince (Quarterbacks Coach)
- Karl Scott (Defensive Passing Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs)
- Daniel Stern (Pass Game Strategist)
- Neiko Thorpe (Defensive Assistant/Defensive Backs)
- Danny van Dijk (Head Strength & Conditioning)
- Johnathan Williams (Offensive Assistant)
- Jamie Yanchar (Strength & Conditioning Assistant)
