When edge rusher DeMarcus Lawrence signed with the Seahawks last year, he said Dallas was his home but that he moved on to Seattle because he kenw “for sure I’m not going to win a Super Bowl there.”
Lawrence wound up holding the Lombardi Trophy less than a year later and his move from the Cowboys to a Super Bowl title made for an effective recruiting pitch. Dante Fowler played with Lawrence in Dallas in 2022 and 2023, which led to a relationship that Fowler tapped into when looking for advice about his next move. The edge rusher is now teammates with Lawrence again and shared the message he got as part of that conversation.
“If you want to win a Super Bowl, you should come here,” Fowler said, via the team’s website.
Fowler also played for Seahawks defensive coordinator Aden Durde in both Dallas and Atlanta, so Lawrence isn’t the only familiar face he’ll be reunited with as a member of his new team. Lawrence’s story sounds like the big hook for Fowler, however.
“It was amazing, just to be able to play with him for the past couple of years,” Fowler said. “The legacy he left, when he left, it was a big thing, and to see him come here and see how great he played — he was very healthy, he took this defense to another level, and he won a Super Bowl, something that he has been talking about since I met him. So it was really cool to watch him in that position.”
Repeats are tough, but a second Seahawks title in a row might lead to even more players trying to make the jump from Dallas to Seattle in hopes of realizing their championship dreams.
The Seahawks are selling. To date, no one is buying.
At least not to the extent that was expected.
Seth Wickersham of ESPN reports, quoting an unnamed team owner, that the market for the team is “soft.”
The powers-that-be now have doubts regarding whether the team price will land on the high side of the expected range of $9 billion to $11 billion. The current thinking, per Wickersham, is that the final number will land slightly above $9 billion.
It’ll still shatter the record of $6.05 billion, set in 2023 by the sale of the Commanders to Josh Harris. But it won’t obliterate it.
For now, the pool of potential buyers is small. One problem, as Wickersham explains it, is that few individuals have the liquid assets to pay 30 percent of $9 billion or more.
The process, per the report, is expected to linger into the 2026 season. Given that current management had to be cajoled (with the threat of a $5 million fine) into moving forward, there’s a chance for potential foot dragging that will look accidental but could at some level be inadvertently deliberate.
Last week, a report emerged that Meta tycoon Mark Zuckerberg and retired Apple CEO Tim Cook were contemplating making bids for the Seahawks. The report was quickly refuted, as to both.
Now, Sportico has identified two other potential bidders.
One group includes Boston Celtics limited partner Aditya Mittal and former Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck. The other is led by Vinod Khosla, who recently became a limited partner with the 49ers.
It’s expected that the Seahawks will sell for $9 billion to $11 billion, easily shattering the record set in 2023 when a group led by Josh Harris purchased the Commanders for $6.05 billion.
The team officially was placed on the market on February 18. Jody Allen, the sister of Paul Allen, has operated the team since his passing. His estate calls for the team to be sold, and for the proceeds to be donated to charity.
There are now two more known candidates for the Vikings’ General Manager vacancy.
According to multiple reports, Minnesota has put in requests to interview Rams assistant G.M. John McKay and Seahawks assistant G.M. Nolan Teasley.
That brings the club’s number of known requests up to seven: McKay, Teasley, Vikings interim G.M. Rob Brzezinski, Bills assistant G.M. Terrance Gray, Titans assistant G.M. Dave Ziegler, 49ers assistant G.M. RJ Gillen, and Chargers assistant G.M. Chad Alexander.
McKay, in particular, could be one to watch for the position, as he worked alongside Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell with the Rams. McKay was Los Angeles’ director of pro personnel and O’Connell was the team’s offensive coordinator when the club won Super Bowl LVI to cap the 2021 season.
The 2025 season did not go well for quarterback Geno Smith.
But he is set for a fresh start with the Jets, coming back to the team that drafted him after a decade elsewhere in the league.
His new offensive coordinator, Frank Reich, is also back in the pros after his last coaching stint with the Panthers lasted just 12 weeks.
On Wednesday, Reich noted that Smith is a “perfect” fit for his offensive scheme.
“I’ve liked Geno from Day 1,” Reich said in his press conference, via transcript from the team. “When he was coming out of West Virginia, I had a high grade on Geno. I had not met Geno before here, and I’m kind of glad because I’m even more impressed with him, now meeting him in person. I feel his resilience, his toughness, I always think the No. 1 attribute in any quarterback that you need, especially if you want to come and turn something around, is you need someone who’s tough. I mean tough mentally, tough physically, and I feel that from Geno on every front.
“I think his experience, the ups and downs that he’s been through, and he’s had great success, and had to deal with some tough seasons, and if you play in this league long enough, everyone’s going to face that. And if you are the person, if you’re the right kind of leader, then you come out of it better, and I think that’s the version of Geno Smith we’re getting. We’re getting the best version of who he is, and I think his best football’s ahead of him.”
From 2021-2024, Smith started 52 games for Seattle, leading the club to a 28-24 record while completing 68.5 percent of his passes for 12,928 yards with 76 touchdowns and 36 interceptions. If Smith is better than that, then the Jets will be in a much better position to have success in 2026.
