In one crucial way, the Seattle Seahawks had to cut wide receiver Tyler Lockett. His production has diminished considerably over the last two seasons, and his cap hit will be north of $30 million in 2025. That was far too much to pay for a receiver who saw only 28 targets from Week 8 on last season.
Lockett was a great human being, though. His real estate company was also the official realtor of the Seahawks. He had ties to the team beyond what he did on the field. But Seattle saving $17 million by releasing the receiver was too much to pass up this offseason.
Many 12s might wish Lockett returned, though. He is still a free agent. Perhaps he does not want to play anywhere else in the NFL after spending all of his career in Seattle. Maybe he is thinking about retirement. He has earned enough money playing to be financially secure, probably. Lockett and his wife also have their first child on the way.
One rumor has former Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett going to the Cleveland Browns
But there is just as much chance that he wants to continue to play somewhere. The Seahawks have the cap room to re-sign him, but the team also signed free agents Cooper Kupp and Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Seattle might also choose a wide receiver with one of their three picks between the first and second rounds of the 2025 draft.
Lockett probably has suitors, but he is also able to choose where he wants to play. One team that might love to add the receiver is the Cleveland Browns, where Pro Football Network has Lockett pegged to play in 2025.
PFN says Lockett would be a sure-handed receiver for whoever plays quarterback for the Browns. Veteran Joe Flacco is expected to start while presumed starter Deshaun Watson recovers from another Achilles injury, but the only true receiving threat for the Browns is Jerry Jeudy. Lockett would not need to be WR1 for the Browns, but a solid WR2.
The question is whether he is capable of being so anymore? Last season, he gave himself up far too easily after catching passes. A few times, he was open, caught the ball, and then went to the ground untouched, but was just short of making a first down.
It was inexcusable, especially for a receiver as relaible as Lockett has been throughout his career.
Those kinds of plays might explain why general manager John Schneider has not seemingly made much of an effort to bring Lockett back. If the receiver does want to play, maybe a team like the Browns makes sense to him. For 12s, though, watching Lockett play football in a jersey that is not the Seahawks would be difficult.
