The Seattle Seahawks are in a tough spot when it comes to their salary cap situation going into the 2025 offseason. Heading into the Super Bowl, they were around $31 million over the cap in regards to effective cap space for this coming season. Today the team pulled off a move that helped them get much closer to back under the cap.
According to Jason Fitzgerald at Over the Cap , the Seahawks have restructured the contract of star defensive end Leonard Williams. They have converted $18.745 million of his salary into a bonus and added two void years on the end of his contract. The move cut Williams' cap number for 2025 by more than half, from around $29 million to just over $14 million.
The Seahawks are not done yet, though. They s are still $14 million over the cap, so they'll have to make some more moves in order to sign anybody. Cutting long-time veteran Tyler Lockett would save $17 million and get them back in black, but $3 million is barely enough to sign a backup guard.
From there, the team could save another $11.5 million by cutting Dre'Mont Jones. However, that move would come with a $14 million dead money hit. If they wait until after June 1, the math is much more favorable, with $16.5 million in cap savings and a $9.1 million dead money hit.
The biggest cap question is what to do with starting quarterback Geno Smith, who has $16 million in guarantees due in the middle of March and a $44.5 million cap hit for 2025. Trading Geno to another team would save them $31 million, as would cutting him. Both moves would come with a $13.5 million dead money penalty.
