The Seattle Seahawks will sport new faces at key positions on the offensive side of the ball in 2025 after the team made major changes at quarterback and wide receiver.
After trading away Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders, the Seahawks signed Sam Darnold in free agency to replace him, and then went on to draft Jalen Milroe in the third round. Drew Lock is now the new No. 2 on the depth chart instead of Sam Howell, who was traded to the Minnesota Vikings.
At wide receiver, the Seahawks traded DK Metcalf and released Tyler Lockett, and their solutions to replace those two were the signings of Cooper Kupp and Marquez Valdes-Scantling, both of whom join 2024 breakout star, Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
But the Seahawks could still use more help at wide receiver. MVS is better suited as a depth piece rather than the starter he's currently penciled in to be, and Seattle didn't take a wide receiver in the 2025 NFL draft until the fifth and seventh rounds.
In an article predicting one last offseason move for each team, Pro Football Focus' Mason Cameron chose former Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Gabe Davis for Seattle.
With Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp and newly drafted Elijah Arroyo, the Seahawks' offense has a variety of flavors at slot receiver. Where this offense feels limited is on the outside, where Marquez Valdes-Scantling stands as the lone proven option.
It would be a prudent move for Seattle to target another outside receiving threat for the rotation, and recently released Gabe Davis may provide that answer. Although he struggled in 2024 with Jacksonville, Davis charted in the 82nd percentile in PFF receiving grade over his four seasons in Buffalo.
Davis signed a three-year, $39 million deal with the Jags last offseason but was cut on Wednesday following a disappointing season that saw him miss seven games and tally just 239 yards, a career low for him.
While Davis isn't a surefire solution for the Seahawks' issue at wide receiver, he is a solid option to offer some competition for a starting role.
Davis has posted four 500-yard campaigns during his career, including two seasons with over 700. His best showing came in 2022 with the Buffalo Bills, when he finished with 836 receiving yards.
Davis also has a knack for finding the end zone, as evidenced by his scoring six or more touchdowns in each of his first four seasons in the NFL, including a career-best seven in 2020, 2022 and 2023.
Money should not be an issue for the Seahawks when it comes to signing Davis. The Seahawks still sport $34.6 million in cap space and Davis should come very cheap after his lackluster campaign in 2024.
We'd like to see Seattle make a bigger splash than Davis, but signing the 26-year-old wideout would be better than nothing.
