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Jadarian Price Named Seattle As His Preferred Destination. The Seahawks Might Actually Listen.
Notre Dame running back Jadarian Price went on the Up & Adams podcast this week, and when Kay Adams asked where he’d like to play in 2026, the man essentially applied for the job in real time.
“I think teams like this, like Seattle, who are very similar, like very split in the middle, like 50-50 pass run,” Price said. “Makes you see the opportunity as a running back.” That is not a man being coy. That is a man who has studied the playbook and is ready to start printing business cards with a Seahawks logo.
The timing is almost too perfect. Kenneth Walker signed with Kansas City. Zach Charbonnet is rehabbing a torn ACL from the divisional round. The current depth chart behind Emanuel Wilson includes George Holani and a lot of hope. Five different mock drafters now have Seattle taking Price at No. 32, including NFL.com’s Daniel Jeremiah, who said he sees “a steep drop at the running back position this year after Price.” When Jeremiah says there’s a cliff, you believe him.
Price averaged 6.0 yards per carry at Notre Dame despite splitting time with Heisman finalist Jeremiyah Love. He scored 21 touchdowns and earned AP Third-Team All-America honors as a backup. At 5’11” and 210 pounds, he ran a 4.49 at the combine. The Athletic’s Michael-Shawn Dugar has confirmed a draft pick will be used on the position. The question isn’t whether Schneider drafts a back. It’s whether he does it at 32 or waits until 64.
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Price averaged 6.0 yards per carry at Notre Dame while splitting time with Heisman finalist Jeremiyah Love.
There’s a reasonable argument this is too high. Price is ranked 40th on Jeremiah’s big board and 30th on Lance Zierlein’s. But the Seahawks drafted Rashaad Penny at 27 in 2018, and they took Walker and Charbonnet in the second round. Schneider has never been shy about investing in the backfield when the board dictates it. And right now, the board, the need, and the prospect are all pointing in the same direction.
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Clock Ticking
The Bobo Clock Hits Day Three. The Math Isn’t In Seattle’s Favor.
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The deal, per Albert Breer: two years, $5.5 million, with $4.5 million fully guaranteed and a $1.75 million signing bonus. That signing bonus alone would be more than Bobo has earned in any single NFL season. The Seahawks placed an original-round tender on Bobo worth $3.52 million for 2026 alone, which means matching Jacksonville’s offer would commit them to an additional year and significantly more guaranteed money for a player who caught two passes during the regular season.
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Jacksonville’s offer sheet includes $4.5 million fully guaranteed — more than Bobo has earned in any single NFL season.
Because Bobo was undrafted, letting him walk costs Seattle nothing in draft compensation. Zero picks. That’s the part that makes matching feel like a luxury rather than a necessity. SI’s Jaguars site noted that the deal’s structure “seems more likely than not” to result in Bobo heading to Florida, where he’d reunite with former Seahawks OC Shane Waldron. Bobo caught 19 passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns under Waldron in 2023. The connection is real.
The WR room without Bobo: JSN, Kupp, Shaheed, Tory Horton, Cody White. That’s fine. But it’s also thinner than it looked in January, when Bobo hauled in a 17-yard touchdown in the NFC Championship Game. Sometimes depth is just the guy who shows up when you need him. Schneider has to decide if that’s worth $4.5 million in guarantees.
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AROUND THE COOP
Around the Coop
The Athletic’s Michael-Shawn Dugar doesn’t expect the Seahawks to make a splash trade for Greenard, Crosby, or Achane. Instead, Dugar expects Seattle to address running back and edge rusher in the draft, then add capable veterans before training camp. He mentioned Von Miller and JaDeveon Clowney as post-draft options. The Schneider special: spend nothing in March, find gold in August. Yardbarker / NFLTradeRumors.co
Fox Sports’ Henry McKenna ranked Sam Darnold 16th in his 2026 QB rankings, down from 11th at the end of the season. Darnold, who led the most turnovers during the regular season but then posted zero in three playoff games including the Super Bowl, is apparently still not convincing enough for people who write lists for a living. The man literally has a ring. What does he have to do, throw it at them? SI on Seahawks / Yahoo Sports
The Seahawks have now hosted three pre-draft visitors at the VMAC: Washington RB Jonah Coleman (pro day visit), Toledo DB Andre Fuller, and San Diego State CB Chris Johnson. That’s two DBs and a local running back, which tells you exactly which positions are circled on Schneider’s board in neon green marker. Field Gulls
NFC WEST SCHADENFREUDE REPORT
RAMS
The Rams’ Puka Nacua extension remains the most interesting game of financial chicken in the NFC West. Spotrac projects his market value at roughly $36.5 million per year, and their system model projects a four-year, $154 million deal that could reach $180 million. Albert Breer reported on The MMQB podcast that L.A.’s pursuit of A.J. Brown may have been a negotiating tactic to remind Nacua he doesn’t have them over a barrel. Meanwhile, Rams safety Kamren Curl told NFL Network he’s excited about incoming cornerbacks Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson and thinks L.A. can have “the No. 1 defense this season.” The Rams finished behind the Seahawks in their own division last year. Ambition is cute.
NINERS
The 49ers declined Trent Williams’ $10 million option bonus on Friday, per Adam Schefter. His cap number now balloons to nearly $47 million for 2026, and Williams has zero guaranteed money remaining on his deal. John Lynch insists they still plan to rework the contract. Williams, who turns 38 this year, has held out before and knows exactly how much leverage a team with no backup plan gives him. San Francisco added swing tackle Vederian Lowe from the Patriots, which is the roster-building equivalent of buying a spare tire when your engine is on fire.
CARDINALS
Arizona holds the No. 3 overall pick and has done, per NFL.com’s Eric Edholm, “absolutely zero” at edge rusher this offseason. The supporting cast behind Josh Sweat combined for 5.5 sacks last season. The Cardinals managed just 30 sacks total, tied for the third fewest in the NFL. Their free-agency strategy at the position appears to be: ignore it completely and pray David Bailey or Rueben Bain Jr. falls to three. It’s bold. It’s also the organizational approach of a franchise that appears to be tanking for a 2027 quarterback while pretending otherwise with short-term veteran signings.
SEACHICKENS TRIVIA
The Seahawks have drafted a running back in the first round only four times in franchise history. Curt Warner (1983), Shaun Alexander (2000), and Rashaad Penny (2018) are three. Who was the fourth first-round running back in Seahawks history, selected second overall in 1993?
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Rick Mirer. Wait — Mirer was a quarterback. The Seahawks have only drafted three running backs in the first round: Curt Warner (1983, No. 3 overall), Shaun Alexander (2000, No. 19 overall), and Rashaad Penny (2018, No. 27 overall). If Jadarian Price goes at No. 32, he would be the fourth.
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