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Hall Got Paid. Witherspoon’s Still Watching From Across the Table.
The summer of the extension keeps cashing checks in Renton, and Devon Witherspoon is the guy in the corner waiting for his. With Derick Hall’s three-year, $42 million extension now signed, the Seahawks have locked up two of their young cornerstones in a matter of weeks. The one nobody’s locked up is the one everybody wants.
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Hall’s three-year extension, signed this week. JSN’s was $168.6M. Witherspoon’s number is the one still blank on the board.
Yahoo’s latest framing put it bluntly: does Hall’s deal create urgency on Witherspoon? It should. He was drafted the same year as Jaxon Smith-Njigba, which makes him extension-eligible, and the latest reporting says the two sides simply aren’t close on terms yet. That is not the same as trouble. It’s the slow kind of negotiation, the one where both parties already know each other’s cards and neither wants to be the one who blinks.
The contrast with JSN is the whole story. The receiver’s record four-year, $168.6 million deal came together so fast there wasn’t even time to leak it. Witherspoon’s is the other kind. His representation is going to watch exactly how Schneider operated after the Hall deal and price accordingly.
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JSN’s record deal came together so fast nobody had time to leak it. Witherspoon’s is the other kind: two people who know each other’s cards, both waiting for the other to blink.
Here’s the thing about “not close” in June: it’s June. Schneider closes these things at training camp, every year, because that’s when the deadline pressure finally outweighs the leverage games. Spoon showed up to voluntary work he didn’t have to attend. Nobody in this building is acting like a man about to leave.
So enjoy the staring contest. The money finds him eventually. It always does.
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Outlook
Eight for Eight, and a National Outlet Says 12 Wins Is in Range
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Meanwhile, Yahoo’s training-camp preview looked at a roster that returns most of its offensive core and called 12 or more wins “right in the Seahawks’ wheelhouse.” That’s not a homer blog. That’s a national outlet looking at Darnold, JSN, Kupp, Shaheed and a defending champion’s continuity and doing the obvious math.
Minicamp runs June 9 through 11, the last mandatory work before the building goes quiet until July. After that, the only thing left to settle is the contract sitting on Schneider’s desk with one name still missing.
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AROUND THE COOP
Around the Coop
All eight draft picks are officially signed after Jadarian Price put pen to paper on a deal projected around $16.8 million. “It’s reality now and I feel amazing,” he said. He’s never started a college game. Hard Knocks is going to love that arc. Seahawks.com
PFF named Witherspoon a 2026 extension candidate entering “rare territory” at corner, with Trent McDuffie’s $31M/yr as the watermark. Leonard Williams made the list too. Schneider has a busy desk and exactly one chair that matters most. Yahoo Sports
Mandatory minicamp opens Tuesday, June 9 and runs through the 11th. It’s the last time the veterans are required in the building before training camp and the Hard Knocks cameras. After that, silence until July. MyNorthwest
NFC WEST SCHADENFREUDE REPORT
RAMS
Puka Nacua is being predicted for a “record-setting” extension while continuing to insist he hasn’t really thought about it. The man led the NFL in catches, his deal is projected to eclipse JSN’s $168.6 million total, and his answer is a shrug. Somewhere a calculator is on fire and Puka swears he’s never seen one.
NINERS
Trent Williams told the SF Standard he always knew he had “a couple more years” left, “despite what everybody believed.” Translation: San Francisco spent two offseasons guessing whether their franchise left tackle would retire, built a 12-win roster on the answer, and the guy himself says it was never in doubt. Comforting, if you enjoy planning a Super Bowl window around a man’s vibes.
CARDINALS
Yahoo’s camp preview slapped a one-word label on Arizona: “Embrace the Rebuild.” They spent the third overall pick on running back Jeremiyah Love, which is a fun toy on a team that isn’t close to needing one. He’ll see Jadarian Price twice this year. Only one of those backfields belongs to a Super Bowl champion.
SEACHICKENS TRIVIA
Across 13 seasons and more than 5,700 pass attempts with Walter Jones on the field, how many times was the Hall of Fame left tackle flagged for holding?
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Nine. In 5,703 pass attempts he surrendered just 23 sacks and was called for holding a grand total of nine times. The most dominant left tackle of his era almost never lost, and almost never had to cheat to win.
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Eight picks signed, one chair still empty. Minicamp Tuesday. Go Hawks. — The Rooster