Why Seahawks have to spend $50 million this offseason according to NFL CBA

The Seattle Seahawks won Super Bowl 60 and now have a lot of difficult decisions to make this offseason.

Seahawks general manager John Schneider has $61 million in cap space to work with, and he's going to need to use a lot of that this offseason.

According to Tony Pauline of Essentiallysports.com, the Seahawks, among a few other teams, will need to spend $50 million this offseason. The reason why is simple: the Seahawks need to meet the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement's requirements.

Why Seahawks need to spend $50M this offseason

"Several teams, including the New York Jets, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Rams and Chargers, as well as the Tennessee Titans, must spend an additional $50 million on player contracts this year to meet their three-year requirement, according to the CBA," Pauline writes.

Thanks to the NFL salary cap set to be around $303.5 million, the Seahawks have plenty of cap space to work with. They'll need it, as they have to meet the CBA's requirement.

According to the NFL CBA: "For each of the following multi-League-Year periods 2021–2023 (three League Years), 2024–2026 (three League Years), and 2027–2030 (four League Years), there shall be a guaranteed Minimum Team Cash Spending of 90% of the Salary Caps for such periods."

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What this means for the Seahawks is that, to meet the minimum spending requirement, they will need to spend, as Pauline notes, $50 million to become compliant with the CBA.

There are plenty of moves the Seahawks can make this offseason to spend $50 million this offseason. Kenneth Walker III, Coby Bryant, Tariq Woolen, Rashid Shaheed, Josh Jobe, and Boye Mafe are major free agents the Seahawks could re-sign.

With plenty of cap space, a great roster, and coming off a Super Bowl, the Seahawks should have no problems becoming CBA compliant this offseason.

The Seahawks will make moves this offseason, as not only will they pursue another Super Bowl, but the Seahawks need to reach 90% of the salary cap across the last three years.

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