The Seattle Seahawks “will attempt” to re-sign versatile, playmaking security Coby Bryant in free company, ESPN senior NFL author Jeremy Fowler wrote as a part of his “NFL free agency buzz” report on Sunday morning.
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Fowler added that Bryant is “one of the hotter names on the defensive side” of the free agent market and that he “has interest in returning to Seattle, but will have other suitors.”
Bryant is certainly one of six starting-caliber pending free brokers for the Super Bowl champion Seahawks. The NFL’s free agent negotiating window begins at 9 a.m. Monday, with the official signing interval starting at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
After starting his profession as a cornerback, the 6-foot-1, 193-pound Bryant has excelled in head coach Mike Macdonald’s defense since transferring to security and incomes a beginning job in 2024. Over the previous two seasons, he’s crammed up the stat sheet with seven interceptions, a pick-six, 13 go breakups, 5 tackles for loss and two pressured fumbles.
Below are just a few extra Seahawks-related notes from Fowler’s report.
• Fowler’s report did nothing to dissuade the widespread notion that Seahawks operating again and Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III will command extra money on the open market than Seattle is keen to pay.
Fowler wrote that Walker “will consider” the New York Giants and Washington Commanders amongst his choices in free company, with the Tennessee Titans additionally a risk. Fowler additionally talked about the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs may “check on” Walker, relying on the worth vary.
With the New York Jets putting the franchise tag on operating again Breece Hall final week, Walker is now the “market-setter” for this 12 months’s free agent operating again class, Fowler wrote. However, Fowler added that Jacksonville Jaguars operating again Travis Etienne Jr. “will be right there in the mix.”
“Some teams I’ve talked to are setting the market’s ceiling at around $12 million,” Fowler wrote. “That could go up if enough teams get involved.”
• Seahawks edge rusher Boye Mafe additionally was talked about a number of occasions in Fowler’s report. Fowler listed Mafe as certainly one of a number of edge rushers the Dallas Cowboys can be eyeing. He additionally listed Mafe as a “viable edge option” for the Philadelphia Eagles in the event that they aren’t capable of re-sign Jaelan Phillips.
• Fowler expects the Las Vegas Raiders to “make a run” at speedy Seahawks broad receiver/return specialist Rashid Shaheed. That’s definitely no shock, given Shaheed’s familiarity with new Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak. Kubiak was Shaheed’s offensive coordinator with the New Orleans Saints in 2024 and was his OC once more with the Seahawks in 2025 after Shaheed arrived in a midseason commerce.
“I’m expecting the Raiders to make a run at Rashid Shaheed depending on how the dominoes in the receiver market fall and the price point,” Fowler wrote. “New coach Klint Kubiak loves him. But Vegas’ bigger need is the offensive line.”
This previous Wednesday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Shaheed wasn’t close to a contract extension with the Seahawks and was anticipated to check the open market.
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