March 22, 2026, 1:45 p.m. PT
Jake Bobo will make between $4.5-7 million over the next two years, whether that be from the Jacksonville Jaguars or the Seattle Seahawks.
Albert Breer released these contract details this afternoon.
Bobo agreed to terms with Jacksonville on Friday, but Seattle holds his rights as a restricted free agent. That gives them five days to match any offers he receives. They earned these rights by tendering him last week. There’s never been a question of whether the Seahawks liked having the fan-favorite Bobo around, as he filled a backup and special teams role as ideally as one could hope for. The only question looming over him this offseason was how much it would cost. If the answer was closer to his 2025 salary of $1.03 million, that’d be an ideal price for the role he fills. The price will be more than double that now.
Conservative salary cap management is Seattle’s trademark of roster construction. With the Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Devon Witherspoon extensions getting closer on the horizon, John Schneider is surely looking to keep running a tight ship. Spending several million dollars on a backup position that was originally filled through an undrafted free agent rather than looking in that same well would be surprising. We’ll officially know their choice by Wednesday, but it’s hard to look at these contract details and imagine the Seahawks matching the offer.
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