{"id":111769,"date":"2025-06-07T18:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T18:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/111769\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T18:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T18:10:11","slug":"seahawks-3-largest-2025-cap-hits-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/111769\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks&#8217; 3 largest 2025 cap hits: defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/seattle-seahawks\/361\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seattle Seahawks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Seattle Seahawks<\/a> are currently equipped with $31.2 million in effective cap space, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/salary-cap-space\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Over The Cap;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Over The Cap<\/a>. General manager John Schneider has built a well-balanced squad, with no player scheduled to carry a salary number larger than $15 million in 2025. Having analyzed the financial situation, we&#8217;ve identified Seattle&#8217;s three-largest cap charges on defense heading into training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard Williams, DT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/seahawks-leonard-williams-makes-top-131528095.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Leonard Williams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leonard Williams<\/a> arguably enjoyed a career-best season for the Seahawks in 2024, recording 11.0 sacks. The Pro Bowler has Seattle&#8217;s largest cap charge heading into 2025 at a little over $15 million. Williams is signed through 2026, but his contract could require reworking next summer due to its bloated nature ($29.6 million cap hit).<\/p>\n<p>Uchenna Nwosu, EDGE<\/p>\n<p>The Seahawks could have released Uchenna Nwosu this offseason for financial gain, but ultimately decided to give the oft-injured pass rusher another chance. He has Seattle&#8217;s second-biggest cap charge on defense this season at $11.8 million. Nwosu is technically under contract through 2026, but it&#8217;s truly a make-or-break year for him.<\/p>\n<p>Devon Witherspoon, CB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/seahawks-devon-witherspoon-secures-elite-140059035.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Devon Witherspoon&#039;s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devon Witherspoon&#8217;s<\/a> cap number increases to $8.6 million in his third season. The former No. 5 overall selection will be eligible for a contract extension next summer, and the Seahawks will make a decision regarding his fifth-year option (it&#8217;s a near-guarantee to be picked up).<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/seahawkswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/seahawks\/2025\/06\/07\/2025-seahawks-3-largest-cap-hits-on-defense\/84029792007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2025 Seahawks: 3 largest cap hits on defense;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2025 Seahawks: 3 largest cap hits on defense<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seattle Seahawks are currently equipped with $31.2 million in effective cap space, according to Over The Cap.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[6049,2865,7,2861,21543,6,9166,238,237,261,2635,14162],"class_list":{"0":"post-111769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-cap-space","9":"tag-devon-witherspoon","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-john-schneider","12":"tag-leonard-williams","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-pro-bowler","15":"tag-seahawks","16":"tag-seattle","17":"tag-seattle-seahawks","18":"tag-seattleseahawks","19":"tag-uchenna-nwosu"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114643430659846610","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}