{"id":248447,"date":"2025-07-30T16:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/248447\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:39:11","slug":"seahawks-to-extend-gm-john-schneider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/248447\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks To Extend GM John Schneider"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Seahawks moved John Schneider to the top of their personnel pyramid in 2024, firing Pete Carroll and giving their GM final personnel say. A year later, the team is extending its longtime front office boss.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Schneider and the Seahawks have agreed on a four-year extension, according to FOX\u2019s Jay Glazer<\/a>. The new deal will push Schneider\u2019s contract through 2030. Schneider has been in place as Seattle GM since 2010. Were he to finish out this contract, the Super Bowl-winning decision-maker would become one of the longest-tenured GMs in NFL history.<\/p>\n

This is Schneider\u2019s first extension since the blockbuster Russell Wilson<\/a> trade. Credited with drafting the franchise QB in the 2012 third round and building a loaded roster around him in the early 2010s, Schneider cashed out at the right time by unloading the 10-year Seattle starter for an eight-asset bounty. The Broncos gave the Seahawks two first-round picks and two seconds to headline the package, one that also included Noah Fant<\/a>, Drew Lock<\/a> and Shelby Harris<\/a>. This armed the Seahawks in the 2022 and \u201923 drafts, and key starters emerged from the haul.<\/p>\n

While Schneider\u2019s trade gave the Seahawks prime draft resources, the team has not turned a corner since that March 2022 swap. Wilson indeed tumbled off the star tier, to the point the Broncos needed to designate him a post-June 1 cut in 2024 and take a historic dead money total to do so, but the Seahawks have not reached the heights of even the QB\u2019s late prime. They booked a playoff berth in 2022, at 9-8, but missed the following two brackets. A 9-8 2023 season led ownership to ditch Carroll and retain Schneider, who then hired Mike Macdonald. The duo signed off on significant offseason changes.<\/p>\n

After reviving Geno Smith<\/a>\u2018s career, the Seahawks traded their three-year starter to the Raiders for a middling return (a 2025 third-rounder). D.K. Metcalf<\/a> had requested a trade, and Seattle parted with the Pro Bowl wide receiver days later. The team collected a second for the six-year veteran and will retool around free agency additions Sam Darnold<\/a> and Cooper Kupp<\/a>. This swap injects considerable risk into the equation, given Darnold\u2019s uneven history and Kupp\u2019s injury trouble. Both Smith and Metcalf signed extensions elsewhere this offseason.<\/p>\n

Schneider\u2019s previous extension had run through<\/a> the 2027 draft; ownership is showing confidence the GM can steer another turnaround following the offseason shakeup. This belief undoubtedly comes from Schneider being in place when he and Carroll built one of the best NFL nuclei this century, having stacked their defense during Wilson\u2019s rookie-contract years. This produced a dominant Super Bowl win and, despite injuries piling up a year later, another run to the game\u2019s top stage. The Seahawks have not been back to even an NFC championship game since the fateful Malcolm Butler<\/a> interception, and Wilson was asked to do much more during the second half of his tenure. That still brought a host of playoff berths, but the Seahawks are attempting to elevate their operation to the Legion of Boom-era level more than a decade after the Patriots loss.<\/p>\n

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