{"id":808839,"date":"2026-03-12T21:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/808839\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:21:17","slug":"packers-running-back-signs-with-seattle-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/808839\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers running back signs with Seattle Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport is reporting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/2032200142191743212\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seattle Seahawks will be signing running back Emanuel Wilson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Seattle Seahawks will be signing running back Emanuel Wilson&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Seattle Seahawks will be signing running back Emanuel Wilson<\/a> to a one-year deal \u201cworth up to $2.1 million\u201d for the 2026 season. The Super Bowl champions are in the market for a number two back after Kenneth Walker, who won the Super Bowl MVP, signed with the Kansas City Chiefs this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Wilson was the Packers\u2019 number two ball-carrier behind Josh Jacobs last season, but he was passed up in offensive snaps in the final third of the 2025 season, as Chris Brooks took a bigger role with the team. Brooks, primarily a blocking back and special teams contributor, signed a two-year, $4.85 million contract with Green Bay this offseason, good for an APY of slightly higher than Wilson\u2019s but with a cost-controlled second year attached to his deal when compared to Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Both Brooks and Wilson were restricted free agents, meaning that the Packers had the option to tender them on a $3.5 million, one-year \u201cfirst right of refusal\u201d deal. Green Bay ended up paying Brooks for less than that per year and also let Wilson walk into unrestricted free agency, where he received less than the tender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Packers will not receive a compensatory draft pick for the Seahawks signing Wilson away, as restricted free agents who didn\u2019t have their tenders picked up do not count toward the compensatory pick formula, one way or another. Seattle is in the same mode as Green Bay right now, where they\u2019re actively trying to protect the comp picks they\u2019ll be receiving for the players they have leaving this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/compensatory-picks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Over The Cap currently;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Over The Cap currently&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Over The Cap currently<\/a> has the Seahawks gaining a fourth-round pick and three fifth-round picks in 2027 for losing edge defender Boye Mafe, running back Kenneth Walker III, safety Coby Bryant and cornerback Tariq Woolen. This move helps Seattle add some competition to their running back room before the draft while also protecting these picks. They have yet to sign a qualifying compensatory free agent this offseason, despite having $41 million in cap space, <a href=\"https:\/\/overthecap.com\/salary-cap-space\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:per OTC\u2019s most recent update;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;per OTC\u2019s most recent update&quot;}\" class=\"link \">per OTC\u2019s most recent update<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport is reporting that the Seattle Seahawks will be signing running back Emanuel Wilson to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2081],"tags":[14163,1738,2873,8431,7,41,345,5328,4129,110,9294,259,6,238,237,261,2635,495,23119],"class_list":["post-808839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-seattle-seahawks","tag-boye-mafe","tag-chris-brooks","tag-coby-bryant","tag-emanuel-wilson","tag-football","tag-green-bay","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-ian-rapoport","tag-josh-jacobs","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-kenneth-walker","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-nfl","tag-seahawks","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-seattleseahawks","tag-super-bowl-mvp","tag-tariq-woolen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116218304602280238","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808839","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=808839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}