The Seattle Seahawks look very little like the team Pete Carroll was forced to leave after the 2023 season. General manager John Schneider remains, but stalwarts like Tyler Lockett, DK Metcalf, Bobby Wagner, and Geno Smith are gone. The team has been better without them.
Among the players to have been released, traded, or simply not re-signed is linebacker Jordyn Brooks. Brooks was expected to be the heir apparent to the greatness of Wagner, and he was solid for Seattle for a while. But he never completely proved he was worthy of being a first-round draft pick, which he was in 2020.