The Seahawks’ Uchenna Nwosu contract conundrum

John Gilbert is the Field Gulls Deputy Editor and has covered the NFL's Seattle Seahawks since 2016. He specializes in the salary cap, the collective bargaining agreement and statistical analysis, with an occasional film breakdown sprinkled in.

There has been no shortage of ink spilled on the current salary cap situation of the Seattle Seahawks, with the deadline to come into cap compliance now looming over the horizon just over three weeks away. Fans, observers and analysts have proposed multiple ways for the Hawks to not just gain cap compliance, but to free up significant amounts of space in order to rebuild the roster.

One of the moves that had been very quickly proposed by many fans is…