Fansided · Dec 24, 2025
This Seahawks veteran may be playing his final snaps in Seattle
The 12s may want to relish what might be their last hurrah with one member of the team.
Houston Texans v Seattle Seahawks - NFL 2025 | Steph Chambers/GettyImagesMike Macdonald instantly put his fingerprints all over the Seattle Seahawks upon being named their head coach in January 2024. Among the changes he made was scaling back the reliance on linebacker Boye Mafe, who's notably slated for unrestricted free agency this coming offseason.
Mafe has seen his defensive snap share rate dip from 72 percent in 2023 (before Macdonald) to 60 percent and 53 percent in 2024 and 2025, respectively. Slowly but surely, we're seeing him getting phased out of the Seahawks' plans, both short- and long-term.
