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The NFL draft is just over a week away.

SEATTLE – The Seahawks aren’t waiting until the NFL draft to add to their quarterback depth behind Sam Darnold.

SEATTLE – Geno Smith didn’t write back.

SEATTLE – When the details of Geno Smith’s contract with the Raiders were revealed last week it raised a question — why couldn’t he have agreed to the same deal in Seattle?

SEATTLE – Dean Wells, a former linebacker for the Seahawks who led the 1996 team in tackles, died Thursday after battling cancer for two years, the Carolina Panthers confirmed. He was 54.

SEATTLE – Geno Smith, who was traded by the Seahawks to the Raiders on March 7 after contract negotiations between the two sides broke down, finally has his long-awaited new deal.

“You’ve just got to be flexible in how that works and be able to make those decisions when those opportunities arise,’’ Macdonald said Tuesday when he met the media at the NFL’s annual meeting. “And we did that.’’

The assessment from Seahawks general manager John Schneider of the offseason so far? "We feel good where we're at, but it's so early," Schneider said Monday. 

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The assessment from Seahawks general manager John Schneider of the offseason so far?

For the first time in five years, Pete Carroll wasn’t Geno Smith’s coach when the 2024 football season rolled around. But what turned out to be a momentary change in the official designation of their relationship, didn’t change the nature of it.

SEATTLE – General manager John Schneider and coach Mike Macdonald are among the Seattle Seahawks contingent headed to the NFL’s annual spring meetings Sunday through Tuesday in Palm Springs, Florida.

SEATTLE – When a few details regarding the contract of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold were revealed recently, much was made of the lack of guaranteed money beyond the first year.

SEATTLE – The Seahawks added to their tight end room Monday, signing eight-year veteran Eric Saubert, who spent last season in a reserve role with the San Francisco 49ers.

One thing the NFL free -agency signing period does is make clearer the needs of each team entering the draft.

SEATTLE – The Seattle Seahawks’ additions of receivers with home state ties didn’t stop with Cooper Kupp.

SEATTLE – When the Seattle Seahawks announced earlier this week that outside linebacker/rush end Uchenna Nwosu was changing his jersey number to 7 to accommodate new receiver Cooper Kupp’s desire to keep his No. 10, it indicated that Nwosu was still in the team’s plans for 2025.

Cooper Kupp is no DK ... and that's OK. Cut the comparisons. Of course, I understand the temptation, considering the circumstances. After DK Metcalf requested a trade and was subsequently shipped to Pittsburgh for a second-round pick, Kupp — who was recently released by the Los Angeles Rams — filled his roster spot. 

There are currently no odds in the sportsbooks for NFL team win totals next season. It's not quite right to post those numbers when free agency is still going and the draft awaits. But I imagine when it's time to do so, the oddsmakers are going to be baffled when it comes to the Seahawks. Next season's squad is one of the greatest unknowns in the history of the franchise.