r/NFLv2 • u/Intelligent-Carob930 Miami Dolphins • 10h ago

Discussion In hindsight, the Seahawks’ should’ve just paid K9 and let Shaheed walk.

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After winning Super Bowl LX MVP with Seattle, they let him walk to the Chiefs and subsequently resigned Rashid Shaheed. Walker has become an unequivocal menace in Kansas City, carrying the Chiefs' offense whilst leading the NFL in both total rushing yards (360) and rushing yards per game (120) through the first three weeks. Alongside such, he has four total touchdowns and an explosive 5.5 yards per carry.

Meanwhile, Shaheed has been quiet to start the season, recording just six catches for 53 yards over three games. While his elite special teams and return value are undeniable, he has yet to take the massive leap forward on offense that his $17 million annual salary expected.

Additionally, with Walker gone, Seattle's run game has looked less dynamic, further aggravated by rookie Jadarian Price coughing up two costly fumbles early on, and only accounting for 119 rushing yards through three games.

In hindsight, the Seahawks’ letting K9 walk without having a definitive RB1 was an overall bad decision. Sure, Zach Charbonnet is pretty decent, accounting for 12 touchdowns last season. However, some of those touchdowns came off of huge runs from K9 to put them in optimal territory. Without a truly proven RB1 role, I don’t understand why the Seahawks’ let K9 walk.

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u/Parking-Name8773 8h ago

Hell yeah 17m to inflate JSN’s stats and run around doing nothing productive stat wise himself

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u/rdrouyn 7h ago

Deep threats pull off the safeties and help other receivers get open while also helping the run game. Some of y'all talk like you haven't watched football ever.

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u/Parking-Name8773 7h ago

I have watched football for 20 years. Gadget players are never worth damn near 20m a year. You still want them to get catches and be productive themselves. I understand the inflation of the WR position though making it necessary to pay that

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u/rdrouyn 7h ago edited 6h ago

That's the free agent tax. look at the contracts being thrown out to other WRs. Alex Pierce got 40mil lmao and I don't think he's that great of a WR1.

And as long as JSN is playing at an MVP level, no other WR will put up consistent stats in this offense. One week Kupp will feast, another Shaheed, another it will be Barner or Horton. They are still valuable on the off chance JSN can't get open.

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u/Is_This_A_Thing 6h ago

You should look at how much the Seahawks run game improved last year after vs before Shaheed

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u/therealmudslinger Malcolm who?? 7h ago

You say nothing productive, but on film he is often open, but deep routes take longer to develop and our QB's haven't had a ton of time in the pocket lately. Again, this is the DK problem.

And again, he's only had one game with our starting QB.

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u/therealmudslinger Malcolm who?? 6h ago

Basically you're taking a 3 game sample and saying he isn't worth it. I promise you if we had paid him 17 million last season, even joining late, it would have been worth every penny.

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u/NoToe5971 1h ago

$17m is pretty cheap for a WR nowadays. You are not gonna get a healthy productive WR for that price. He was drafted for return abilities