The end of the road for Noah Fant could be coming sooner rather than later.
Fant’s production has decreased . He had 68 receptions for 670 yards and four touchdowns during his last season with the Broncos. Fant has never had that level of production since.
The 2024 season was a positive sign, with 48 receptions for 500 yards and a touchdown.
But the problem is competition.
The Seahawks added rookie Elijah Arroyo during the 2025 NFL Draft. Arroyo has all of the necessary skills to challenge Fant for a starting job as early as this season.
Fant is in the final year of his contract and has a whopping $13.41 million cap hit in 2025.
He could make sense as a trade candidate around the NFL’s trade deadline. Especially because that would lower his cap hit for any team trading for him.
If Seattle does not trade Fant, he will most likely not be re-signed after the 2025 season. So in my mind, it makes sense to try and get some future assets for him as soon as possible.
Uchenna Nwosu could be an appealing trade piece for a contending team
Seahawks edge rusher Uchenna Nwosu is not the player he was earlier in his career. But that does not mean he is without a place in the NFL.
with Seattle in 2023. He earned that contract after logging nine-and-a-half sacks and 66 total tackles for the Seahawks in 2022.
At the time, the hope was the Nwosu would become a three-down starter who could post double-digit sacks each season. Unfortunately, he never came close to his 2022 production ever again.
Nwosu has logged just 30 total tackles and three sacks over the past two seasons combined. He does not seem to be a good fit in Mike Macdonald’s defense. Nwosu is also getting older, which could account for some of his production slump.
The right move for Seattle could be trading Nwosu to a contender.
One benefit would be getting rid of Nwosu’s bloated contract. He has a 2025, which balloons to $20.02 million in 2026. That is a ton of cap space allocated to, at best, a backup player.
Thankfully, a large amount of those cap hits is prorated from Nwosu’s signing bonus. As a result, any team trading for him would only take on a $4 million cap hit in 2025 and $11.51 million in 2026. That makes Nwosu a somewhat reasonable one-year patch at edge rusher.
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