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.
In the week leading up to free agency the Seattle Seahawks took a chainsaw to their receiver group, releasing long time veteran Tyler Lockett for salary cap reasons and agreeing to a trade that would send DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers once the new league year started. That left Jaxon Smith-Njigba as the only proven player in the receiver room, at least until Wednesday.