For the Seahawks to improve on their 9-7 record next season, they’ll likely have to get better internally. In fact, it is probably in part due to their cap restraints that the team even felt compelled to fire both their offensive and defensive coordinators, because the real change needed is an improvement of what they’ve got rather than trying out new players to execute the same game plans.
Seattle is currently looking at $14 million in cap space per OverTheCap.com, and perhaps $26 million if they release Jeremy Lane and Cliff Avril.