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.
It’s the heart of the offseason, with the first Sunday of the 2025 NFL season still 26 weeks away, however, it’s been a day full of news from across the league. For the Seattle Seahawks, the big news Sunday has been the retention of a pair of defensive starters from the 2024 team in Jarran Reed and Ernest Jones.