If form holds, then Seahawks’ fans may want to temper their excitement for the opening of the NFL free agent signing period Thursday at 1 p.m. Seattle time.
Other than in the lockout year of 2011, when all transactions were delayed until July, the Seahawks have signed just one outside unrestricted free agent on the first day of the signing period since Pete Carroll became coach and John Schneider general manager in 2010 — cornerback Cary Williams in 2015.
Instead, the team’s usual M.O. has more often been to stay out of the initial fray — generally concentrating on its own players first — and let the market sort itself out and then pick up what it needs later on.