Pro Football Rumors
The Seahawks only really got their roster set to start the 2025 NFL season today, but general manager John Schneider already found himself fielding questions about extensions for players set to become free agents next year. Those questions mostly pertain to members of Seattle’s 2022 draft class, but the top pick from that class, left tackle Charles Cross, will not be signing an extension this year, per ESPN’s Brady Henderson.
Cross has started all but three games at left tackle since the Seahawks made him the ninth overall pick in 2022, and Pro Football Focus (subscription required) graded him as the ninth-best offensive tackle in the NFL last year, so it seems safe to say that Seattle will want to extend Cross. The reason he won’t be considered for a deal this year is because the Seahawks “don’t extend deals with more than a year left,” and with the team exercising Cross’ fifth-year option, the 24-year-old has two years left on his rookie contract.
When considering Cross’ 2022 draft classmates, Schneider offered a different perspective (per Michael-Shawn Dugar of The Athletic), saying, “We love our guys, and we’ll keep working with them. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. And if it doesn’t, you just have to move on to the next guy. We won’t ever stop trying to do that.”
Unfortunately for Cross, that doesn’t seem to apply to him until next year. Multiple times this summer, Cross has expressed his desire to remain in Seattle long-term just to be shut down due to the timing. At some point, the Seahawks will come to the table Cross continues to wait at with an offer. They’ll just have to hope that waiting to get a deal done doesn’t raise the price tag to an unattainable number.
