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If he sees his latest contract extension all the way through, Schneider will have been the Seahawks GM for 20 years.
There is major contract extension news to report regarding the Seattle Seahawks.
FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer reported on Wednesday that Seahawks general manager John Schneider has been given another contract extension that will last into the start of 2030s.
Schneider’s previous extension took him through the 2027 NFL Draft.
This is a major vote of confidence by ownership in Schneider, who has full front office reins after Pete Carroll’s departure at the end of the 2023 season. Schneider was hired by Carroll as general manager in 2010, forming a partnership that created undoubtedly the greatest era of Seahawks football, culminating in the franchise’s first ever Super Bowl victory in the 2013 season. The Seahawks have made the postseason 10 times in the Schneider era, winning the NFC West five times along the way.
Post-Super Bowl, there have been rocky moments during Schneider’s tenure (while Carroll was still the coach and in charge of football operations), particularly through some less-than-stellar drafts, free agent classes, and big trades that didn’t pan out as the Seahawks dropped from the top of the NFL pyramid. However, the Seahawks have never had fewer than seven wins in a season with Schneider as GM, and there is significant optimism abound following a major influx of quality young talent through recent drafts, the hiring of Mike Macdonald as head coach, and the possibility of a long-term answer at quarterback with the third-round selection of Jalen Milroe. Heck, if Sam Darnold actually proves to be more than a one-season wonder and is a high-level QB moving forward, he’s still 28 years old and may also be a solution.
We’ll soon find out if the Schneider/Macdonald partnership ends up being a terrific successor to the Carroll/Schneider years. As has been well documented, Seattle has only one playoff win since 2019, so the hope is that the postseason success is coming back imminently and that Schneider is carving out a new path toward perennial Super Bowl contention.
