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In the second year of the Mike Macdonald era, the Seattle Seahawks set out to reclaim control of the NFC West in 2025, and did so in a remarkable way.
The Seahawks not only won the division for just the second time since Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan were hired in 2017, they went on to win the NFC and then hoist the Lombardi Trophy as the best team in the NFL and lay claim to the title of World Champions.
Bringing home the Super Bowl title was certainly a goal for the team as a whole, but for former Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman DeMarcus Lawrence in particular, as after signing with Seattle he famously declared about Dallas that, “I know for sure I’m not going to win a Super Bowl there.”
With that in mind, Lawrence will soon be the proud owner of a Super Bowl ring after Seattle thumped the Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl LX, but whether Lawrence will be back to try and help the Seahawks win another title is reportedly a question that will need to be answered this offseason, according to NFL insider Brady Henderson of ESPN.
Lawrence is set to make $9M this season between base salary and per game roster bonuses, with a total cap hit of $11.783M. For those curious, should he retire, Lawrence would forfeit that $9M, including the $5M of fully guaranteed base salary, while the Seahawks would take on $4.76M of dead money. The first $2.63M of dead money would hit the 2026 cap, with the remaining $2.13M hitting in either 2026 or 2027, depending on how and when the team processes his retirement.
However, here’s to hoping the questions of when and how the team handles his retirement don’t need to be addressed this offseason, as those seem like things that might be better handled a year from now after Lawrence has been fitted for a second Super Bowl ring.