NFL: Free agency fits for the top 10 teams in terms of cap space

#8. Seattle Seahawks – Jared Cook

I really thought hard about putting former Patriots defensive lineman Trey Flowers here, because he would give the Seahawks some inside-out flexibility in the mold of Michael Bennett during their Super Bowl runs, but since I expect them to put the franchise-tag on Frank Clark and possibly grab somebody in this edge-rich draft class, I went a different route.

Flowers would be one of those few players I think Belichick will try to retain, because he is the type of versatile piece they can make use of. Instead I linked nine-year veteran tight-end Jared Cook to them. The Seahawks let Jimmy Graham walk last offseason and never got any consistent receiving production from that position. Third-round pick Will Dissly came out of Washington with little experience after transitioning from the defensive line and he excelled more so with his blocking. He had that 105-yard performance in the season-opener, but he only caught five more passes for 51 yards over the next three games before being gone for the year.

Overall their entire tight-end room combined for 50 catches and 591 yards over the season. Cook had 68 grabs for 896 yards and six touchdowns himself. That also included 15 plays of 20+ yards, while all those Seattle tight-ends combined for just seven of those and two of them came in that first week by Dissly.

To me, Cook was the fourth-best tight-end in the league last season behind only Travis Kelce, Zach Ertz and George Kittle, who all set NFL records. He was by far the biggest weapon on a disappointing Raiders offense, whose second- and third-most productive pass-catchers were their primary third down back and a 33-year old Jordy Nelson.

Cook will turn 32 himself before next season starts, but he still made incredibly athletic plays in 2018 and would be a great compliment to a young tight-end room, that has plenty of pass- and run-blockers at their hands.