{"id":1018,"date":"2026-08-29T02:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T02:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movie.chiasehack.net\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2026-08-29T02:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T02:16:30","slug":"seahawks-approve-leonard-williams-90-million-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movie.chiasehack.net\/?p=1018","title":{"rendered":"Seahawks Approve Leonard Williams\u2019 $90 Million Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Seattle Seahawks and defensive tackle Leonard Williams agreed to a three-year contract extension worth $90 million, with $56 million guaranteed, multiple outlets including ESPN, NFL.com and CBS Sports confirmed Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old was entering the final season of a three-year, $64.5 million deal he had signed with Seattle in March 2024, a contract that had been set to make him a free agent in 2027. Under the new extension, Williams&#039; annual average value of $30 million ties him with Tampa Bay&#039;s Vita Vea for fifth among the highest-paid interior defensive linemen in the league, behind Philadelphia&#039;s Jalen Carter, Dallas&#039;s Quinnen Williams, Tennessee&#039;s Jeffery Simmons and Kansas City&#039;s Chris Jones.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRkCdmvzhXj0nYreE0aAZAMlHUkQweOt6jnEo79wTRg636bC7UkBu1pUd7A&amp;s=10\" alt=\"Seahawks Approve Leonard Williams\u2019 $90 Million Extension\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Seattle acquired Williams via trade from the New York Giants in October 2023 in exchange for second- and fifth-round draft picks. Since then, he has appeared in 43 games for the Seahawks, recording 22 sacks, 34 tackles for loss and 61 quarterback hits. Last season, Williams posted 7 sacks, nine tackles for loss and 22 quarterback hits during the regular season, then added a sack, a tackle for loss and three quarterback hits across three postseason games as Seattle won Super Bowl LX. He earned second-team All-Pro honors for the first time in his career and was voted the NFL&#039;s best defensive tackle in offseason polling conducted by ESPN&#039;s Jeremy Fowler.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It feels amazing,&quot; Williams said while holding his newborn son, Zion, minutes after signing the deal. &quot;I think this is maybe my first time being extended while under contract with a team. It&#039;s really great news.&quot;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UOhg5xFGzxQ\" title=\"YouTube video\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The extension makes Williams the fourth Seahawks player to receive a significant new contract this offseason, following wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba&#039;s four-year, $168.6 million deal that made him the NFL&#039;s highest-paid receiver, cornerback Devon Witherspoon&#039;s four-year, $132 million deal that made him the league&#039;s top-paid cornerback, and outside linebacker Derick Hall&#039;s three-year, $42 million extension signed in June.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Mike Macdonald praised Williams as a foundational piece of the roster. &quot;We couldn&#039;t be more excited to get the deal done,&quot; Macdonald said. &quot;He&#039;s a foundational player to our club from when we got here&#8230; just an absolute A-plus person, teammate, the day-to-day, really just how much he&#039;s invested into our team and really his teammates.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A first-round pick of the New York Jets out of USC in 2015, Williams has recorded 61.5 career sacks across 175 regular-season games over 11 NFL seasons. The extension news arrived just a day after NFL owners approved the $9.612 billion sale of the Seahawks from the trust of the late Paul G. Allen to a group led by Vinod, Neeru and Neal Khosla, marking a significant week of change for the franchise both on and off the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seattle Seahawks and defensive tackle Leonard Williams agreed to a three-year contract extension worth $90 million, with $56 million guaranteed, multiple outlets including ESPN, NFL.com and CBS Sports confirmed Thursday. 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