Even with the diminishing value of a Pro Bowl nod in the NFL, it still represents and acknowledges — in most cases — a player who had a standout season and was among the league’s best at their position.
The Seattle Seahawks have plenty of players who are strong candidates to make the NFC Pro Bowl roster for the first time in their careers, but the list of possible repeat nominees is much shorter. Entering training camp, just 10 players on Seattle’s 90-man roster have participated in the NFL’s penultimate weekend of competition in previous seasons.
Here are five Seahawks players who could get back to the Pro Bowl in 2024.
Williams’ only Pro Bowl nod came with the Jets in 2016 — his second season in the NFL — but it wasn’t even the best campaign of his career. That season Williams logged 68 combined tackles, 11 tackles for loss, seven sacks and two forced fumbles. With the Giants in 2020, arguably Williams’ best season, the 6-5, 300-pound defensive lineman finished with 57 combined tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks and one pass defensed.
After the Giants’ Week 8 loss to the Jets last season, Williams was traded to Seattle and his production spiked significantly. Of his 2023 stats, he finished with 41 combined tackles, nine tackles for loss, and four sacks in just 10 games with Seattle. He also never got a bye week, appearing in 18 total games.
The emphasis on versatility in Mike Macdonald’s defense will have Williams playing everywhere on Seattle’s defensive line, which should highlight his strengths as a player who can play anywhere from nose tackle to big end. It wouldn’t be a shock to see him back in the Pro Bowl, especially after receiving a three-year deal worth $64.5 million this offseason that made him the 11th-highest-paid interior defensive lineman in the NFL, per Over the Cap.
