Seahawks Predicted to Poach Ravens All-Pro As “Defensive Centerpiece”

The Baltimore Ravens already lost one promising piece of their team to the Seattle Seahawks when defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald took the head coaching job in Seattle. Now they could be in danger of losing another young piece but this time it would be linebacker Patrick Queen.

Bleacher Report’s Gary Davenport believes the “Best Team Fit” for Queen would be joining the Seahawks.

Davenport wrote, “It makes a ton of sense—in Queen, Macdonald would get a defensive centerpiece who is already intimately familiar with his scheme and who could wear the “green dot” helmet communicator and make the defensive play-calls.”

ESPN’s Field Yates also called Queen to the Seahawks when asked to name “One move you want to see this offseason.”Yates wrote, “The Queen match is particularly pertinent as Macdonald was Queen’s position coach in Baltimore early in his career.”

Both Yates and Davenport point out that Seattle could be losing two key linebackers themselves in Bobby Wagner and Jordyn Brooks. “The Seahawks are hurting for cap space. They are also potentially hurting even worse at linebacker,” Davenport explained.

The run at linebackers could get hectic and expensive this offseason as, “This draft class is not deep on inside linebackers,” Yates advised.

Patrick Queen Stands to Cash in This Offseason

The Ravens set Queen on this path a year early when they declined his 5th-year option in May of 2023. According to OverTheCap, the Seahawks currently do not have any cap space available, but assuming they make cuts and restructures they could make a run at the young linebacker.

“His age could also allow the Seahawks to sign a longer-term deal that affords Seattle more cap space in the short term,” Davenport wrote.

Queen has over 100 combined tackles three of his four seasons in the NFL (he had 98 in 2021). Davenport projected a contract of, “Four years, $71 million, $52 million guaranteed.”

BR could be underestimating the market for Queen. Spotrac’s market value projections have the contract more in the range of 5-years, $92 million.

If Yates is correct in his projection of a weak draft class teams will be pressed to bring in a young star linebacker.

Queen will only be 25 years old by the time the upcoming season kicks off, so he is just hitting his prime. He already has a Pro Bowl and All-Pro Second Team under his belt, and he finished third in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting in 2020.