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The Seahawks-Patriots matchup in Super Bowl LX is front and center in the NFL, but let's not forget the offseason begins as soon as the confetti starts to rain down Sunday night. And Super Bowl week is a good place to gather intel on what could happen over the next few months for all 32 teams.

National reporters Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano have been in San Francisco all week, talking to execs, coaches, agents, scouts, players and other team sources. Which free agents could get a lot of interest in March? How might the QBs pan out in free agency? And what coaching moves are still coming as coordinator positions are filled? We touch on all of that, as well as the latest on Maxx Crosby's trade candidacy, the open NFLPA director position and, yes, even the Super Bowl matchup.

Here is what Jeremy and Dan heard on the ground this week.

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Graziano: As he gears up for the Super Bowl, remember that Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold has a $15 million 2026 roster bonus that becomes fully guaranteed Feb. 13, along with $2.5 million of his 2026 salary. The Seahawks are rigid with their veteran contract structures and will not guarantee money outside of the first year, so when he signed with Seattle last offseason, Darnold's only guaranteed money was his $32 million signing bonus and $5.5 million in 2025 salary and bonuses. (He has also earned $3 million in incentives and can add $1 million to that if the Seahawks win Sunday.) But the early trigger date on the 2026 guarantees functions as a mechanism to force Seattle to decide on Darnold (and other players with similar structures) well ahead of the start of free agency.

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