The Seattle Seahawks continue to send the message that no one is safe, this offseason.

While many fans are relieved the team is already looking into replacing kicker Blair Walsh, who will be a free agent in March and is unlikely to return anyway, they may be dismayed that his holder and kicking mate, punter Jon Ryan, may also be on the chopping block.

According to the Seattle Times' Bob Condotta, the Seahawks will bring in another street free agent in punter Jeff Locke to work out along with kicker Jason Myers. As Condotta pointed out, it behooves the Seahawks to perhaps move on from Ryan at this time whose cap hit grows larger in 2018 and 2019. The team can save a total of $5 million over the next two years by releasing their longest-tenured players this offseason.

Otherwise, Ryan would be slated to be a free agent in 2020 after re-signing with the team in the 2016 offseason.

Meanwhile, Locke was drafted in the fifth-round of the 2018 draft by the Minnesota Vikings (every Seahawks fan screams "Another former Vikings kicker!"). He spent four season with the Vikings. After joining the Colts in 2017 as a free agent, he was released prior to the season. He spent a brief moment with the Detroit Lions but was released again in October.

In five seasons, he's kicked 317 punts for a net average of 39.1 but his longest punt took a significant nose dive in 2017. His longest punt last season was 54 yards after hitting the longest punt of his career in 2016 -- a 72-yard boomer.

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On the flip side, Ryan, who had his most work last season he's ever had since Russell Wilson came to town, remains around his normal averages. With a long of 74 yards, he punted 92 times for a 38.8 net average.

The Seahawks will need to save money where they can this offseason and Ryan may be just another casualty of that need. He certainly isn't safe by any means.

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