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The Seahawks are signing Terrion Arnold. They believe his football skills match what they want and need on their top-ranked defense.
The Super Bowl champions just don’t know exactly when Arnold will sign.
Or when — or even if — he is going to be playing for them.
That’s the gist of coach Mike Macdonald confirming Friday Seattle’s agreement on a one-year contract with the free-agent cornerback, which a league source told The News Tribune Thursday.
It’s unknown if Arnold will play in any of the two preseason games that will remain after Seattle hosts Dallas Saturday at Lumen Field (5 p.m., KING-5 television)
“The timetable of that is still being worked out,” Macdonald said Friday.
The Seahawks are off Sunday. They practice at their team headquarters Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday they travel to Nashville, Tennessee. They have a joint practice next Friday, Aug 21, against the Titans then their second preseason game Sunday, Aug. 23 there in Tennessee.
“We’re working through that on when the best time is for him to come in,” Macdonald said. “But we have an agreement with him.
“We’ll see. I really don’t know how we’re going to do it.”
Arnold, 23, was a first-round draft choice from Alabama by the Lions in 2024. Detroit released him this summer after he was arrested in Florida on eight felony charges related to an alleged kidnapping, robbery and beating of three men there in February.
Arnold tried out for the Seahawks in a workout at the team’s Virginia Mason Athletic Center Sunday. Then he visited the New Orleans Saints and New York Giants this week.
Macdonald said he understood Arnold visited as many as eight to 10 teams. The Houston Texans were reportedly among those.
He chose to sign with the Seahawks Thursday, just under four weeks before Seattle’s opener, the NFL kick-off game against New England Sept. 9 at Lumen Field. It’s a one-year deal. It’s believed to be at or near the NFL’s minimum salary. For players of Arnold’s two years of accrued seasons in the league, that’s $1,075,000.
The Seahawks could also possibly retain Arnold for 2027 as a restricted free agent, at the tender value for a restricted free agent.
That is, if a Hillsborough County court judge and the Florida legal process plus NFL commissioner Roger Goodell allows Arnold to play for Seattle in 2026. He could begin the season next month on the commissioner’s exempt list, effectively suspended until the legal process has a resolution.
Arnold’s next schedule court appearance is a status hearing Oct. 5 in Tampa. The Seahawks host the Los Angeles Chargers the day before that in their fourth game of the regular season.
“It was an opportunity to bring on a player that we felt strongly about during the draft process (in 2024),” Macdonald said following the Seahawks’ light practice Friday, before their first preseason game Saturday.
“We also understand that it’s a serious situation with a legal matter. There’s a process behind it and we respect that. That’s how we will operate, too, and let the process play out. (We’ll) let the league decide if and when his return to play is.
“(We) understand that that’s at play, but there’s also an opportunity to bring him in and give him an opportunity to earn a position here.”
Macdonald and the team believe Arnold will merge into and eventually fit the Seahawks’ locker-room brotherhood. They see that togetherness as unique in the NFL, and the reason they won the Super Bowl six months ago.
“We feel really strongly about our locker room and our team,” Macdonald said.
The Seahawks have two people who know Arnold better than most in the NFL do. Defensive backs coach Karl Scott recruited Arnold out of his high school in Tallahassee, Florida, to Alabama in 2019 and ‘20. Scott did not coach Arnold at Alabama; the coach took the same job for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings before Arnold began playing and became an All-American for the Crimson Tide.
Seahawks third quarterback Jalen Milroe was Arnold’s teammate at Alabama. Seattle selected Milroe in the third round of the same draft Detroit took Arnold 24th overall in round one.
“We had a great visit with Terrion,” Macdonald said. “Obviously, we knew him going through the process.
“I referenced the folks that have been in his corner through the whole process, as well. You know, we respect those people. We’re not going to ignore those folks that we really respect that have a strong opinion about it, as well.
“Put all those things together and it felt like it was a good opportunity for the team.”
The coach did not comment on specifics of Arnold’s case. The Seahawks investigated it, and what may lay ahead for Arnold with his legal process and the league’s potential actions.
Macdonald was asked what he’s learned through the Seahawks’ investigation of Arnold’s legal process that made the team feel it was prudent and appropriate to sign him now, and that the cornerback would be able to play for them this season.
“I do not have, like, the specifics on dates and things like that,” Macdonald said. “All I know is that there’s an availability, if the league lets it happen, that he could play.
“In terms of when that happens and how that goes down, to me that’s part of that process.
“The facts of the case, all those things about the comments of what happens, that’s not our responsibility to have a comment on that. Nor can we. I think we just have to understand there’s a process in play and we are going to let it play out.”
Macdonald said he consulted individually with veteran players on the team about adding Arnold, mindful of the culture they have in the locker room.
Ultimately, the coach said Arnold’s skills he showed at Alabama of pattern-matching coverage fit what Macdonald does with the Seahawks defensive backs. That, the head coach says, is why Seattle was interested in drafting Arnold and gave him a high draft grade 2 1/2 years ago.
Thursday, before news of Arnold’s agreement with the Seahawks broke, Milroe talked about Arnold before practice.
“Number one, he’s going to give us everything he’s got,” Milroe said. “Of course, being with him at Alabama, the amount of passion that he plays with, how smart he is, how detail-oriented that he is.
“I think something that’s unique about him is, he can do everything — whether it’s man(-coverage) corner, whether it’s traveling (around the defense) man, whether it’s playing zone, whether it’s press-and-bail (coverage), he’s diverse when it comes to the cornerback position.
“This is someone who played basketball, so he’s very athletic. He can jump. He can move. He can bend.
“Man, of course, he’s my best friend, so I can pump and hype him up a lot,” Milroe said of Arnold. “But, man, he’s...I really hope he can come here. He can definitely be a difference-maker for us.
“He’s very versatile. I’ll be excited if he’s here.”
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The Super Bowl champions just don’t know exactly when Arnold will sign.
Or when — or even if — he is going to be playing for them.
That’s the gist of coach Mike Macdonald confirming Friday Seattle’s agreement on a one-year contract with the free-agent cornerback, which a league source told The News Tribune Thursday.
It’s unknown if Arnold will play in any of the two preseason games that will remain after Seattle hosts Dallas Saturday at Lumen Field (5 p.m., KING-5 television)
“The timetable of that is still being worked out,” Macdonald said Friday.
The Seahawks are off Sunday. They practice at their team headquarters Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday they travel to Nashville, Tennessee. They have a joint practice next Friday, Aug 21, against the Titans then their second preseason game Sunday, Aug. 23 there in Tennessee.
“We’re working through that on when the best time is for him to come in,” Macdonald said. “But we have an agreement with him.
“We’ll see. I really don’t know how we’re going to do it.”
Arnold, 23, was a first-round draft choice from Alabama by the Lions in 2024. Detroit released him this summer after he was arrested in Florida on eight felony charges related to an alleged kidnapping, robbery and beating of three men there in February.
Arnold tried out for the Seahawks in a workout at the team’s Virginia Mason Athletic Center Sunday. Then he visited the New Orleans Saints and New York Giants this week.
Macdonald said he understood Arnold visited as many as eight to 10 teams. The Houston Texans were reportedly among those.
He chose to sign with the Seahawks Thursday, just under four weeks before Seattle’s opener, the NFL kick-off game against New England Sept. 9 at Lumen Field. It’s a one-year deal. It’s believed to be at or near the NFL’s minimum salary. For players of Arnold’s two years of accrued seasons in the league, that’s $1,075,000.
The Seahawks could also possibly retain Arnold for 2027 as a restricted free agent, at the tender value for a restricted free agent.
That is, if a Hillsborough County court judge and the Florida legal process plus NFL commissioner Roger Goodell allows Arnold to play for Seattle in 2026. He could begin the season next month on the commissioner’s exempt list, effectively suspended until the legal process has a resolution.
Arnold’s next schedule court appearance is a status hearing Oct. 5 in Tampa. The Seahawks host the Los Angeles Chargers the day before that in their fourth game of the regular season.
“It was an opportunity to bring on a player that we felt strongly about during the draft process (in 2024),” Macdonald said following the Seahawks’ light practice Friday, before their first preseason game Saturday.
“We also understand that it’s a serious situation with a legal matter. There’s a process behind it and we respect that. That’s how we will operate, too, and let the process play out. (We’ll) let the league decide if and when his return to play is.
“(We) understand that that’s at play, but there’s also an opportunity to bring him in and give him an opportunity to earn a position here.”
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Terrion Arnold and Seahawks’ culture
Macdonald and the team believe Arnold will merge into and eventually fit the Seahawks’ locker-room brotherhood. They see that togetherness as unique in the NFL, and the reason they won the Super Bowl six months ago.
“We feel really strongly about our locker room and our team,” Macdonald said.
The Seahawks have two people who know Arnold better than most in the NFL do. Defensive backs coach Karl Scott recruited Arnold out of his high school in Tallahassee, Florida, to Alabama in 2019 and ‘20. Scott did not coach Arnold at Alabama; the coach took the same job for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings before Arnold began playing and became an All-American for the Crimson Tide.
Seahawks third quarterback Jalen Milroe was Arnold’s teammate at Alabama. Seattle selected Milroe in the third round of the same draft Detroit took Arnold 24th overall in round one.
“We had a great visit with Terrion,” Macdonald said. “Obviously, we knew him going through the process.
“I referenced the folks that have been in his corner through the whole process, as well. You know, we respect those people. We’re not going to ignore those folks that we really respect that have a strong opinion about it, as well.
“Put all those things together and it felt like it was a good opportunity for the team.”
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The coach did not comment on specifics of Arnold’s case. The Seahawks investigated it, and what may lay ahead for Arnold with his legal process and the league’s potential actions.
Macdonald was asked what he’s learned through the Seahawks’ investigation of Arnold’s legal process that made the team feel it was prudent and appropriate to sign him now, and that the cornerback would be able to play for them this season.
“I do not have, like, the specifics on dates and things like that,” Macdonald said. “All I know is that there’s an availability, if the league lets it happen, that he could play.
“In terms of when that happens and how that goes down, to me that’s part of that process.
“The facts of the case, all those things about the comments of what happens, that’s not our responsibility to have a comment on that. Nor can we. I think we just have to understand there’s a process in play and we are going to let it play out.”
Macdonald said he consulted individually with veteran players on the team about adding Arnold, mindful of the culture they have in the locker room.
Ultimately, the coach said Arnold’s skills he showed at Alabama of pattern-matching coverage fit what Macdonald does with the Seahawks defensive backs. That, the head coach says, is why Seattle was interested in drafting Arnold and gave him a high draft grade 2 1/2 years ago.
Thursday, before news of Arnold’s agreement with the Seahawks broke, Milroe talked about Arnold before practice.
“Number one, he’s going to give us everything he’s got,” Milroe said. “Of course, being with him at Alabama, the amount of passion that he plays with, how smart he is, how detail-oriented that he is.
“I think something that’s unique about him is, he can do everything — whether it’s man(-coverage) corner, whether it’s traveling (around the defense) man, whether it’s playing zone, whether it’s press-and-bail (coverage), he’s diverse when it comes to the cornerback position.
“This is someone who played basketball, so he’s very athletic. He can jump. He can move. He can bend.
“Man, of course, he’s my best friend, so I can pump and hype him up a lot,” Milroe said of Arnold. “But, man, he’s...I really hope he can come here. He can definitely be a difference-maker for us.
“He’s very versatile. I’ll be excited if he’s here.”
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