THE FRONT ROW WITH JASON ELLIOTT: March 8, 2014

They destroyed the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVII.

Now, much like that performance, the wrecking ball is coming to the Seattle Seahawks in free agency.

WITH THE way the NFL is now, with free agency and every player trying to get paid, it appears that whatever momentum was gained from the team's first Super Bowl win in franchise history has been stopped.

Among those eligible to walk from the team are Golden Tate, Michael Bennett, Steven Hausckha, Breno Giacomini and Brandon Browner, among a long list of 15 others that played in reserve roles last year.

Already cut from the team were wide receiver Sidney Rice, who missed the final three months of the season with a knee injury, and Red Bryant, who had played a key role on the defense since the arrival of coach Pete Carroll.

If the team only re-signed Tate, Giacomini and Hausckha, that seems like the most likely scenario.

Bennett - who wasn't shy about his feelings following the Super Bowl - has said that this isn't Costo, and that he's got to 'look out for his family.'

Seattle offered him a little more than the 5 million a year they were paying him last year, and he has opted to become a free agent.

He might have had a career year in 2013, but wasn't an every down player and played mostly on third down, when a lot of the time the secondary covered long enough for him to make something happen.

As they've done all year, it appears his backup should be ready to go.

BROWNER WAS suspended, then sued the league to get re-instated as a player.

He'll still be suspended for four games to start the season, wherever he ends up signing to play.

For him - good riddance.

As good of a player he was in the secondary, his replacement Bryon Maxwell, was just as good.

Browner missed time last year as well, so him being out of Seattle shouldn't come as a shock.

Tate had what might have been his most consistent season since arriving in 2010 from Notre Dame and was one of quarterback Russell Wilson's favorite targets in a receiving group that was often times overshadowed by the team's running game.

Should he leave, the Seahawks will have Percy Harvin, Jermaine Kearse and Doug Baldwin. Baldwin could walk from the team, but the team will receive a second-round draft pick as compensation should that happen.

OTHER TEAMS in the NFL are going through the same thing, with New Orleans cutting Darren Sproles and Lance Moore, Denver parting ways with cornerback Champ Bailey among a few big moves already.

Every team will look a little different next year, that's a given.

The only difference is a few more people might be paying attention to the champions in the northwest.

Jason Elliott is a sports writer for the Coeur d'Alene Press. He can be reached by telephone at 664-8176, Ext. 2020 or via email at jelliott@cdapress.com. Follow him on Twitter at JEPressSports.