Seahawks Have Their 53 Man Roster Set

We see the Seahawks have set the roster right now; however the word set is a misnomer because it could change some more before they go to St.Louis to play the Rams on Sunday.

Though he made the initial 53 man roster Christian Michael was traded to the Dallas Cowboys for a conditional pick in 2016. This couldn’t have been a big surprise since Michael has not lived up to his draft status of being picked first by the Seahawks in 2013. So this means right now the Thomas Rawls has made the team as the third running back. Depending what happens he could at some point be put on practice squad. We haven’t heard an official signing of Freddie Jackson as the backup to Marshawn Lynch. There is a possibility that the Seahawks could go out and get another running back who has experience to be the third running back to cover any injuries that might occur to Lynch or Jackson.

The Seahawks have their first practice this week on Wednesday so it would not surprise me if more changes to the roster are made before or on Wednesday. It wouldn’t make any sense to do any after Wednesday unless you take someone off the practice squad.

Another question we have is will Kam Chancellor report to the Seahawks by Wednesday or will he continue his holdout. Of course, if he does report there will be another change to the roster. If he does continue his holdout it certainly puts more of a work load on free safety Earl Thomas. The Seahawks did trade for a veteran strong safety with the Kansas City acquiring Kelcie McCray. If Chancellor doesn’t report how long his holdout will depend a lot on McCray, and the defensive backfield does against the Rams. If they poorly the Seahawks could strike a deal with Chancellor soon, or if they do real well the holdout might last longer unless Chancellor sees the writing on the wall, and losing pay checks as well.

 Continue on the defense side of the ball top Frank Clark looks like the real thing. Pre-season he showed that he could be the solution to the problems that Seahawks had last year with the rush. He can be a good duel to go along with Bruce Irvin. If he has an outstanding rookie season it mean the end of Irvin with the Seahawks as well since it will be the end of his contract, and the Seahawks may not resign him because of how much more money they would have to sign him to and affect the salary cap. The Seahawks already spend a lot of money on the defensive side of the ball. It will be interesting to see how Clark can do against the run as well though the primary reason they drafted him was for his pass rushing ability.

On the offense side of the ball kept two quarterbacks though BJ Daniels made it as a receiver he can be added insurance to the quarterback position in case of injury. Also, he can be the backup to Tyler Lockett as kickoff and punt receiver as well. Depending on how much Lockett will be used as receiver it would not surprise me if we see Daniels receiving punts at least once or twice in the game. Lockett and Daniels both will likely be used on end around plays as well. Daniels could also throw the ball down field on the end around plays too. It would not surprise me if we see a few where Daniels will throw down field to Lockett. Another one we could see on those type of plays is Ricardo Lockette who has great speed and has a big body as well.

At the tight end position I am sure that there will be more plays with two tight ends in the game or all three in some downs. Likely we will see Jimmy Graham out a lot as a wide receiver as well. This could happen often on third downs with Doug Baldwin playing the slot position or better known as the third receiver. This year the Seahawks have so many more options at the receiver position.

 When the Seahawks run the ball we will see beast mode, Jackson, beast mode, Jackson, Rawls, beast mode, Jackson, and more beast mode. Whether Lynch starts the game will depend on his health, and how Jackson and Rawls both are doing. We could see Jackson starting and Lynch come in the second or third series depending on how the offense is rolling.

Coming Sunday we will know how the Seahawks will do. Often they have trouble playing in St.Louis, however, whatever the results are we don’t have a lot to worry about except that they do play at Green Bay in the second week of the season. Go Hawks!