Seahawks Make Roster Moves

On Saturday the Seattle Seahawks trimmed their roster as required by the NFL. There were some surprised that happened. I don’t recall anything like this in the past years. Also some that was expected as well. One thing for sure the defense is going to have a different look this year however I am sure improved as well. The rest of the NFL I know has taken notice.

The biggest surprise was wide receiver Kasen Williams put on waivers. It was such a surprise Richard Sherman couldn’t believe it. He made some spectacular catches along with special teams that everyone expected him to be on the ball club. Of course you never know Seahawks always make changes so he could be back on the roster as well in any day. I am sure he will play somewhere this season.

The Seahawks made three trades on Saturday after two on Friday. Tramaine Brock was traded to the Minnesota Vikings for a 2018 seventh round pick. Interesting he was only on the squad for few days. They traded a seventh round pick to Kansas City to pick up offensive lineman Isiah Battle to add depth to the position and then the third trade was sending Cassius Marsh to the New England Patriots for a 5^th and 7^th round picks. It was a surprise to me though he did have a personal foul made against the quarterback in the last two pre-season games. I am not sure whether that was the reason however I am it didn’t help.

I could go on and on about those who were traded or released but I won’t. I will mention that three veterans had their contracts terminated. Former University of Washington Huskie fullback Marcel Reese, linebacker Mike Morgan and Ahtyba Rubin defensive tackle. I am sure Rubin contract was terminated after the Seahawks traded wide receiver Jermaine Kearse to the New York Jets on Friday for defensive end Sheldon Richardson along with the reason they were able to trade Marsh as well. Probably see Michael Bennett play more at tackle this year.

At this point the Seattle Seahawks have a different backup quarterback. Trevone Boykin was waived so now the job belongs to Austin Davis. I would not be surprised if the Seahawks are shopping around for another quarterback to backup Russell Wilson. Someone who is more of a veteran quarterback however there are not a lot of quality backups out there and we hope that Wilson won’t get hurt and take most of the snaps this year.

The wide receiver core now is Doug Baldwin and Paul Richardson with Tyler Lockett being number three. At this point the fourth and fifth receivers are rookie Amara Darboh and Tanner McEvoy who is a surprise to me making the ball club. I would have thought that Williams would have been in the position instead of McEvoy.

In the days to come I will go over the other positions too and see what other changes they make before playing the Green Bay Packers on Sept. 10. Go Hawks!