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Seattle Cuts roster to 53
The Seahawks parted way with three draft choices on Friday when they made the moves to reach the league-mandated roster limit of 53 players.
But that’s how the Seahawks’ third-year coach spent a good portion of his Friday, as the team reached the league-mandated 53-man roster by making 22 moves.
The club waived two former draft choices – Deon Butler and Kris Durham – at the overcrowded wide receiver position, where 11 players had to become six. With veteran
Also waived: quarterback Josh Portis; cornerback Phillip Adams; defensive end Pierre Allen; offensive lineman Paul Fanaika; linebacker Allen Bradford; and wide receiver Ricardo Lockette. All were with the Seahawks last season. Nine rookie free agents also were waived: offensive linemen Kris O’Dowd and Rishaw Johnson; tight end Sean McGrath; wide receivers Jermaine Kearse and Lavasier Tuinei; linebacker Kyle Knox; defensive end Cordarro Law; and safety DeShawn Shead.
Linebacker Korey Toomer was the only member of this year’s draft class to be waived.
Cornerback
Two other players were waived/injured – tight end Cooper Helfet and running back Vai Taua; while veteran linebacker
But
That’s a lot of moves on what was a moving day for Carroll and his staff.
“These guys have brought so much across the board,” Carroll said after Thursday’s 21-3 victory over the Oakland Raiders that tied an appropriate bow on the Seahawks’ 4-0 preseason. “We had a very strong feeling about these guys.
“What’s happened is that they’ve created value for themselves in our program. If we have to go back to guys we can’t keep on the roster, or can’t keep on the practice squad, we know we have guys out there that can play our style of football and can understand it.”
Ah, the practice squad. Several of the players released on Friday could be signed to the eight-man practice squad on Saturday, after they clear waivers.
Friday’s flurry of activity left the Seahawks with only two quarterbacks – rookie
The club kept 10 defensive backs, five corners and five safeties. In addition to starters
There also are 10 offensive linemen, but backup
“Carp is doing marvelously,” Carroll said this week when asked about Carpenter, who continues his rehab from a severe knee injury that ended his rookie season. “He’s not far away from looking like he can practice and play for us, but it’s still a crucial time here and we’re going to have to make a big decision on how we handle this.”
The decision was to carry Carpenter on the 53-man roster for a couple of weeks, rather than lose him for the first six games if he remained on PUP.
But don’t call this the final 53-man roster. Not with the always-active Carroll and general manager John Schneider having the weekend to tweak the roster before the players return on Monday to begin preparing for the opener against the Cardinals.
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