RENTON — The Seattle Seahawks despatched away two veteran huge receivers with a mixed 15 seasons of NFL expertise, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Steven Sims, as a part of setting the crew’s 53-man roster on Tuesday for the upcoming common season.
The crew will eat the $3 million it assured Valdes-Scantling, 30, within the one-year contract Seattle gave him this spring. He bought beat out by rookie fifth-round draft alternative Tory Horton, plus Dareke Younger and Cody White.
Sims went on injured reserve. It’s season-ending except the Seahawks attain an harm settlement with him to make him a free agent.
Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald rewarded Younger and White for his or her spectacular coaching camps and preseason video games.
White, signed after Pittsburgh launched him in the summertime of 2023, spent most of final season on Seattle’s apply squad. He bought the ultimate of six wide-receiver spots at the beginning of this season by producing in each alternative he bought, together with as a punt returner.
He had two catches for 44 yards in his solely three targets of the 2024 season final Nov. 3 in Seattle’s additional time residence loss to the Los Angeles Rams. He had a giant second half receiving and returning in Inexperienced Bay Saturday within the preseason finale.
Macdonald praised White for that Saturday after the ultimate preseason recreation.
“Give him the opportunity, and he makes plays,” Macdonald mentioned. “I’m happy for him. We’ve talked about it for two years now. The guy worked extremely hard. He earned that (big game in Green Bay). That was really cool.”
Seattle made one commerce amongst its roster strikes Tuesday. The crew despatched reserve offensive sort out Mike Jerrell to the Atlanta Falcons for a conditional seventh-round draft alternative.
The Seahawks waived two rookie draft decisions: operating again Damien Martinez from Oregon State and huge receiver Ricky White from UNLV. Each had been seventh-round picks this spring.
Seattle put guard Christian Haynes (pectoral) on injured reserve with a designation to return after a minimal of 4 weeks missed in the course of the season.
Different gentle surprises: The crew saved undrafted rookie linebackers Jared Ivey and Connor O’Toole whereas releasing 2022 fifth-round decide Tyreke Smith and Patrick O’Connell. O’Connell was beginning at weakside inside linebacker at occasions throughout coaching camp, when common Tyrice Knight was out with an undisclosed medical situation.
Knight is again training for the opening recreation Sept. 7 in opposition to San Francisco at Lumen Area.
The Seahawks waived Quinton Bohanna and Brandon Pili. Each had been on the beginning defensive position throughout coaching camp. Veteran Johnathan Hankins, 33, stays on the reserve/non-football-injury checklist with a again situation. He hasn’t practiced since final season.
These strikes go away Seattle wafer skinny at defensive sort out. Byron Murphy and Jarran Reed are the one two on the 53-man roster. Rookie defensive finish Rylie Mills, the fifth-round decide from Notre Dame, can also be on the non-football-injury checklist. That’s from the reconstructive knee surgical procedure he had in January.
For all of the consideration of dropping gamers the Seahawks wish to carry on the apply squad to waiver claims, think about: There have been solely 24 in your complete, 32-team league from roster cut-down day final summer season.
That’s why Macdonald and normal supervisor John Schneider think about theirs a 70-man roster, not 53, for the common season. He intends for many if not all of the 17-man apply squad to return from the gamers Seattle had in coaching camp and simply waived. Defensive sort out is prone to be a place back-filled by practice-squad signings.
“John said this, and I love how we do it here,” Macdonald mentioned. “We’re looking at it through the lens of, ‘Hey, this is the 70, this is not the final 53. We need everybody in our building … .This is the crew that we’re building for the long haul.’ ”
The league waiver interval is lower than 24 hours, ending early Wednesday. The Seahawks and all different groups will signal again gamers who usually are not claimed off waivers to the apply squad after that.
