With minicamp over, the Seattle Seahawks are only one month away from coaching camp. These subsequent few weeks operate as summer season break earlier than issues actually warmth up (get it? Warmth up? It’s summer season!) and we inch nearer to the 2023 NFL common season.
Let’s do one other roster projection only for the hell of it, however with a few tweaks from my final one, which was immediately rendered out of date when Robert Cooper was waived. I’m even going to again up a earlier bold-ish prediction on a shock roster lower, which I’ll clarify later.
Rookies are italicized, UDFAs are included in parentheses.
The total Seahawks 90-man roster is right here.
Offense (24)
Quarterback (2): Geno Smith, Drew Lock
Operating again (4): Kenneth Walker III, Zach Charbonnet, Kenny McIntosh, DeeJay Dallas
Fullback/Linebacker (1): Nick Bellore
Vast Receiver (5): DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Dareke Younger, Dee Eskridge
Tight Finish (3): Noah Fant, Will Dissly, Colby Parkinson
Offensive Line (9): Charles Cross, Abe Lucas, Stone Forsythe, Damien Lewis, Evan Brown, Olusegun Oluwatimi, Phil Haynes, Anthony Bradford, Jake Curhan
Protection (26)
Defensive Line (7): Dre’Mont Jones, Mike Morris, Jarran Reed, Mario Edwards Jr, Cameron Younger, Jonah Tavai (UDFA), Myles Adams
Exterior linebackers (5): Darrell Taylor, Uchenna Nwosu, Derick Corridor, Boye Mafe, Joshua Onujiogu
Off-ball linebackers (4): Bobby Wagner, Devin Bush, Jon Rhattigan, Vi Jones
Safeties (5): Quandre Diggs, Julian Love, Joey Blount, Jerrick Reed II, Jonathan Sutherland (UDFA)
Cornerbacks (5): Riq Woolen, Devon Witherspoon, Mike Jackson Jr, Tre Brown, Coby Bryant
Particular Groups (3)
Kicker (1): Jason Myers
Punter (1): Michael Dickson
Lengthy Snapper (1): Chris Stoll (UDFA)
PUP record: Jamal Adams, Jordyn Brooks, Bryan Mone
Adams beginning the season on PUP isn’t primarily based on intel however extra of a intestine feeling that his harm was so severe that the Seahawks gained’t take any probabilities dashing him again. The teaching workers has mentioned nothing definitive about him even being prepared for coaching camp. One of many advantages of an early bye week is having one fewer sport missed inside the six-week PUP window, so I consider we’ll see not less than one among these trio again by the Week 7 residence sport towards the Arizona Cardinals.
My prediction of Adams beginning out on the PUP record is a part of why I see Jonathan Sutherland, one of many OTA and minicamp standouts, cracking the preliminary 53-man roster. I additionally consider Jonah Tavai will get in as a further inside defensive lineman. There’s part of me pondering Mario Edwards Jr is combating for a roster spot, partially as a result of I consider he gained’t get that many rotational snaps as a 3-4 DE, however for now he makes the lower. I’ll change my thoughts on this as a result of he’s on a really low cost contract.
Final time I did a roster projection I mentioned the Seahawks would lower 2021 second-round decide Dee Eskridge and preserve Cade Johnson. I’m not shopping for into Eskridge being a lot of a contributor on offense, and even much less so figuring out Jaxon Smith-Njigba is on the workforce, however he has one clear edge over Cade on particular groups. Seattle doesn’t have anybody who’s a clear-cut favourite to be a kick returner, and that’s an obligation Eskridge can present that Cade doesn’t. Cade’s additionally slightly redundant with JSN and Tyler Lockett on the roster, so for now I see Eskridge getting the final WR spot. The UDFA rookies with an opportunity to crack the 53 (presumably at Dee’s expense) I consider are Matt Landers and Jake Bobo.
At outdoors linebacker, I see Joshua Onujiogu getting the nod over Alton Robinson and Tyreke Smith as go dashing depth. Robinson didn’t play in any respect final yr resulting from harm and he was already out of favor within the rotation by 2021. Smith missed his rookie season with a hip harm and he had an injury-riddled profession at Ohio State, so I doubt he’ll magically grow to be a beacon of well being now.
Remember the fact that with three distinguished gamers on PUP, making the preliminary roster doesn’t assure long-term safety, so there a number of (like Onujiogu and Sutherland, for instance) who might discover themselves on the follow squad or one other workforce by midseason.
