Here are The Cuts?

[savvyman]

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/playerbreakingnews.asp?sport=NFL&id=12111&line=340533&spln=1

[MackStrongIsMyHero]

Seattle Seahawks: DT Sealver Siliga, G Jahri Evans, FB Will Tukuafu, DT Brandin Bryant, TE Clayton Echard, QB Jake Heaps, LB Steve Longa, WR Douglas McNeil III, WR E.Z. Nwachukwu, WR Kasen Williams, RB Troymaine Pope, G Will Pericak, WR Antwan Goodley, DE Tylor Harris, S Keenan Lambert, WR Kenny Lawler, LB Kache Palacio, DE Ryan Robinson, CB Tye Smith, DT Tani Tupou, TE Joe Sommers, CB Marcus Burley, DT Jordan Hill, LB Eric Pinkins, OT Terry Poole

From USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nf ... /89759240/

There were a few on there I thought they'd keep.

[savvyman]

Seattle Seahawks: DT Sealver Siliga, G Jahri Evans, FB Will Tukuafu, DT Brandin Bryant, TE Clayton Echard, QB Jake Heaps, LB Steve Longa, WR Douglas McNeil III, WR E.Z. Nwachukwu, WR Kasen Williams, RB Troymaine Pope, G Will Pericak, WR Antwan Goodley, DE Tylor Harris, S Keenan Lambert, WR Kenny Lawler, LB Kache Palacio, DE Ryan Robinson, CB Tye Smith, DT Tani Tupou, TE Joe Sommers, CB Marcus Burley, DT Jordan Hill, LB Eric Pinkins, OT Terry Poole

From USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nf ... /89759240/

There were a few on there I thought they'd keep.

Surprised to see Hill.

Looks like Sokoli, Hunt & Lewis all made the team?

[MackStrongIsMyHero]

Not Lewis; he was waived in the first round of cuts and claimed by the Bills.

They must see a lot of upside in G. Fant, Hunt, and Sokoli.

[savvyman]

Not Lewis; he was waived in the first round of cuts and claimed by the Bills.

They must see a lot of upside in G. Fant, Hunt, and Sokoli.

Yes - this is good news - Note Webb is still on the team - I think that Schneider Could be working on a trade for him?

[savvyman]

http://www.seahawks.com/news/2016/09/03/seattle-seahawks-set-53-man-roster-trade-defensive-backs-lj-mccray-and-dewey


After a summer full of training camp practices and preseason games, the Seahawks made "some very difficult decisions" to set their 53-man roster on Saturday afternoon, two days after wrapping up exhibition play against the Raiders in Oakland and less than a week after trimming their 90-man roster down to 75 players.

“We have some very difficult decisions to make here," Seattle head coach Pete Carroll said Thursday night following his team's 23-21 win over the Raiders. "We have a bunch of guys that really fit our style and play the way we like them to play, so it’ll be a tough weekend trying to figure this thing out. But it’s been a good, solid preseason."

To reach the NFL-mandated 53-player limit, Seattle parted ways with veteran offensive lineman Jahri Evans and fullback Will Tukuafu, waived 17 players including 2016 seventh-round pick Kenny Lawler, waived/injured five players including defensive tackle Jordan Hill, and executed trades with the Raiders and 49ers to acquire defensive backs Dewey McDonald (Oakland) and L.J. McCray (San Francisco).

"I think it’s an exciting team," Carroll said. "I think with the leadership that we have and the kind of depth that we have, I think it gives us a real chance to have a nice season and I look forward to getting this thing started.”

Here’s a look at exactly how the Seahawks got from 75 to 53 players:

Terminated Veteran Contracts Of: G Jahri Evans, FB Will Tukuafu

Waived: DT Brandin Bryant, TE Clayton Echard, QB Jake Heaps, LB Steve Longa, WR Douglas McNeil III, WR E.Z. Nwachukwu, WR Kasen Williams, RB Troymaine Pope, G/C Will Pericak, WR Antwan Goodley, DE Tylor Harris, SS Keenan Lambert, WR Kenny Lawler, LB Kache Palacio, DE Ryan Robinson, CB Tye Smith, DT Tani Tupou

Waived/Injured: TE Joe Sommers, CB Marcus Burley, DT Jordan Hill, LB Eric Pinkins, T Terry Poole

Acquired In Trade: DB L.J. McCray (San Francisco), DB Dewey McDonald (Oakland)

In addition, Seattle waived the following four players from injured reserve with an injury settlement: RB George Farmer, DB Trovon Reed, WR Kevin Smith, DT Sealver Siliga

“We’ve been living with these guys for a long time," Carroll said. "Been with them all offseason and through the summer here and they’ve worked so hard and tried so hard to be part of it. It’s a shame that not everybody can hang and stay with us, but we’ll figure that out. It is very difficult.

"This is not the good part of it, this is the hard part of it.”

Looking at the two defensive backs Seattle traded for, McDonald originally entered the NFL out of California University of Pennsylvania as an undrafted free agent in 2014, signing with the Indianapolis Colts and appearing in 12 games as a rookie. He was waived by the Colts in 2015 and picked up by the New England Patriots, making one appearance before being waived and landing on the Raiders practice squad, playing in one game for Oakland after being promoted to the active roster last December. McCray, meanwhile, was signed by the Niners after going undrafted out of Catawba in 2014, when he saw action in 14 games. McCray played in eight games for San Francisco last season. McDonald and McCray must each pass a physical for the trades to be executed.

On Sunday afternoon, the Seahawks and every other NFL team can begin forming their 10-man practice squads. And on Monday, Seattle returns to work for its first regular-season practice, as the team will hold a “Bonus Day” workout at Virginia Mason Athletic Center ahead of its Week 1 game against the Miami Dolphins. Kickoff for that matchup is set for 1 p.m. PT on Sept. 11 at CenturyLink Fie

[savvyman]

Or here is another look - the actual Roster

The Seahawks have an initial 53-man roster for the 2016 season, and this is it:

QB - Russell Wilson, Trevone Boykin

RB - Thomas Rawls, Christine Michael, C.J. Prosise, Alex Collins

WR - Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kearse, Tyler Lockett, Paul Richardson, Tanner McEvoy

TE - Jimmy Graham, Luke Willson, Nick Vannett, Brandon Williams

OT - Bradley Sowell, Garry Gilliam, J’Marcus Webb, George Fant

OG - Mark Glowinski, Germain Ifedi, Rees Odhiambo

C - Justin Britt, Joey Hunt

DE - Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril, Frank Clark, Quentin Jefferson

DT - Jarran Reed, Ahtyba Rubin, Tony McDaniel, Justin Hamilton

LB - Bobby Wagner, KJ Wright, Mike Morgan, Cassius Marsh, Brock Coyle, Kevin Pierre-Louis

CB - Richard Sherman, Jeremy Lane, Tharold Simon, DeShawn Shead, DeAndre Elliott

S - Earl Thomas, Kam Chancellor, LJ McCray, Dewey McDonald, Tyvis Powell, Kelcie McCray, Steven Terrell

Special Teams - Jon Ryan, Steven Hauschka, Nolan Frese

[curmudgeon]

Pope outplayed Collins, no?......

[jshawaii22]

I Expect Pope on the PS.

It's notable by some of the other's still on the roster. Fant, DeAndre Elliott (who?) and Tanner McEvoy all over some much more experienced cuts. While I don't get some of the bottom of the roster moves, I assume many of them are probably to do with Cap Space or a Seahawks lack of cap space going forward.

When you're talking keeping a UDFA over a draft pick, or any low pick / FA over a 3rd or 4th year player and all else being equal, money has to come into play.

[NorthHawk]

Wow.
7 Safety's listed.
I don't remember having that many on the roster before, but maybe I'm wrong.

[NorthHawk]

Four rookie offensive linemen, with one starting. Building a big, physical interior is a change for this offense and can make a huge difference. Keeping Webb was a bit surprising to me, but he is the only backup with experience.

Expect to see some wheelin' and dealin' in the next few days as trades and signings can change things in a hurry. The safeties seem to be in flux with the signings of 2 new ones, and seven on the roster. Change seems likely there.

We may see a change at LB as well, as the depth is questionable to me.

It sure is a young OL and even younger if you consider Glowinski hasn't played much.
I sure hope neither Guard gets hurt. Odhiambo (sp) had a lot of whiffs in preseason.
I suspect Webb could also move inside as well.

[HumanCockroach]

Since Webbs only mediocre success has come at guard in his career he most definitely can kick inside ( actually that's the ONLY position he should even be considered)

Was surprised with keeping Collins who has done a whole lot of nothing positive over Pope who hasn't done anything but positive. Hill is a shock, and dumping Lambert for more expensive fringe special team safeties seems on the outside to be kind of silly ( not in the least saying I thought Lambert wasn't going to be cut, but if the idea was ST Lambert played well in that regard, and was cheaper)..

Ultimately, I trust them, and so... Whatever they deem the right call I can accept..