Updated: Time To Look More Closely At How Your Seahawk 90 Man Roster Is Shaking Down
I must tell you first that you first must agree with me on the following 3 facts.
1. 33 of the 91 players are locks to make the 53-man roster Aug 31st (see below for the list of 33). I write 91 because M. Lynch doesn't count towards the 90-man roster at the moment, yet I still consider him a lock.
2. 17 of the 91 are very likely to be practice squad material, released or to IR (see below for the list of 17). Sorry to bust their bubbles so early.
3. Assumes the following per-position-group amounts.
QB – 2 /RB – 5 /Oline – 9 /TE – 3 /WR – 6 /DLINE – 10 /LB – 6 /DB – 9 /ST – 3 = Total 53
Yes, I followed last year’s amounts EXCEPT, well, I added one WR and deducted one D-Linemen.
OK – that leaves 20 spots being competed for amongst 40 players. That means 20 MORE must end up practice squad material, or released (or to IR or PUP list as relevant) by Aug 31st.
What I find most interesting are 3 position group battles on the defense, especially at LB, where the necessary roster-cuts will be most surprising… that is, we may actually see Farwell and Morgan released and picked by other team(s), as well as possibly losing Coyle, who has been reported to be looking good.
QB
Competing for one spot among 2 players
QB
Jackson, Tarvaris
Pryor, Terrelle
RB
Competing for one of 2 spots among 3 players
FB
Coleman, Derrick
Small, Kiero
Ware, Spencer
O-Line
Competing for one of 2 spots among 5 players
T
Bailey, Alvin - Front Runner
Gilliam, Garry UFA
G
Hauptmann, Caylin
Schilling, Stephen
Van Roten, Greg
TE
Competing for one spot among 2 players
TE
McCoy, Anthony
Allen, Rashaun
WR
Competing for one of 2 spots among 6 players
WR
Lockette, Ricardo
Norwood, Kevin
Matthews, Chris
Price, Taylor
Walters, Bryan
Bates, Phil
D-Line
Competing for one of 6 spots among 10 players
DE
Schofield, O'Brien - Front Runner
DE/DT
Williams, Kevin
Scruggs, Greg
Marsh, Cassius
DT
Hill, Jordan
Williams, Jesse
Staten, Jimmy
Smith, D'Anthony
LEO
Mayowa, Benson
Jeffcoat, Jackson UFA
LB
Competing for one of 2 spots among 6 players
LB - Mike
Coyle, Brock UFA
Farwell, Heath
LB - Outside
Morgan, Mike
Pierre-Louis, Kevin
Taylor, Mike UFA '13
Toomer, Korey (Active PUP)
DB
Competing for one of 4 spots among 7 players
Safety
Johnson, Jeron - Front Runner
Bailey, Dion UFA
CB / Safety
Shead, DeShawn
Parks, Terrance UFA '12
CB
Simon, Tharold
Adams, Phillip
Jefferson, A.J.
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33 Locks (assumes M.Lynch will return)
ST Hauschka, Steven
ST Gresham, Clint
ST Ryan, Jon
O-Line Unger, Max
O-Line Jeanpierre, Lemuel
O-Line Carpenter, James
O-Line Sweezy, J.R.
O-Line Okung, Russell
O-Line Bowie, Michael
O-Line Britt, Justin
QB Wilson, Russell
RB Lynch, Marshawn
RB Turbin, Robert
RB Michael, Christine
TE Miller, Zach
TE Willson, Luke
WR Harvin, Percy
WR Baldwin, Doug
WR Kearse, Jermaine
WR Richardson, Paul
D-Line McDaniel, Tony
D-Line Avril, Cliff
D-Line Bennett, Michael
D-Line Mebane, Brandon
LB Wagner, Bobby
LB Irvin, Bruce (Active PUP)
LB Wright, K.J.
LB Smith, Malcolm
DB Thomas, Earl
DB Chancellor, Kam
DB Maxwell, Byron
DB Sherman, Richard
DB Lane, Jeremy
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17 Projected Release or to PrtcSq
O-Line Isles, Nate
O-Line Irwin, Bronson UFA
O-Line Davis, C.J.
QB Daniels, B.J.
RB Bronson, Demitrius UFA
TE Helfet, Cooper
WR Clark, Arceto
WR Gilreath, David
WR Presley, Morrell
WR Smith, Kevin
D-Line Brooks, Michael
LB Miller, Horace
LB Denmark, Brandon
DB Terrell, Steven
DB Pinkins, Eric (projected to IR)
DB Fenner, Chandler UFA '12
DB Auguste, Akeem