Seahawks 53-man roster prediction: The “Off the Top of My Head” edition

The Seattle Seahawks are a little less than a week into 2016 training camp and a little more than a week from their first preseason game of the year. There are 53-man roster projections all offseason long, and here is one of them.

I decided for this one to just throw out a 53-man prediction off of the top of my head without looking at who is actually on the roster and see who sticks out to me. I of course also remembered players who I omitted for whatever reason, usually because I don’t think they’re quite good enough to make the team. For example: I decided to keep a “true” fullback instead of a fifth running back. I opted for a more experienced receiver over a rookie. When I was done — without counting along the way, I might add — I had 53 players on the roster.

Then I looked at which players I left off the roster and saw what changes, if any, I would make. This is a roster projection that had absolutely as much foresight as mentioned in the title, so keep that in mind before you make the comment: “I definitely agree with all of this. Yep. No arguments here! I think these are accurate and will make no qualms about it whatsoever and even if I did disagree, it would just be an opinion nonetheless. Good day, sir!”

QB - Russell Wilson, Trevone Boykin

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

WR - Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kearse, Tyler Lockett, Paul Richardson, Kasen Williams

TE - Jimmy Graham, Nick Vannett, Luke Willson

OT - Garry Gilliam, J’Marcus Webb, Terry Poole, Bradley Sowell

OG - Germain Ifedi, Mark Glowinski, Rees Odhiambo

C - Justin Britt, Patrick Lewis, Joey Hunt

DE - Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril, Frank Clark, Ryan Robinson

DT - Ahtyba Rubin, Jarran Reed, Jordan Hill, Quentin Jefferson, Sealver Siliga

ILB - Bobby Wagner, Brock Coyle

OLB - KJ Wright, Cassius Marsh, Eric Pinkins, Mike Morgan, Kevin Pierre-Louis

CB - Richard Sherman, Jeremy Lane, Tharold Simon, DeShawn Shead, Tye Smith

S - Earl Thomas, Kam Chancellor, Kelcie McCray, Tyvis Powell

ST - Steven Hauschka, Jon Ryan, Drew Ferris

Total: 53

Notable absences: Kenny Lawler, Zac Brooks, Kevin Smith, Kristjan Sokoli, Cooper Helfet (IR), Brandon Williams, DeAngelo Tyson, Marcus Burley, Stanley Jean-Baptiste, Steven Terrell, Brandon Browner

Changes: Sub out Coyle for Browner

I had forgotten about Browner, who I think is clearly carving out a place for himself on defense that could be really important this season. I’m reluctant to take off a safety or cornerback though, and believe that Pierre-Louis or Morgan could definitely play ILB in a pinch, as KPL did that against the Carolina Panthers last season.

The other options could be Siliga, Powell, or maybe one of the centers.