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So much for that short-lived reunion between the Seattle Seahawks and linebacker Mychal Kendricks. A day after the Seahawks released Kendricks from their practice squad, in addition to fellow linebacker Michael Divinity, the Seattle Times’ Bob Condotta reports that Kendricks will be returning to Seattle.
Hearing Mychal Kendricks will sign back to Seattle’s practice squad today. Was going to sign with another team but that didn’t work out so he’ll be back with Seahawks.
— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) November 4, 2020
While it comes across as an odd situation, it seems as though this was the Seahawks trying to do Kendricks a solid: another team, with a clearer path to their 53-man roster, wanted to sign him to their practice squad and so Seattle released him. With that falling through, the Seahawks brought him back.
While Kendricks will take one of the spots vacated by, well, himself, it looks like Alex Collins will take the other open spot. It was reported last week Collins was headed to Seattle to enter COVID-19 testing protocol before joining the team’s practice squad. With protocol cleared, ESPN’s Brady Henderson has reported Collins will sign on Wednesday.
The Seahawks are indeed signing RB Alex Collins to their practice squad today, I'm told. He got to Seattle last week to begin COVID-19 testing on Friday. https://t.co/oY6eMVl85B
— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) November 4, 2020
With Chris Carson, Carlos Hyde, and Travis Homer all carrying injuries, Collins could make his first appearance for the Seahawks since January 2017 on Sunday against the Bills.