The Kansas City Chiefs bolstered a struggling pass rush unit recently by claiming linebacker Terrell Suggs off waivers. However, they were not the only team interested in the veteran edge defender.
Per NFL Insider Ian Rapoport, there were four teams who placed a claim on Suggs, one of them being the Seattle Seahawks.
Coach Pete Carroll has made is abundantly clear that he is always looking for ways to add to the team, and the midseason acquisitions of both Josh Gordon and Quandre Diggs were good examples of that.
“We’re competing always,” Carroll said last Friday when asked about Suggs. “We’re always looking. We look at everybody that becomes available. I heard that that happened as I was walking across the turf here. I don’t know anything about it, but Johnny [Schneider] will be all over it with those guys.”
This is interesting: Four teams attempted to claim pass-rusher Terrell Suggs — #Saints, #49ers, #Seahawks, and #Chiefs. And the #Ravens may have signed him if he was free.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 16, 2019
At 37, Suggs is not the dominant defensive presence he once was. So far in 2019 as a member of the Cardinals he started 13 games while racking up 37 tackles and 5.5 sacks.
The 5.5 sacks would lead the Seahawks, however, as they are being led currently by Rasheem Green, who has just four.
As such, Suggs almost certainly would have been able to help an ailing Seahawks pass rush, one that is battling through injuries to Jadeveon Clowney and Ziggy Ansah.
That, however, will remain conjecture as Suggs will be wearing a Chiefs uniform while the Seahawks square off against the team that waived him, the Cardinals, on Sunday.
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