The Seahawks made a few painful but necessary roster cuts on Tuesday. The team’s popular tight end Will Dissly, gifted free safety Quandre Diggs and embattled strong safety Jamal Adams have all been released outright. That gets their dead money off the books by next year and saves a bunch of salary cap space for 2024.
How much? All together, Seattle saved around $24 million in cap space, according to Jason Fitzgerald at Over the Cap. That brings them to around $36 million in total cap space, which ranks around the middle of the pack.
“The Seahawks ended up opening up about $24 million in cap room with the three releases. They now have $36.22 million in cap space for 2024, which ranks 16th in the NFL.”
The Seahawks also went from having the least dead money in the league ($237,492) to the most ($34.4 million).
Wide receiver Tyler Lockett was also a good candidate to become a salary cap casualty this offseason. However, yesterday’s news makes that less likely – but a restructure may still be coming for No. 16. According to OTC that would save the team a little over $7 million.
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