The Seattle Seahawks are constantly surveying the open market and doing their due diligence to make sure they have the best possible 53-man roster at any given moment.
That’s why it shouldn’t come as a surprise that, on the heels of signing two veteran running backs off the street last week, the team already had two other free agent backs, Alex Collins and Roc Thomas, working out at their practice facility on Monday.
“We’re just making sure we’re doing everything we can,” coach Pete Carroll said on Monday afternoon. “We’re just looking. Continuing to compete and see who’s out there.”
Collins is a familiar name, having been drafted by the Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2016 draft and playing in 11 games with them as a rookie.
He ended up getting cut before the 2017 season and played two years in Baltimore. He has been out this year in part due to injury and also because of a three-game suspension handed down by the NFL for drug possession.
At age 25, he still has plenty left in the tank, and his familiarity with the offense makes him an appealing target should Seattle need another running back before their season ends.
Thomas, 24, appeared in five games for the Vikings as a rookie in 2018. He spent the preseason with the Bills, but has yet to appear with an NFL team in 2019.
The Seahawks currently have Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin alongside rookie Travis Homer in the backfield, with Xavier Turner on the practice squad.
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