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Receivers Dorsett, Thompson and Ursua could return to practice Tuesday

Seattle Seahawks wide receivers Phillip Dorsett II, Cody Thompson and John Ursua could return to practice from injuries as soon as Tuesday.

The Seahawks have been down a few wide receivers over the last few days as the players battled some minor injuries. All three – Phillip Dorsett II, Cody Thompson and John Ursua – could all come back as soon as Tuesday following Seattle’s off day.

“Phillip, if everything goes right over this one-day break, he’s going to be back in a limited fashion,” coach Pete Carroll told reporters after the team’s mock game on Sunday.

Dorsett has been suffering from a sore foot but the injury does not appear to be a new issue, according to Carroll.

“Phil, we’re going to have to figure out how he handles it,” Carroll continued. “We know what his condition is and his situation with the sore foot, we’ve just got to manage him really well.”

Carroll said both Thompson and Ursua also have a chance to return on Tuesday but did not provide further specifics.

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Receivers John Ursua, Phillip Dorsett II sat out mock game with injuries

Two Seattle Seahawks wide receivers, John Ursua and Phillip Dorsett II, sat out Wednesday’s mock game with minor injuries.

The Seattle Seahawks were without a couple of wide receivers during Wednesday’s mock game, the second scrimmage of the summer at CenturyLink Field.

Wideouts John Ursua (hamstring) and Phillip Dorsett II (foot) are both battling minor injuries.

“Johnny just tweaked his hammy a little bit, it’s really slight, but enough to hold him out, not push it the very next day,” coach Pete Carroll said during his press conference.

Dorsett, on the other hand, has missed the last few practices and could be out for a couple more.

“Phillip’s got a sore foot that he’s had in and out for quite some time, and it just acted up,” Carroll explained. “So we have to rest him for a bit and see if we can get him back. He said he feels really good today after just a couple of days. It might be the kind of situation we’ve got to monitor and see what it takes to keep him feeling good, because he has had it for a while.”

Seattle has the day off on Thursday but resumes practice Friday at the VMAC.

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Seahawks activate John Ursua off NFL’s Reserve/COVID-19 list

The Seattle Seahawks have activated wide receiver John Ursua off the NFL’s COVID-19/Reserve list after he received two negative results.

After testing negative for COVID-19 twice following an initial positive test result, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver John Ursua has been activated off the NFL’s COVID-19/Reserve list. He was able to participate in practice with his teammates on Wednesday.

The league requires at least two negative results, so Ursua can participate in team activities once again. His first test may have been a false positive, as he reported himself.

Although Ursua rejoins a wide receiver room with stars Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf, he has a chance to work his way up behind them. He already flashed potential in last year’s preseason and made a clutch conversion in the final game of that regular season.

However, numerous players around the league are heading into the 2020 season with apprehension, including Lockett. An increasing number of players are being put on the reserve list due to contracting COVID-19, although the Seahawks have managed to play it safe so far. At this point, we can only watch the events leading up to the season play out.

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Seahawks John Ursua says his 1st COVID-19 test was false positive

Seahawks wide receiver John Ursua says his first COVID-19 test was actually a false positive and he has now had two negative tests in a row.

The Seattle Seahawks hadn’t had a single player test positive for the coronavirus through the first two weeks of training camp until wide receiver John Ursua received his results early Sunday morning.

Ursua was immediately placed on the NFL’s Reserve/COVID-19 list and began isolating in his hotel room. He took a second test on Sunday and was delivered a negative result on Monday. He has now received a second negative test in a row.

“Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers my test was a false positive I do not have the virus,” Ursua posted on his Instagram account early on Tuesday.

With the news of the false-positive test, the Seahawks remain one of the few teams in the league to have no players or staff battling the coronavirus.

Seattle players are now set to take to the field on Wednesday for the first real practice session of this year’s training camp.

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Seahawks players wearing masks while preparing for the 2020 season

The Seattle Seahawks are wearing masks on the practice field and in their training facility as they prepare for the 2020 NFL season.

 

The Seattle Seahawks are wearing masks at their team headquarters in Renton while practicing for the 2020 NFL season.

The team’s official Twitter account has documented this, showcasing the events taking place on the practice field and in the facility.

Washington state governor Jay Inslee took notice and praised the organization while encouraging the state’s residents to wear masks whenever possible to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has been raging for months and has spurred the NFL to conduct daily testing on players.

With over 5 million cases of the virus reported in the United States, coach Pete Carroll stressed that teams around the league should take the situation seriously.

“This is a very treacherous thing that everybody is dealing with,” Carroll said in his virtual press conference last week., “and we have to have good fortune along the way, as well as great discipline.”

Wide receiver John Ursua became the first Seahawks player to be put on the Reserve/COVID-19 list and has now tested negative for the virus, but he will need to continue to comply with daily testing and receive negative results multiple times before he can return to team activities.

The Seahawks and all other NFL teams face a precarious situation as they try to avoid COVID-19 while preparing for the 2020 season.

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Seahawk John Ursua tests negative day after placed on Reserve/COVID-19 list

Wide receiver John Ursua, the first Seahawk to be placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, has now tested negative the following day.

Wide receiver John Ursua was the first, and so far the only, Seattle Seahawk to test positive for the coronavirus over the first two weeks of training camp. On Sunday, he was placed on the NFL’s Reserve/COVID-19 list.

Just one day later, he was able to provide some very good news . . . his second test was negative and he now awaits a third before he can resume team activities.

“It’s been a crazy experience, kind of a roller coaster if you may, where I get the news late (Saturday) night that I tested positive,” Ursua told KHON2 sports director Rob DeMello. “I’m kind of concerned thinking that I’m going to be quarantined for the next 12 to 14 days and then come yesterday’s test results come back and it’s negative.”

Per DeMello, Ursua first discovered he was positive around midnight early Sunday morning. Later that day he took his second test and received the negative results on Monday. He remains in isolation following the results of his third – and hopefully final – test in the sequence before he can rejoin his Seahawks teammates.

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John Ursua is 1st Seahawk to land on Reserve/COVID-19 list

Second-year wide receiver John Ursua is the first Seattle Seahawk to land on the NFL’s Reserve/COVID-19 list.

The Seattle Seahawks were almost able to make it two weeks without a player landing on the NFL’s Reserve/COVID-19 list but that all changed Sunday when second-year receiver, John Ursua, was named on the official transaction wire.

Because of privacy concerns, teams are not allowed to discuss the specifics of a player’s test or medical status, the list simply indicates that Ursua has either tested positive for the coronavirus or has been directly exposed to someone who has.

Ursua can later be removed from the list after meeting the league’s protocols for testing negative. He does not currently count towards the Seahawks 80-man roster at this time.

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Seattle Seahawks sign receiver Freddie Swain to rookie deal

The Seattle Seahawks have now inked two of their eight 2020 draft picks to their rookie contracts following the signing of Freddie Swain.

The Seattle Seahawks have officially signed 2020 sixth round pick, wide receiver Freddie Swain, to his rookie contract.

Swain becomes the second of Seattle’s eight-man draft class to sign his rookie deal, following tight end Colby Parkinson.

All rookie contracts are four-year deals and the amount tendered is based on where they were selected in the draft. For Swain, who was selected 214st overall, he will receive a four-year deal worth $3.42 million, which includes $129,412 in signing bonuses spread out over four years.

While these deals are predetermined, the signing does have an impact on the salary cap. Swain will be a $642,353 hit against the team’s cap space in 2020, a figure that will rise incrementally each year through the 2023 season, as long as he remains on the roster.

Of course, Swain has to prove he will even make the roster first, a tall order with Seattle’s crowded wide receiver room. Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf are both locks to be the top two options for Russell Wilson, and Phillip Dorsett, David Moore and John Ursua are going to challenge for additional spots as well.

Add in a pair of undrafted free agents, Aaron Fuller and Seth Dawkins, and the possibility that Parkinson and/or fellow tight end Stephen Sullivan line up out wide this season, and Swain will have a lot of ground to cover if he wants to make the active roster in camp.

Even if he doesn’t, Swain will likely be a practice squad player, and he has the speed and special teams acumen to eventually be a playmaker for this Seattle offense.

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Wide Receiver David Moore could be cap casualty for Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks could cut David Moore this offseason and save $2.13 million in cap space to put toward a new defensive lineman.

Despite beginning the offseason with a plethora of cap space, the Seattle Seahawks have seen their available money dwindle through a series of small signings, including the recent additions of Carlos Hyde and Geno Smith.

However, they still have yet to make a big splash on the defensive line market, where Jadeveon Clowney remains alongside other impact pieces like Everson Griffen, Clay Matthews, Mike Daniels and Damon Harrison.

For the Seahawks to make more moves and still retain some cap space heading into the season, something general manager John Schneider has always prioritized, they may have to make more cuts.

There are a handful of ways they could go about clearing out cap space, and one includes letting go of receiver David Moore.

Moore was a seventh round pick in the 2017 NFL draft who signed an original round tender to remain with the Seahawks. The tender will pay him $2.13 million in 2020. While that’s not going to massively change Seattle’s financial outlook, it is enough to help them make an addition to the defensive line, while leaving some room to spare.

Moore is likely competing for the No. 4 receiver spot, behind Tyler Lockett, DK Metcalf and Phillip Dorsett. John Ursua, Freddie Swain, Seth Dawkins and Aaron Fuller are all in the mix as well, and Seattle’s plethora of tight ends could push them to keep one less wide receiver than usual.

All that points to a murky future for Moore in the Emerald City, and with a bigger cap hit than any of the other receivers (outside the top three) he could find himself looking for new employment before the 2020 season begins.

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Seahawks receiving corps ranked 17th in league by PFF

The Seattle Seahawks group of receivers was ranked 17th in the league by Pro Football Focus, and last among NFC West teams.

Pro Football Focus recently released a ranking of every NFL team’s receiving corps ahead of the 2020 season, and the Seattle Seahawks finish middle of the pack at 17th overall – good for dead last in the NFC West.

The Cardinals (12) Rams (15) and 49ers (16) all narrowly edged out the Seahawks, who return nearly every receiver from last year’s squad except Josh Gordon and Malik Turner.

Seattle will head into the season with Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf reprising their roles as the top two options, respectively, but PFF is concerned about Seattle’s lack of depth outside of that dynamic duo.

“Seattle doesn’t really have a strong option at the third wide receiver spot, though, one that the likes of David Moore, Phillip Dorsett and John Ursua should be fighting for,” Ben Linsey of PFF wrote. “That could lead to some more two tight-end sets with Will Dissly and Greg Olsen in 2020.”

Indeed, many believe the Seahawks will roll with two tight ends more often in 2020, with Dissly and Olsen also joined by Jacob Hollister, Luke Willson and a pair of draft picks: Colby Parkinson and Stephen Sullivan.

Still, unless Dorsett or Moore break out in a big way, this team loses some of their luster after Lockett and Metcalf.

Perhaps a reunion with Josh Gordon, which has been heavily discussed, or even a surprise move to sign Antonio Brown would shore up the team’s depth and boost them in the rankings.

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