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Here’s the updated 53-man roster by jersey number going into tomorrow’s game against the Cleveland Browns.
The Seahawks are serious about making a deep postseason run this year. Just hours after their home win over the Browns, Seattle pulled off a trade that should help them get there. The front office has sent a 2024 second-round pick and a 2025 fifth-rounder to the Giants in exchange for Leonard Williams, one of the top interior pass rushers in the league.
To make room for Wiliams, the Seahawks have waived wide receiver Cody Thompson. Our roster tracker is now updated (Oct. 31).
The average player is 25.95 years old, which makes this the fifth-youngest team in the league this year.
The Seattle Seahawks have one of the youngest rosters in the NFL this year. With their initial 53-man roster now all but finalized before Week 1, Seattle has 14 rookies on the team. Also, 33 of their 53 players are 25 years old or younger. The average player is 25.95 years old, which makes this the fifth-youngest team in the league this year.
Yesterday general manager John Schneider spoke with the media before practice and he touched on this subject. Schneider says he learned from former Packers GM Ted Thompson to save some cap space for the end of the year, and carrying younger players helps with that – per John Boyle at the official team website.
“When you have younger players, it’s a smaller salary. You have to try to be smart. (Former Packers general manager) Ted Thompson would always say ‘Keep your powder dry towards the end of the season’ so you have enough cap room and or space in cash to work with towards the end of the season. For us, primarily cap space as we move forward here.”
While that’s nice in theory, at the moment the Seahawks have just $2.4 million in salary cap space leftover for the 2023 season. Huge chunks of their total cap allotment are going to wide receiver, safety and their new-look defensive line.
That last one may the the single biggest x-factor for how well this team does in 2023. They don’t need a dominant defensive line in order to win the division or make a deep playoff run – but they do need a front-line unit that isn’t near the bottom in pass rushing and run defense. If they can be at least mediocre in those two parts of the game, this is going to be a very tough team to beat this year.
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To get a better idea of the team’s depth at each position, we’ve put together an estimated depth chart that includes practice squad players.
The Seattle Seahawks released their initial 53-man roster on Tuesday and yesterday they announced that 15 players have been signed to their practice squad for the 2023 season.
To get a better idea of the team’s depth at each position, we’ve put together an estimated depth chart that includes practice squad players.
Here’s what Bobby Wagner had to say about Bobo making the cut.
Seahawks fans were anxiously anticipating the release of the team’s initital 53-man roster yesterday. A couple hours before we got the good news we were all waiting for, though: undrafted rookie wide receiver and preseason/training camp darling Jake Bobo made the team.
Here’s what Bobby Wagner had to say about Bobo making the cut.
Bobby Wagner talking about Jake Bobo making roster. pic.twitter.com/huNSMF9AhG
— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) August 30, 2023
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Jake Bobo has made the initial 53-man roster for the Seahawks, according to Jordan Schultz.
Source: Rookie WR Jake Bobo has officially made the #Seahawks’ 53 as an UDFA.
Geno Smith is a big fan of Bobo’s, whose sensational releases have been a focal point. His innate ability to get open and overall feel for the position are well regarded. Plus, he can really block.… pic.twitter.com/aNp0EivZce
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) August 29, 2023
Jake Bobo has made the initial 53-man roster for the Seahawks, according to Jordan Schultz. We are now past the official deadline for teams to submit their full roster cuts to the NFL, so official word from the team should be coming soon as they reveal their entire roster for the 2023 season.
Bobo (6-foot-5, 215 pounds) became a favorite in the locker room as well as with fans while dominating training camp as well as three preseason games. If you count the mock game scrimmage, Bobo scored a total of three touchdowns and led the team in receiving yards this month.
Bobo, Tyler Lockett, DK Metcalf and fellow rookie Jaxon Smith-Njigba are all guaranteed to make the cut for what are normally six spots on Seattle’s depth chart at wide receiver. The other two are still up for grabs.
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Here are the first seven players who have been given pink slips.
The Seattle Seahawks have until Tuesday at 1:00 PT to trim their roster down from 90 to 53 players for the regular season. We just got word of the first round of cuts, as the team announced they’ve waived seven players.
Here are the first seven players who have been given pink slips.
The preseason is over and now comes the hard part.
The preseason is over and now comes the hard part. The Seattle Seahawks have 90 players on their roster and in a couple days that number needs to be shaved down to 53. We’re glad we’re not the ones having to make these calls, but here’s how we see the roster shaping up after the preseason.
Here’s our initial 53-man roster projection after three preseason games.
Here’s the full 90-man roster going into Week 3 of the NFL preseason.
The Seahawks are visiting the Packers today for an early kickoff (10:00 a.m. Pacific) in Green Bay. Our 90-man roster tracker is updated with jersey numbers for wide receiver Malik Flowers (No. 37), tight end Sal Cannella (No. 46) and defensive end Jordan Ferguson (No. 42).
Here’s the full 90-man roster going into Week 3 of the NFL preseason.
Here are 40 Seahawks players on the roster bubble who need a strong game this weekend in Green Bay.
We have now entered the final week of the NFL preseason. On Saturday the Seattle Seahawks visit the Green Bay Packers for an early kickoff (10:00 a.m. Pacific) in what will be their last exhibition game before the regular season starts.
This last week of the preseason is all about determining who will make the team for the regular season. Fans should not expect to see any of Geno Smith, DK Metcalf, or any other starters on the field in this one. Instead we’ll get a long look at the players on the bottom end of the 90-man roster who are fighting for a job.
About two weeks ago we shared a list of 40 players who should make the initial 53-man roster. Now let’s take a look at the other half who might not. Here are 40 Seahawks players on the roster bubble who need a strong game this weekend in Green Bay.
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Here’s our initial 53-man roster projection going into the preseason.
The Seattle Seahawks are playing their first game of the year tonight, hosting the Minnesota Vikings at Lumen Field in their 2023 preseason debut. This time of year coaches and their staffs are focused on trimming the fat from their rosters as they prepare to cut down from 90 players to 53 at the end of the August.
Yesterday we shared 40 players who we believed are safe to make the initial 53-man roster. Now let’s see who out of the other 50 we are expecting to take the other 13 spots. Here’s our initial 53-man roster projection for the Seahawks going into their preseason slate.
