Seattle makes cuts, but why?
Despite the draft being a clear picture of what teams want to add to their teams, Seattle Seahawks fans are choosing to ignore the team trading up to draft Darrell Taylor in the 2nd round and then drafting Alton Robinson in the 5th round, to focus on cuts as a potential sign that they may re-sign Jadeveon Clowney.
I get it, cutting Justin Britt and D.J. Fluker gives you a lot of cap space. However, the Seahawks have 9 guards under contract right now including Damien Lewis the team’s 3rd round pick, which likely spelled the end for Fluker.
At center, the Seahawks signed B.J. Finney to $8 million over 2 years, and Britt is coming off of a major knee injury. So it isn’t like these moves are coming out of nowhere, they were probably just making sure that they got more depth in the draft before making these moves.
So, despite the excitement that this might be to make a push for a signing, it doesn’t seem to point that way in reality.
I can't confirm the report that Justin Britt will be released but it obviously all along has been a move people thought would make sense. My understanding remains moves are not being made to clear out space for any signing but just are moves that made sense with draft completed.
— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta) April 27, 2020
Again, no one really knows at this point but Everson Griffen still remains unsigned and he has talked about wanting to go to Seattle if he goes anywhere. If that is true and the Seahawks already added (I believe) 4 new EDGEs this offseason then it just wouldn’t make sense.