Hart never exactly exceeded expectations. Moon did some nice things in preseason against backups of other teams but Seattle’s safety group is too deep for Moon to have a chance to make the team. Seattle simply has too many other linebackers ahead of him for him to make the active roster. No surprise here even though Williams is a local product and it would have been awesome to see if make the team. Seattle cutting Thompson, who will likely make the practice squad for the third straight season, makes it more and more likely that Penny Hart and Freddie Swain both make the active roster. Thompson was among the group of several guys with a real chance of making the team. The Seahawks like versatility among their offensive linemen so any player, like Lundblade, have little chance of making the team unless they are an absolutely perfect fit at a certain position. Seattle’s starting center spot will be between Ethan Pocic and Kyle Fuller. Randall just didn’t show enough in training camp and preseason to separate himself from his fellow competitors. For a player who has struggled with injuries his entire career, this was not a good sign heading into the 2021 season. Nkemdiche came into training camp seemingly motivated. But like with Cam Sutton, Mabry not making the active roster might mean good things for Parkinson being ready week one. I actually thought Mabry had a decent shot at making the team. Simmons will likely get picked up by another team if Seattle doesn’t find a way to re-sign him. He played 56 percent of offensive snaps in 2020. Simmons might be the most surprising cut so far as he played in 14 games for Seattle last year and started 6 times. In the end, the Seahawks might simply have too many guys versatile enough to play on special teams and also within the scheme of the offense and defense. Wedington had a decent chance of making the team as a special teamer but not as a receiver. Maybe Seattle just wanted to kick the tires on what Reid could bring but he clearly did not impress. The trade for Sidney Jones on Monday made Reid expendable. Seattle traded for John Reid recently but they didn’t give up much to get him from the Texans – a conditional 7th round pick that required Reid to be on the roster for 6 games. He doesn’t appear to be able to create any kind of separation against even backup cornerbacks. He might be signed to the practice squad but may have a difficult time even doing that. Toivonen had little chance to show what he could do in the preseason. He isn’t a pass rusher so won’t garner a lot of looks from other teams and will likely end up back on the Seahawks practice squad. Hewitt went undrafted this year but did some decent things in preseason when trying to stop the run. Look for him to land on the practice squad again, just like in 2020. He wasn’t going to start by any means but the team seemed to like him. But man, he was fun to watch sometimes in the second halves of preseason games. Roberson had little chance of making the roster as he wasn’t really a special teamer and there are so many receivers ahead of him on the depth chart. Keeping an extra tight end or two around might have meant Parkinson was going to miss a lot more time. I guess Bunting and Sutton (and Sutton did not look terrible in preseason) being cut is a good sign for Colby Parkinson’s return. Bunting, like all the cuts, could be a candidate for the Seattle practice squad. Seahawks roster cut tracker for the 2021 season Tight end Ian Buntingīunting didn’t stick around too long with the Seahawks signing after Luke Willson was re-signed and then almost immediately retired. But anything is possible and keeping one player over another can get a coach judged harshly. Hopefully, the players cut by Seattle will not come back to haunt them in the regular season. In the Seahawks case, no matter what national pundits tell you, the team should make the postseason and hopefully make a deep run towards the Super Bowl. Seattle’s starters are pretty much set but depth can make the difference between a team making the playoffs or not. The remaining players will be expected to help the team make the playoffs once again. That means 27 players that Pete Carroll and company have kept an eye on are gone. There will be some tough cuts going from 80 players in preseason game three to 53. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.The Seahawks have to trim their roster to 53 players by Tuesday afternoon. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated.
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