Seattle Seahawks: 10 veterans on the hot seat
CB – Tre Flowers
Dead Money – $74.7K, Cap Savings – $2.18M
Tre Flowers was a safety in college. Another member of the 2018 draft class (5th round, 146th overall), the Seahawks moved him to cornerback. So it’s not entirely Flowers fault that he can’t cover man-to-man against most NFL receivers. When I see him play, I can’t get wrestling announcer Jim Ross’s voice in my head. It goes something like, “Flowers got beat on that play like a government mule.”
Seattle saves $2.18M by cutting him loose. They should consider it an investment in improving the team. That money is better spent on better talent.
DB – Damarious Randall
Dead Money – $137K, Cap Savings – $850K
Shaquill Griffen, Quinton Dunbar, Lano Hill, and Neiko Thorpe are gone, the Seahawks are very deep in the secondary. They signed Ahkello Witherspoon and Pierre Desir and drafted Tre Brown in the fourth round to replace the quartet. Additionally, Marquise Blair should be back from his knee injury.
Damarious Randle in a tough spot. Both Ugo Amadi and Ryan Neal proved themselves as worthy backups in 2020. That leaves Randall as the eighth or ninth defensive back (depending on what happens to Flowers) on the team. Unless he becomes a special-teams stud like Thorpe or the Seahawks get hit with a rash of injuries again, Randall is on the outside looking in.
DT – Al Woods
Dead Money – $750K, Cap Savings – $1.66M
Jarren Reed had to go because he was too expensive to keep. So far, the Seattle Seahawks replaced him with lots of quantity but not very high quality. Al Woods is back (again) as one of many players next to Poona Ford at defensive tackle.
Woods played for Seattle in both 2011 and 2019. This summer, he’ll compete with Bryan Mone, Rasheem Green, Robert Nkemdiche, and Cedric Lattimore for playing time. Woods makes the most, and the Seahawks save $1.61M if he doesn’t make the team.
Tre Flowers beat in man coverage on 1st and Goal. 49ers trying to pick on him now
— Under Zone X (Frisco)/Phoenix Check/Stick Slasher2 (@mattyfbrown) November 1, 2020