The Seattle Seahawks have released dozens of players to reach the 53-man roster requirement.
Every NFL team has undergone the process of sweeping away the hopes and dreams of dozens of players as the team’s trim their rosters to the 53-man limit. While some teams did make headlines with their moves, the Seattle Seahawks did make some surprising cuts.
The Seahawks, who recently acquired Jadeveon Clowney from the Houston Texans, are a borderline playoff contender this coming season. The team has the talent to make the playoffs, but the secondary and receiving corps are overrun by young players who are still getting their feet wet in the NFL.
Looking at who the Seahawks cut, it’s clear the team’s focus remained on staying young and building up youthful prospects.
Cassius Marsh, DE
This wasn’t a total surprise, but it wasn’t expected either. I noted when discussing the Clowney trade on Saturday that Cassius Marsh was probably on the outside looking in after the addition of the Pro Bowl pass rusher, but this still feels weird. Marsh is coming off of a career year in San Francisco and it seemed fitting for him to return to the team that originally drafted him, but it wasn’t meant to be.
Last season, Marsh set career highs in combined tackles with 38 and sacks with 5.5. The former UCLA Bruin was selected by the Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He last played for Seattle back in 2016 before he was traded to the New England Patriots for a fifth-round pick.
Marsh, who turned 27 this summer, signed a one-year, $1.85 million contract with the Seahawks back in early April. Since then, the team has drafted L.J. Collier, signed Ezekiel Ansah and traded for Jadeveon Clowney. March became expendable, although he is signing with the Arizona Cardinals and remaining in the NFC West.