Three Seahawks About to Get Shown the Door Before Week 1
The Seahawks are sitting at 75 players on their roster right now, but expect that number to jump by 15 more once the draft and free agency wrap up in the coming weeks. That means some guys currently wearing midnight green are about to get pink slips. Here are three players you should expect to see gone by September.
Cam Akers and a Crowded Backfield
The running back room is absolutely packed right now, and honestly, the team still hasn't figured out which direction they're heading. Akers has six seasons of NFL experience and showed up in three games for Seattle this past season. Yeah, he's a two-time Super Bowl winner with the kind of resume that should appeal to a contender like the Seahawks. But here's the thing: the team is probably going to look elsewhere.
Expect Seattle to roll with guys like George Holani, Emmanuel Wilson, and maybe a fresh face from the draft or undrafted rookie pool instead of banking on Akers. The message is pretty clear.
Ricky White's Practice Squad Reality Check
White was a seventh-round pick out of UNLV last spring, but he couldn't crack the initial 53-man roster. He got his shot through the practice squad elevation route and appeared in two games. The team even signed him to a futures deal to keep him around, but the writing is on the wall now.
With Rashid Shaheed and Jake Bobo both re-signed, plus rookie receiver Tory Horton returning to the mix, White is almost certainly getting cut again in 2026. Could he land back on the practice squad? Maybe. But he's not sticking on the active roster.
Connor O'Toole Facing Long Odds as a Sophomore
O'Toole's story is actually pretty cool. Undrafted free agent out of Utah who made the team as a rookie, appeared in eight regular season games, and even got reps in all three playoff games, including Super Bowl LX against the New England Patriots. Not bad for a first-year guy.
But here's the problem: the path back to the 53-man roster is brutal. Drake Thomas is locked in on a two-year deal. The team also lost Boye Mafe to free agency with the Cincinnati Bengals, so there's a real possibility they draft a pass rusher to replace him. That could open a door for O'Toole, but he's going to have to show real progress this offseason to make it stick. Right now, making the roster is far from a lock.
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