Our last 53-man roster projection for the Seattle Seahawks came after their second preseason game, a loss nine days ago against the Tennessee Titans. At this time of the NFL calendar year that may as well have been eons ago, because a lot has changed for this franchise since then, including several injuries and multiple trades made by general manager John Schneider.
The latest just came in this morning, as Seattle is sending a late-round pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars in exchange for edge rusher Trevis Gipson in the wake of Uchenna Nwosu's injury on Saturday night. Among the changes from our last projection are Gipson making the cut near the bottom of the edge rotation, Dee Eskridge pushing out Dareke Young at wide receiver after a standout game against the Browns and rookie cornerback D.J. James sneaking back onto the roster thanks to Artie Burns' injury.
In addition to Nwosu being out for a bit, we also have right tackle Abe Lucas and second-year safety Jerrick Reed II starting the season on the PUP list. Here are our updated projections for the team's initial 53-man roster going into final cuts.
Offense
QB: Geno Smith, Sam Howell
RB: Ken Walker, Zach Charbonnet, Kenny McIntosh, George Holani
WR: DK Metcalf, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Tyler Lockett, Jake Bobo, Laviska Shenault, Dareke Young, Dee Eskridge
TE: Noah Fant, Pharaoh Brown, AJ Barner, Jack Westover
OL: Charles Cross, Laken Tomlinson, Connor Williams, Anthony Bradford, Abe Lucas, George Fant, Christian Haynes, Olu Oluwatimi, Stone Forsythe, Mike Jerrell
Defense
DL: Leonard Williams, Johnathan Hankins, Jarran Reed, Byron Murphy, Mike Morris, Myles Adams
EDGE: Uchenna Nwosu, Dre'Mont Jones, Boye Mafe, Derick Hall, Darrell Taylor, Trevis Gipson, Nelson Ceasar
LB: Tyrel Dodson, Jerome Baker, Tyrice Knight, Jon Rhattigan, Michael Barrett
CB: Devon Witherspoon, Riq Woolen, Tre Brown, Mike Jackson, Artie Burns, Nehemiah Pritchett, D.J. James, Dee Williams
S: Julian Love, Rayshawn Jenkins, Coby Bryant, Jerrick Reed II, Ty Okada
Special teams
K: Jason Myers
P: Michael Dickson
LS: Chris Stoll
