2019 Seahawks Depth Chart, Roster Moves, Cap Position

[jammerhawk]

Numbers for the new players have been added, and UDFA signings clarified and corrected.

 

[Jville]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/bcondotta/status/1125506087342370816[/tweet]

 

[jammerhawk]

Thanks Jville, will note accordingly.

 

[jammerhawk]

With the many reports indicating the team has agreed to terms for 1 year ($13.5 million with $5.5 million guaranteed and $8 million in incentives) with DE- Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah and are flying him here to sign today I will add him to the roster bringing the total to 90 including Chancellor.

Ansah, when healthy, is an excellent pass rusher. The team physicians obviously have looked at him and would appear to have given a thumbs up to signing him. At this stage this is a potentially huge addition to the team.

While now seriously out of date here is a combine profile for Ansah:

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/zig ... id=2539931

 

[Hawkstorian]

With adding Ansah and Taylor the Seahawks will have to cut 1 player to get back to 90.

 

[jammerhawk]

Seahawks to sign NCB Jamar Taylor.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... -seahawks/

As noted by Hawkstorian there will need to be a roster cut to allow Taylor to be signed. Will this mark the end of Kam chancellor on the team's roster?

 

[jammerhawk]

Here's draft combine profile for Taylor, good short area quickness and undoubtedly a departure somewhat from the team's prototype at CB in terms of being shorter armed than usual.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/jam ... id=2539932

 

[jammerhawk]

Some further signings have been announced by the team which will involve roster cuts to be accomplished, they are as reported by Bob Condotta on Twitter to be as follows:

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Seahawks have officially announced the signing of Jamar Taylor as well as fullback Nick Bellore and guard Marcus Martin. Bellore another who visited as a free agent a month or so ago.

 

[jammerhawk]

Here is a wiki for Martin:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Martin who the team has announced as a G, but may have more experience as a C;

and one for Bellore:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bellore

Besides being a FB Bellore is a solid ST player and played as a LB for several seasons for NYJ and the 49ers before being converted to FB, he will see significant ST time if he makes the team.

 

[jammerhawk]

Doug Baldwin is released failed physical:

https://www.rotoworld.com/football/nfl/ ... ug-baldwin

To me this seriously sucks!

I loved this player and his will to succeed and his toughness. He was always underrated as a player which was a shame b/c he was a damn good WR and he will be missed.

 

[jammerhawk]

Kam Chancellor is released, failed physical:

https://www.rotoworld.com/football/nfl/ ... chancellor


This is a sad day, but one that was expected. He was a generational talent at SS but his physicality turned out to be his undoing.

 

[DJrmb]

Here's draft combine profile for Taylor, good short area quickness and undoubtedly a departure somewhat from the team's prototype at CB in terms of being shorter armed than usual.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/jam ... id=2539932

Not to be "that guy" but NCB has a different team prototype than outside CB. Both Marcus Burley (29 7/8" arms) and Justin Coleman (31 1/4" arms) had less length than they typically require for outside CB (32" arms). Taylor actually seems to fit those two's size and athleticism almost exactly.

 

[jammerhawk]

Here's draft combine profile for Taylor, good short area quickness and undoubtedly a departure somewhat from the team's prototype at CB in terms of being shorter armed than usual.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/jam ... id=2539932

Not to be "that guy" but NCB has a different team prototype than outside CB. Both Marcus Burley (29 7/8" arms) and Justin Coleman (31 1/4" arms) had less length than they typically require for outside CB (32" arms). Taylor actually seems to fit those two's size and athleticism almost exactly.

Totally, of course!

I get that, and was only observing the shorter arms, but our last NCB had closer to 32 inch arms. Taylor was highly regarded when drafted as being physical as a CB and has elite short area quickness, yet has bounced around some for whatever reason.

 

[Chawker]

How much cap space do we have now?

 

[jammerhawk]

OTC.com is behind, and Doug and Kam being released should add about $9 million to this year and $20 mil next year.

We don't clearly know the numbers yet for Ansah, Taylor, Bellore, and Martin, but they would deducted from approximately $34.5 million. Rough eyeball guess about $22.5 million depending if the whole of Ansah's deal is expensed if so approx $20 million after the 4 are signed. It depends on the numbers for the other 3 signings.

Lots of room to do all sorts of other deals including re-upping Read and Wagner.

This will soon clarify.

EDIT: OTC.com has caught up, sort of at any rate, the deals for Martin, Bellore and Taylor, and Ansah are not yet part of their calculations. Their numbers are different from Spotrac.com

 

[KitsapGuy]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Curtis_Crabtree/status/1126941700696338432[/tweet]

 

[KitsapGuy]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/bcondotta/status/1126953065544699904[/tweet]

 

[jammerhawk]

Interesting to observe that the cap relief this season from Baldwin and Chancellor is close to $9 million.

Orchard didn't even have a cup of coffee here.

 

[jammerhawk]

The team has agreed to terms with DT- Al Woods a veteran DT. When Woods is signed the team will need to release a player to stay at 90. I will add him now to our roster here as I anticipate he’’ll be signed soon.

Source: Bob Condotta

Here is a very dated combine profile for Woods who's weight is now closer to 330 than shown in the combine profile:
http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/al-woods?id=496881

The competition for positions on the DLine will be quite intense this offseason. Pete loves these DTs with very long arms.

 

[Hawkstorian]

18 DBs on the roster now I think that number will go down a bit. I count 15 DL with Woods being added so my guess one of the CBs gets dropped.