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Getty Images The Seahawks’ initial status report did not list a designation for defensive end Ziggy Ansah. The updated one has. Seattle downgraded Ansah to questionable for Sunday’s opener. Ansah remained limited in Friday’s practice, and Seahawks coach Pete Carroll expressed uncertainty...

Getty Images Since Russell Wilson wasn’t playing in the Seahawks’ final preseason game against the Oakland Raiders last week, head coach Pete Carroll and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer gave him a different task for the night. Wilson took over the play-calling duties from...

Getty Images The Seahawks released quarterback Geno Smith last weekend because the Jadeveon Clowney trade had not become official and they needed to keep Barkevious Mingo and Jacob Martin on the roster until it did. Smith knew that the team planned to re-sign him once the trade went down, but...

Getty Images Defensive end Ziggy Ansah practiced for the first time as a Seahawk last week as his first months with the team were spent working his way back from shoulder surgery and he continued to work as a limited participant in the team’s Wednesday practice. Those are both signs that Ansah...

Getty Images Seahawks rookie DK Metcalf was limited in Wednesday’s practice, but he vows to play Sunday. “I am. I’m 100 percent. I’m very excited just to be back out there and play on Sunday,” Metcalf said before Thursday’s practice, via Curtis Crabtree of Sports Radio KJR and PFT. Metcalf...

Getty Images Jachai Polite earned the unwanted distinction of becoming the highest drafted player from the 2019 draft class to be released. The 68th overall selection from this year’s draft was released by the New York Jets over the weekend and went unclaimed off waivers before signing on with...

Getty Images While Duane Brown didn’t have any part of negotiations trade terms between the Houston Texans and Seattle Seahawks, the veteran left tackle did play a part in selling Jadeveon Clowney on Seattle as a potential destination. Clowney credited Brown and his relationship with his...

Getty Images Retirement — or something — has loosened up Marshawn Lynch. The longtime NFL running back was known as much for his reluctance to participate in the media process as his physical running style, but now that he’s promoting things he’s opening up. Lynch talked for 45 minutes with...

Getty Images As trade chatter swirled around Jadeveon Clowney last week, there were reports that he was interested in playing for the Eagles during the 2019 season. Clowney wound up being dealt to the Seahawks for a third-round pick and two players last Saturday and Eagles executive vice...

Getty Images Wide receiver D.K. Metcalf wasn’t the only Seahawks rookie to return to the practice field on Monday. First-round pick L.J. Collier was out for more than a month with an ankle injury, but the defensive end got on the field as the team began preparing to face the Bengals in Week...

Getty Images The first pick in the 2014 draft will spend 2019 in Seattle. In his first meeting with reporters since the trade happened, Jadeveon Clowney attributed the decision to one thing. “Relationships,” Clowney told reporters. “Talked to Duane Brown and he said he loved it up here. Great...

Getty Images Wide receiver DK Metcalf was back on the practice field with the Seahawks on Monday just two weeks after a minor surgery on his knee. Metcalf had surgery on his knee on Aug. 20 after being held out of the team’s second preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings. Head coach Pete...

Getty Images The Bengals may be down to plan C at left tackle, unless things change soon. Via Tyler Dragon of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Bengals left tackle Cordy Glenn wasn’t at practice Monday, and remains in the league’s concussion protocol. He’s been in the protocol since suffering a...

Getty Images The Seahawks continued to undo some of their peculiar roster decisions, bringing back another guy who was clearly part of the plan from the beginning. The team announced that they had re-signed wide receiver Jaron Brown. Brown was a surprise cut over the weekend, since he was...

Getty Images The Seahawks tweaked their roster on Monday by bringing back a player they let go on Saturday. Fullback Nick Bellore has re-signed with the team after being released as the Seahawks dropped to 53 players. Linebacker Austin Calitro was waived in a corresponding move. Bellore made...

Getty Images Seahawks coach Pete Carroll believes he added a unique piece to his defense when he acquired Jadeveon Clowney in a trade with the Texans. Carroll said today that Clowney’s mix of size and speed, and his ability to play the run and the pass, will bring things to the table that...

Getty Images The Cardinals announced they signed free agent linebacker Cassius Marsh to a one-year contract Sunday. They placed cornerback Robert Alford on injured reserve in a corresponding move. Alford broke his tibia in practice last month. He will have to miss at least the first eight...

Getty Images The trade sending Jadeveon Clowney to the Seahawks became official on Sunday, but the genesis of the deal actually happened much earlier. Seahawks General Manager John Schneider told Albert Breer of SI.com that he first spoke to the Texans about a trade before the draft, but the...

Getty Images How bad a third-round draft pick was Jets linebacker Jachai Polite? So bad that not only did he not make the Jets’ roster, but no one else wants him on the 53-man roster, either. Polite went unclaimed on waivers today, according to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News. That’s...

Getty Images The Seahawks waived J.D. McKissic on Saturday. The Lions claimed him on Sunday. There’s been some ambiguity about McKissic’s specific role. On the official transaction report, McKissic is listed as a receiver, not a running back. McKissic’s best season of his career came in 2017...