The Seattle Seahawks set their initial 53-man roster on Tuesday. What stood out from cutdown day? Here are some takeaways.
Bobo, Young, White grab final WR spots
The battle for the final wide receiver spots had always loomed as one of the fiercest competitions on the team. And it ultimately produced the biggest news of the day, with the Seahawks releasing veteran Marquez Valdes-Scantling and going with Jake Bobo, Dareke Young and Cody White as their final three receivers.
When Valdes-Scantling signed a one-year deal with Seattle in March, he was expected to be the WR3 behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp. But after rookie Tory Horton surged ahead of him on the depth chart with a strong training camp and preseason, it became tougher to justify keeping Valdes-Scantling on the ros