Roster cutdown day has come and gone and the Seattle Seahawks have their 53 players. Technically, it’s 52 and they’ll add Sidney Jones once that trade is official, but you get the idea. We know that the initial roster can often change in just a matter of days and certainly before the first regular season game, but that doesn’t stop us from having immediate takes about it, does it? No? So here are mine.
Biggest surprise inclusion: All the backs
Five running backs? Really? Well that’s the case at this moment. Chris Carson and Rashaad Penny figured to be locks — yeah we’ve had our Penny discourse on this site but he seemed safe from the chopping block — but all three of DeeJay Dallas, Travis Homer, and Alex Collins are on the 53.