Seahawks' backup QB might not be on roster yet

Amid fireworks and high-profile NBA defections -- sorry, not sorry Oklahoma City -- there was an interesting Seahawks nugget almost lost over the holiday weekend: the waiver claim the Seattle put on former Cleveland Browns quarterback Connor Shaw on Friday.

That claim, which was first reported by The New Orleans Advocate, was unsuccessful. The Chicago Bears were awarded the 24-year-old Shaw despite reported claims from the Seahawks and New Orleans Saints. (Teams with worse records are given higher offseason waiver priority in a system similar to the NFL draft order.)

Seattle's claim likely has more to do with their current in-house quarterback situation than it does with their opinion of…