Seahawks make several cuts, save $27M in salary cap space

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SEATTLE -- The Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday announced the releases of outside linebacker Dre'Mont Jones, defensive tackle Roy Robertson-Harris, safety Rayshawn Jenkins and offensive tackle George Fant -- anticipated moves that combine to save the team roughly $27 million in cap space.

And that may only be the start of their pre-free-agency salary purge, with signs pointing to wide receiver Tyler Lockett likely being released later this week barring an unexpected restructure of his contract.

Jones is the most significant of the four cuts Seattle announced Tuesday.

Not known as big spenders in free agency, the Seahawks made an out-of-character splurge to sign Jones in March of…