Seattle Post-Intelligencer · Aug 17, 2018
Seahawks sign LB Erik Walden, release DE Marcus Smith
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seahawks added veteran linebacker Erik Walden on Friday and terminated the contract of defensive end Marcus Smith.
Smith spent 2017 with Seattle and re-signed with the team this offseason on a one-year deal. However, the former Philadelphia Eagles first-round pick had missed the last few days of practice due to a personal matter and the Seahawks released him so he could tend to those issues.
"Really, there were some personal reasons that came into it," head coach Pete Carroll said. "He has been a great kid in the program and all, and all things considered, that's as far as I'm going with it. It was the right thing to do, and he understood and he agreed with it."
