The Seahawks and Jarran Reed got bad (but expected) news when the NFL suspended the star defensive tackle for six games due to violating the league’s personal conduct policy. A woman accused read of assaulting her back in April, 2017, but no arrest was made, no charges filed. Regardless, the NFL deemed it necessary to sit Reed for six games just as it did to Ezekiel Elliott in 2018, and Seattle prepared for a month-and-a-half without him.
Combined with trading Frank Clark to the Chiefs, the Seahawks were looking to replace 22.