Signing draft picks won’t have a huge impact on Seahawks cap space

Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images With everything going on both in the United States and around the world, the news Tuesday that the Seattle Seahawks had signed fourth round draft pick Colby Parkinson was some welcome in that it was actually relevant to the team and the upcoming season. The realities of the coronavirus pandemic have made signing rookies more challenging than in seasons past, largely as a result of the fact that physicals are more difficult to complete than in seasons past.

The fact that physicals are more difficult to complete have likely contributed to the fact that many bigger name free agents coming off injury in 2019 remain unsigned, including Jadeveon Clowney, Mike…