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What we learned from the Seahawks’ first open OTA: Injuries, contracts and position changes

The first open organized team activity (OTA) is often as noteworthy for who is not taking part as for who is.

For the Seahawks on Tuesday, the big news is that veteran middle linebacker Bobby Wagner isn’t taking part in on-field drills while he tries to get a new deal from the team that would make him the highest-paid player at his position.

But that was hardly all to be learned from what was the first OTA of the year open to the media.

Here are highlights of what else stood out:

McDougald, Carson added to injury list

Two starters were revealed to have had offseason knee surgeries that had not been previously disclosed: safety Bradley McDougald and running back Chris Carson.