It’s Monday, and the Seattle Seahawks are just days away from having to make some tough decisions regarding roster cuts when Saturday arrives and the team must make a couple dozen moves in order to get down to 53 players. Obviously, the Thursday game against the Oakland Raiders is on tap before those decisions must be made, but in the meantime I wanted to review some metrics on cuts and waiver claims since cries of pained agony are likely to be in hearty supply come Saturday evening.
So, before everyone starts declaring which player will be this year’s Kasen Williams, here’s a look at how waived players and the corresponding claims for cut down day have looked since the NFL went to a single cut down day in 2017.