On Michael cut to traded
Our Sigmund Bloom had a few quick thoughts on this move.
"Its mostly about Lynch and Fred Jackson's friendship and Jackson's great pass blocking/3rd down ability. Saves Lynch some punishment.
"We'll see on Christine Michael. Definite signs they wanted him to get things in gear via media motivation story plants. If Michael is cut, interest might be less than we think. From outward indications,
DAL never wanted him and still doesn't. Michael hasn't "tuned in" the way Seattle hoped and some teams will surely see that as a terrible sign for the risk/reward of adding him."
Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times had this blurb about who would make the 53 man roster prior to the Jackson signing
"Rawls had some nice moments in the final game and throughout camp and gets on to my final projection, in part due to the injury to Robert Turbin. It's unclear how long he will be out but it seems as if Seattle will want the depth at that spot if he's sidelined a while. Michael's been inconsistent, he still has some immense ability that I don't think the team will want to give up on yet (though I wouldn't be shocked if one of the trades John Schneider talked about in his pregame radio hit on Thursday might involve Michael -- Rawls' play certainly gives them the ability to think more about shopping Michael). I'm no longer keeping Tukuafu, thinking he's a player the Seahawks could maybe release and get back later, if needed. As for Turbin, - the team might need to stick him on Injured Reserve with the designation to return, and that might mean Seattle has to change the numbers here (maybe adding Fred Jackson). And to explain on the designation to return, that would mean Turbin would have to be out eight weeks and then could return. Teams get one IR-designated to return each year - Seattle used it in 2014 on Jeremy Lane and 2013 on Russell Okung."
And finally, I liked this line from our Adam Harstad: "If I told you all five years ago that the 2015 Seahawks were potentially going to have the same RB depth chart as the 2009 Bills, how many people would have considered that a good thing?"
I often say things move fast. But sometimes they move in funny ways.
