Every weekday morning, we'll round up local and national Seattle Seahawks-related links.
Defensive coordinator Kris Richard made the call to Brandon Browner to tell him he was being released. Via Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times:
"None of them are ever easy but it was something to where personally I was able to give him the phone call and give him the head's up," Richard said Tuesday. "But it was not easy. He's on the Mount Rushmore of what we have been able to do and what we have been able to build in the secondary exclusively, and on our team overall."
As Richard explained it, the decision to move on from Browner had more to do with how other players in the secondary performed this pre-season than anything Browner didn't do.
In a 710 ESPN Seattle column, John Clayton examines the Seahawks' cap situation:
[Patrick] Lewis wasn’t released for economic reasons, but the money Seattle saves with that move is significant. The Seahawks have a league-high 14 players on Injured Reserve, including 13 who have been waived/injured as well as defensive tackle Sealver Siliga, who was placed on IR on Monday. The Seahawks could reach injury settlements with them, but having so many players on IR comes with a cost. The Seahawks now have $5.7 million of cap room tied up with those 14 injured players.
Currently, the Seahawks have $10.2 million of cap room after the cut-down to 75. That only takes into account the highest 51 cap numbers on the team. Once the regular season starts, the Seahawks will have to account for a $1 million-plus practice squad and the full cost of the 53-man roster.
Joel Corry of CBSSports.com has Jahri Evans as one of nine veterans who might not survive this weekend's cuts:
In hindsight, Evans may have been better off taking the pay cut from the Saints he rejected, since his former team is having problems with the interior of the offensive line. The six-time Pro Bowl guard didn't sign with the Seahawks on a minimum salary benefit contract until a week into training camp.
