The Seattle Seahawks must cut 15 players after their game next Thursday to get down to 75, in preparation of getting down to 53 before the regular season starts. While you would think that the first 15 cuts are players that you know well because you follow the team closely and could name the entire roster (and I’m sure many of you could), I know that for me personally I’m still surprised every year that the first round of cuts aren’t super impactful.
They are almost never guys who you thought might make the team. They’re the guys who might have been signed within the last week (in fact, some of these players may indeed be released before the next game and replaced with a new name who you’ve either never heard of or haven’t heard of since their last time with the Seahawks), or just haven’t made a lot of noise during the summer.