One possible result of what Seahawks coach Pete Carroll called the “difficult decisions’’ of the off-season is that the team could go into next year without a player on the roster who predates his arrival.
At the end of this season there were just two players left who were on the team when Carroll took over in 2010 — punter Jon Ryan and defensive tackle Brandon Mebane.
Each is now an unrestricted free agent with an uncertain future.
Mebane is the longest-tenured Seahawk, having been drafted in the third round in 2007 out of Cal. Ryan arrived the next year as a free agent after being released by Green Bay.