The Seahawks have conducted an eye-opening amount of roster housecleaning this offseason, highlighted by the trading of defensive lineman Michael Bennett to the Eagles and releasing cornerback Richard Sherman.
That the Seahawks got minimal return on those two moves — little-used receiver Marcus Johnson and a fifth-round pick for Bennett while also giving the Eagles a seventh-rounder, and nothing for Sherman — has likewise raised a few questions.
In an interview onUNINTERRUPTED’s The ThomaHawk Show last month, Sherman speculated that the Seahawks were eager to get rid of some veterans in an effort to turn over the locker room a little bit so there are more players for whom the message from coach Pete Carroll is still fresh.