After a short reunion in Seattle, the Seahawks have opted to part ways with veteran pass rusher Frank Clark, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The former three-time Pro Bowler will hit the waiver wire and potentially be available to sign for a playoff run. Additionally, the team will spend the remainder of the season without safety Jamal Adams and wide receiver Dee Eskridge, announcing that both players have been placed on injured reserve. 
The Seahawks drafted Clark back in the 2015 second round and franchise-tagged him four years later, but the team executed a tag-and-trade transaction to send the former Michael Bennett–Cliff Avril sidekick to the Chiefs. While the Chiefs were viewed as perhaps the lead candidate to sign Clark, the recent Bronco found his way back to the Pacific Northwest. Injuries and poor fit led to his departure from Denver, so established fits like Seattle and Kansas City were really the best options for Clark.
Adams has missed the team’s last two games with a knee injury, and he will now miss their final two games of the season, as well. Despite Adams’ return to practice this week, head coach Pete Carroll made the call, determining that Adams was not doing well enough to play. This continues a troubling trend as Adams has not played a full, healthy season since joining the Seahawks three years ago. After missing almost all of the 2022 season, Adams will now have missed eight more games in 2023.
With continuing large cap hits over the next two seasons, there’s been plenty of speculation that Adams’ injury issues could lead to him becoming a salary cap casualty. Even if Seattle opts not to take that route, Adams himself considered calling it quits after last year’s season-ending quadriceps injury. More injury trouble this year may push Adams even closer to retirement. Regardless, this may have been the last season that we see Adams in navy and green.
Eskridge will now see a stint on IR for the third straight year to start his career. It’s safe to say that the Seahawks have not quite seen the return on investment out of their former second-round pick. Including a six-game suspension to start his 2023 campaign, Eskridge will have missed 27 of a possible 51 games since being drafted in 2021. He failed to catch his lone target of this year and only has 17 catches for 122 yards and a touchdown in his career.
In order to fill the three newly vacated roster spots, the Seahawks have signed linebacker Patrick O’Connell, safety Ty Okada, and offensive tackle Jake Curhan to the active roster from the practice squad. With linebacker Jordyn Brooks ruled out for this week’s matchup, O’Connell should provide some added depth at the position. Additionally, Seattle announced that nose tackle Austin Faoliu and cornerback Kelvin Joseph will join the above three as standard gameday elevations from the practice squad this weekend.
Not surprised his days of being a factor are over. Just taking up a roster space at this point.
Lions should take a deep look. I know Houston is coming back but Hutchinson needs some help, He’s not Micah Parsons yet.
Jets won the Adams trade.
You think?.. lol. Terrible trade for Hawks
That’s ok. Seattle won the Russell Wilson trade.
Truth! Denver got played.
Adams will restructure his contract if he remains with the Seahawk’s next season. If not, expect them to admit this didn’t work out & waive him. Dee Eskridge has not been available due to injuries since being drafted. The potential upside on him never materialized because of that. Frank Clark gets my respect, but his is a “what can you do for me right now” league. Time marches on. All three moves are good for the team’s future. Go Hawks!
Adams is on IR more than he’s on the active roster at this point
Only played in 34 games in 4 years.
They should just waive Adams.
Do is a negative out there, bad tackler since he goes for big hits often whiffing or getting penalty. He can’t cover worth a damn either.
Now you know why regardless of how the Jets drafted with the capital they got from the Seahawks…..the Jets were happy to rid themselves of him……that Hybrid role is all he’s good at (can’t cover worth a damn) when not on the bench hurt…he’s famous in his own mind…….
Bad trade and only in his first year stats are worth anything.
He should only rush the passer, because he can’t tackle and he is a huge liability in coverage.
He is a perfect example of how not to play defensive back.
He continues to try for the big “hit” when he should be learning how to tackle. He is always targeted when in coverage because he can’t run fast and so other teams islolate him and he is usually beaten.
I hope he retires so we can get him off of the team and off of the books…otherwise it is a re-structure of his contract or he will just be cut and the Seahawks will have to eat the dead money.
The team won the Wilson trade, but the Adams trade is a disaster.