After extending Uchenna Nwosu and restructuring the contracts of Tyler Lockett and Quandre Diggs, many fans had expected a big ticket signing, but the current cap situation makes that seem unlikely.
With the start of the regular season on September 7 comes a move away from the Top 51 salary cap accounting used during the offseason, and to true cap accounting wherein the salary costs of all players must be accounted for. This includes not just players on the 53 man roster, but the practice squad, injured reserve and the physically unable to perform list.
With all that in mind, the Seahawks cannot simply run out on a shopping spree with that couple million of cap space that they do have. Over the four months of the regular season the team will need space to cover the cost of injury replacements, as well as for expenses like practice squad elevations. When a player is elevated from the practice squad to the gameday roster, that player gets paid the regular salary for a player of their experience rather than the practice squad salary for the week.
In any case, the moral of the story is that for those fans who had been holding out hope for a bigger signing on the defensive line in recent weeks, this is the reason why the front office has not made such a move.
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