Seattle Seahawks: "Final" 53-Man Roster with Waiver Additions

The Seattle Seahawks announced their final roster cuts, finalizing their 53-man roster at 6:00 PM PST on Saturday night; keeping fans guessing three hours after final rosters were due to the NFL offices.

My roster projection included 48 players of the final 53-man roster.  The list was off with two offensive linemen, a DL that went on IR and the Seahawks kept one more linebacker and one less defensive back.

There were a few surprises, and a bit of bad news for the Seahawks and their fans.  Defensive lineman Jimmy Wilkerson injured his knee in the final preseason game vs. the Oakland Raiders and ended up on the IR for the season. He joins TE John Carlson who had a season-ending torn labrum in his shoulder and WR Isaiah Stanback who is spending his second consecutive season on IR.

The Seahawks have three players that will start the season on the PUP list.  The following players can be activated, waived or placed on injured reserve following week six.  If activated another player will need to be released: 

WR Deon Butler

TE Cameron Morrah

CB Roy Lewis

Here is how their final roster shook out—at least for now.  Seahawk fans are accustomed to changes being made following roster cuts; however, the roster is likely much more fluid than in years past.  The Seahawks may look for help on the offensive line and they still could use a blocking fullback.

In all, the 2011 roster has much better depth than in years past—particularly on the defensive side of the ball. The Seahawks have improved at wide receiver and tight end, and throughout the defense. The one setback is at quarterback, where Tarvaris Jackson has much to prove.

LT: Russell Okung

LT: Tyler Polumbus

LG: Robert Gallery

C: Max Unger

G/C: Lemuel Jeanpierre

RG: John Moffitt

OT: Paul McQuistan

OT: Jarriel King

RT: Breno Giacomini

RT: James Carpenter

TE: Zach Miller

TE: Anthony McCoy

TE: Dominique Byrd

WR 1: Mike Williams

WR 1: Ben Obomanu

WR 1: Kris Durham

WR 2: Sidney Rice

WR 2: Golden Tate

WR 2: Doug Baldwin

RB: Marshawn Lynch

RB: Leon Washington

RB: Justin Forsett

FB: Michael Robinson

QB: Tarvaris Jackson

QB: Charlie Whitehurst

QB: Josh Portis

LDE: Chris Clemons

LDE: Raheem Brock

3 DT: Alan Branch

1 DT: Brandon Mebane

DT: Clinton McDonald

DT: Landon Cohen

DT Al Woods

RDE: Red Bryant

RDE: Dexter Davis

WLB: Aaron Curry

WLB: Matt McCoy 

MLB: David Hawthorne

MLB: K.J. Wright

SLB: Leroy Hill

SLB: Malcolm Smith

LCB: Marcus Trufant

LCB: Richard Sherman

RCB: Walter Thurmond

RCB: Brandon Browner

CB: Byron Maxwell

SS: Kam Chancellor

FS: Earl Thomas

DB: Atari Bigby

DB: Jeron Johnson

K: Steven Hauschka

P: Jon Ryan

LS: Clint Gresham

Practice Squad:

SS: Josh Pinkard

DE: Maurice Fountain

DE/LB: Jameson Konz

OG: Brent Osborne

WR: Owen Spencer

WR: Ricardo Lockette

Released:

C/G: Mike Gibson

G: Paul Fanaika

OT: William Robinson

FB: Dorson Boyce

RB: Thomas Clayton

RB: Vai Taua

WR: Chris Carter

WR: Patrick Williams

CB: Kennard Cox

DB: Mark LeGree

DE: A.J. Schable

DT: Junior Siavii

DT: Colin Cole

DT: David Howard

DT: Lazarius "Pep" Levingston

LB: Michael Johnson

LB: Mike Morgan

WLB: David Vobora

K: Jeff Reed

Waived, Injured:

DE: Pierre Allen