The Seattle Seahawks could have a considerably completely different crew this season, and most of their modifications occurred on offense. Throughout the offseason, they traded Geno Smith to the Oakland Raiders and traded DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers. That is not the solely transfer they’ve made on offense, as they simply launched Noah Fant, in response to NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero.
Fant spent three seasons with the Seahawks after being within the commerce that despatched Russell Wilson to the Denver Broncos. Fant performed in 48 video games for the Seahawks over these three seasons, and had 48 catches for 1,400 yards and 5 touchdowns.
It felt like Fant was on the surface trying in when it got here to his function on the offense this season, and the Seahawks might have been trying to commerce him. Since he is a free agent, he can outright signal with a crew that could be on the lookout for assist on the tight finish place.
For the Seahawks, there will probably be extra alternatives for the tight ends on the tight finish, which embrace AJ Barner, Eric Saubert, and rookie Elijah Arroyo. There are additionally undrafted tight ends on the roster, Marshall Lang and Nick Kallerup.
It will likely be fascinating to see what the Seahawks’ offense will seem like this season, particularly with Sam Darnold because the quarterback. They’ve additionally added Cooper Kupp, and hopefully, he can have a productive and wholesome season for the crew.
Throughout the offseason, Darnold shared on the Wealthy Eisen Present what he thinks makes Kupp particular.
“Coop is superb, the way in which he strikes may be very distinctive I believe,” Darnold mentioned. “Having the ability to get a ton of reps with him and simply see how he form of will get out and in of routes, like I mentioned it’s completely different. That’s what made him such an important participant, simply the way in which he could make sure routes look the identical and he results in fully completely different spot. It’s very distinctive and he’s completely different that method.”
It will likely be fascinating to see how a lot success the Seahawks could have this season.