Seahawks bring Jaron Brown back as Ed Dickson goes to injured reserve
The Seahawks made another surprising roster move today. This time, they brought Jaron Brown back. Ed Dickson goes to the IR to make room.
One of the Seahawks biggest surprises on Cut Day was the release of wide receiver Jaron Brown. As I wrote at the time, this was widely seen as strictly a financial deal. Now we can see that is while it may have been about the dollars, it was more about the roster spot itself. Read on to see just how John Schneider worked the system to the Hawks advantage.
It’s now apparent that Brown was released so the Seahawks could keep Ed Dickson on the 53-man roster. That’s clearly the case, as Seattle placed Dickson on injured reserve to make room for Brown. Lee Vowell wrote about the dilemma Dickson’s injury caused, and now we know how the Hawks decided to handle it. By moving Dickson to IR after the roster was announced, they can bring him back after week 8.
As for Brown, the Hawks had made it clear that they hadn’t used him often enough in 2018. He was only targeted 19 times. Despite that, he hauled down five touchdowns. Because of that and his veteran presence on a team full of rookie receivers, he was widely seen as the starter opposite Tyler Lockett for 2019. So that youth movement I wrote about looks like it may be put on hold, at least by one position.
This now gives the Seahawks seven active wide receivers and just two active tight ends. I think it’s highly unlikely Seattle will go into Sunday’s home opener versus the Bengals with that roster intact. Look for Jacob Hollister to move off the practice squad to bolster the tight end room. Gary Jennings seems a likely candidate to take his place, as he only had one reception in the entire preseason. Or they may just use George Fant as the third and super-jumbo tight end.
Next. Seahawks make their roster cuts. dark
There’s no word yet on whether Brown will be paid the same as his prior contract, which carried a cap hit of $2.75 million. Since John Schneider suckered the Texans into paying $7 million of Jadeveon Clowney’s contract, the money isn’t quite the issue we thought it was on Saturday. What matters is that Brown is back. Dickson wasn’t going to play for several weeks anyway. Mr. Brown, we hope you enjoyed your vacation, but it’s time to go back to work.