Seahawks: Who earned roster spots in preseason game 1

The Seahawks lost to the Steelers 32-25 in Seattle’s preseason openers. But several players for Seattle might have earned themselves roster spots in 2022.

Or at least, solidified their place on the team. We, of course, still don’t know who the starting quarterback will be or who the starting cornerbacks will be, but some other answers to questions are becoming clearer.

Seattle has two more preseason games to figure all that out, starting this week as the Seahawks will play the Chicago Bears in Seattle. It will be interesting to see if Drew Lock gets a lot more reps with the first-team offense, too.

But the three players that follow definitely made a positive impact in Seattle’s first preseason game. At least two of them are fighting for roster spots and one is fighting for more reps in his unit’s rotation.

Three Seahawks that might have guaranteed their places on the team vs. Steelers

Seahawks linebacker Vi Jones

Maybe this is a stretch and maybe it isn’t. Pete Carroll loves playmakers and Jones showed, even against backups, that he could potentially be one on defense. Jones finished second on the team in tackles with 5 but had a sack and a tackle for loss. On the sack, he took on the blocker one-on-one, pushed the lineman back, worked off the block and then quickly and furiously took down Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett.

Jones went undrafted this year but Seattle hasn’t been afraid to keep undrafted guys on the roster and some of the early 2010 teams had key pieces, like Doug Baldwin, that were players that went undrafted. Michael Bennett even went undrafted. So those players can make massive impacts.

Jones needs to prove in preseason games 2 and 3 that he can be just as good as he was in preseason game 1, but if he can he deserves a place on the roster. He can at least help on special teams and fill in at linebacker as he is quick enough to be a disruptor on punt and kickoff coverage.