The Seattle Seahawks officially placed Bud Clark on season-ending injured reserve on Tuesday (the way Clark handled himself in the hour after breaking his ankle was truly inspiring) which means that it’s even more likely that someone like Tory Horton could be placed on short-term IR this week.
Placing Horton on short-term IR would allow the Seahawks to keep an extra player on the 53-man roster at final cuts. It seems like the logical thing for Mike Macdonald to do now, assuming that Horton is expected to miss at least another month with whatever is ailing him.
Who would that protected player added to the 53-man roster be? Who else could be kept on Sunday, if another player (like cornerback Julian Neal) is placed on short-term IR with Horton? And after compiling your Seahawks fan-made 53-man rosters this week to create a consensus edition — highlighting a number of players who barely missed the cut — how would the makeup of the entire roster change if Macdonald simply swapped out one guy for another?
How does “chaos theory” impact the initial Seattle Seahawks 53-man roster between now and Sunday? Let’s toy with the bubble and find out. These are 6 roster changes that could alter the Seahawks in a matter of days:
1. Place WR Tory Horton on short-term IR
This could allow the Seahawks to now keep: