Seahawks trying to trade WR Jermaine Kearse, sources say

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said on Wednesday the third-year wideout, who suffered a broken leg on December 24 in the Seahawks loss to the Arizona Cardinals, should be ready to go by the start of the season and will handle returns if he can play.

Indeed, one of the biggest goals of the final week is simply getting through it without any more injuries.

"He had a little pull coming back, that's slowed him down", Carroll told reporters Monday. There are now 12 players vying for a spot - though to be fair, the bulk of the players will battle it out for one open spot at the bottom of the lineup. The defensive end hasn't played in any preseason games as he continues to rehab from a knee procedure he had in June. Jordan, who was suspended for the 2015 season, has not played in a game since the 2014 season.

"We're doing it all to make sure that they're strong going into the start of the season", Carroll said.

Carroll also argues that it's better for the players who will play.

That's not good news for a player who is trying to earn a roster spot while playing a team that has an easily expendable $640,000 investment. There have been arguments that the players that would have been cut that week will probably still be cut anyways, so they should get started on a new team.

Well, it's been so quiet on all fronts because this season the rules are different. Players regarded as numbers 76-90 on the roster will simply always have a hard time breaking onto the regular-season roster. Carroll has said many times he thinks this is as deep of a roster as Seattle has had in a few years, with some comparing it as being close to the 2013 roster, the year the Seahawks won the Super Bowl.

Williams, who spent his first two seasons playing on the Seahawks practice squad, stunned in the team's first two preseason games with six interceptions for 147 yards and one touchdown. "We're just kind of banking on that". Now, 1,184 players will become available all at once.