The Seahawks continued to clean house by cutting 25-year old fullback Owen Schmitt.  Schmitt played in 15 games (1 start) for the Seahawks last season and he caught 6 passes for 21 yards (3.5 avg) with 1 TD grab.  He has played in 30 games (2 starts) in his two years with the Seahawks and he carried the ball 5 times for 21 yards (4.2 ypc).  Schmitt also caught 12 passes for 50 yards (4.2 avg) with 1 TD grab for the Seahawks.  This move leaves the Seahawks without a true blocking back and they might be sorry that they let Schmitt go down the road.

The Seahawks have released 28-year old safety Jordan Babineaux.  Babineaux played in 16 games (all starts) for the Seahawks last season and he had 104 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 6 passes defensed, 2 interceptions and 1 forced fumble.  He played in 83 games (29 starts) in his six years with the Seahawks and he had 365 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 20 passes defensed, 8 interceptions (1 returned for a TD) and he forced 6 fumbles.  This was a surprising move for the Seahawks as Babineaux will likely hook up with a new team soon.

I really have not been impressed by the moves the front office and Pete Carroll have been making.  The Seahawks were 5-11 last season so the reason for the over/under being 7.5 has to be Pete Carroll.  He won’t get to make his own schedule this season and he won’t get to play 2/3 of his games at home this year.  He’s a long way from USC’s campus.  With that in mind I would bet the under because I don’t see them being any better than they were last year.  The Seahawks are also 80-1 to win the Super Bowl but I advise you to keep your money in your pockets for now.

The Seahawks have claimed 23-year old QB Zac Robinson off waivers from the Patriots.  Robinson played in 3 pre-season games for the Patriots and he completed 6 of 15 passes (40%) for 71 yards.  He also carried the ball 1 time for a loss of 1 yard in the pre-season.  Robinson was a 7th round pick of the Patriots last April in the NFL Draft out of Oklahoma State.  He will serve as the Seahawks’ #3 QB in 2010.

The Seahawks have claimed 31-year old DT Junior Siavii off waivers from the Cowboys.  Siavii played in 16 games for the Cowboys last season and he had 11 tackles.  He has now played in 42 games (0 starts) in his NFL career and he has 26 tackles.  Siavii has nice size at 6′2″, 315 pounds and he will add depth to the D-Line in 2010.