Many will think about Thursday night's Seattle Seahawks preseason opener and not think much of it. But for linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven, it was more than just a game.
The Seattle Seahawks announced Thursday that they’ve re-signed LB Ben Burr-Kirven to a contract. Burr-Kirven, 25, was originally drafted by the Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2019 draft.
After working out a pair of off ball linebackers earlier in the week, the Seahawks took a look at a former special teamer of their own. It’s the first day of training camp, and to the surprise of no one the Seattle Seahawks placed several injured members of the defense on the physically unable to perform list.
The list of three-star recruits who developed into all-conference performers and NFL Draft picks under former UW Huskies coach Chris Petersen is a lengthy one.
The Seattle Seahawks officially released G Gabe Jackson and LB Ben Burr-Kirven on Thursday. According to OverTheCap.com, releasing these two players will free up $7,440,000 of available cap space while creating $4,762,223 in dead money. Jackson, 31, is a former third-round pick of the Raiders back in 2014.
One of the big offseason question marks for the Seattle Seahawks is at off-ball linebacker. After Jordyn Brooks and Cody Barton started for the overwhelming majority of the 2022 season, Brooks is set to spend the majority of, if not the entire, offseason recovering from knee surgery, while Barton is slated to hit free agency.
After releasing running back Chris Carson and linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven with failed physical designations on Tuesday, the Seahawks plugged three of their four openings on the 90-man roster with interior offensive line and tight end depth.
The Seattle Seahawks announced they have waived LB Ben Burr-Kirven with a failed physical designation and placed four more players on the PUP list. Seahawks CB Tre Brown, LB Jon Rhattigan, OT Liam Ryan and fifth-round OLB Tyreke Smith were the players placed on the PUP list.
With the calendar flipping to July and offseason programs wrapped up across the country, NFL training camps will begin around the NFL in less than a month's time.
With their offseason program now swinging into phase two with on-field workouts commencing, the Seahawks have a pair of young linebackers on the fast track working back from significant knee injuries.
Bobby Wagner will call somewhere other than Seattle home for the first time in his NFL career this year. Cody Barton and Ben Burr-Kirven are both entering the final year of their respective rookie contracts, and the latter is returning from a torn ACL suffered during the preseason last summer.
Throughout much of the offseason, fans of the Seattle Seahawks were anxiously awaiting the moment when the team would announce the return of linebacker K.J.
With the deadline to trim NFL rosters down to 80 players looming on Tuesday, the Seahawks have placed receiver John Ursua and linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven on season-ending injured reserve and waived quarterback Alex McGough and defensive tackle Cedrick Lattimore.
Following the loss of linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven in the preseason Week 2 loss to the Denver Broncos, many fans imagined that the Seattle Seahawks would turn to free agency to fill the void.
Burr-Kirven went down during the opening kickoff of the Seahawks’ 30-3 loss to the Broncos on Saturday night.
Before a down was played on Saturday night, the Seahawks lost a key player to injury: linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven. After DeeJay Dallas opted not to return the game's opening kickoff, Burr-Kirven was shoved by a Denver player and awkwardly landed on his left leg.
With the calendar flipping to June and offseason programs recently wrapping up, NFL training camps will begin around the league in less than two months.
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