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Brady HendersonESPN
SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks have signed defensive sort out Robert Nkemdiche, the workforce introduced Thursday.
By signing the 26-year-old Nkemdiche, the Seahawks are taking a low-risk flier on a former first-round decide who was out of the NFL final season.
A supply informed ESPN’s Ed Werder that Nkemdiche wished one other likelihood to play within the NFL and “crushed” a exercise with Seattle. The supply informed Werder that Nkemdiche’s signing is unrelated to Aldon Smith‘s recent arrest.
His signing probably provides depth to a place that took successful when the Seahawks launched longtime starter Jarran Reed earlier this month after an odd state of affairs during which he refused to restructure his contract. The Seahawks then signed Al Woods as an choice to switch Reed on early downs.
Seattle gave its different beginning defensive sort out, Poona Ford, a two-year deal in March as a restricted free agent. However behind Ford, Woods and Bryan Mone, Seattle’s different defensive tackles are a pair of second-year gamers in Myles Adams and Cedrick Lattimore who’ve one recreation of NFL expertise between them. Additionally, Woods is 34 years previous and did not play final season after opting out because of COVID-19 considerations.
The Arizona Cardinals drafted Nkemdiche 29th total in 2016, two spots earlier than the Seahawks took sort out Germain Ifedi. Nkemdiche recorded zero sacks and 0 begins in 17 video games over his first two seasons, then had four.5 sacks in 10 video games (six begins) in 2018 earlier than a knee damage ended his season.
The Cardinals waived Nkemdiche with a failed-physical designation earlier than the 2019 season. He signed with the Miami Dolphins however was waived after taking part in in two video games.
The Seahawks solely have three picks on this 12 months’s draft, no first-rounder and just one choice within the prime 125.