The Seahawks made one roster move Tuesday, bringing back receiver Ty Scott to the practice squad and releasing linebacker Michael Barrett to make room.
Scott was with the Seahawks throughout training camp and appeared in all three preseason games but did not have a catch on two targets.
The Seahawks acquired Barrett in August in a trade with Carolina for cornerback Michael Jackson.
Barrett played in the final preseason game, getting 25 snaps against Cleveland without making a tackle. He was released at the cutdown to 53 players and re-signed to the practice squad.
Barrett was a seventh-round pick of Carolina out of Michigan where he played one season when Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald was the defensive coordinator.
The Seahawks have routinely cycled players through the practice squad based on team needs that week, so it wouldn’t be unusual if Barrett were to return.
Scott gives the Seahawks a second receiver on the practice squad alongside Cody White after the Seahawks released Easop Winston Jr. when they brought in quarterback Jaren Hall last week.
Jackson started and played all 60 defensive snaps for the Panthers in their 47-10 loss to New Orleans Sunday.
Former Husky Polk getting started in New England
Seahawks offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb will see an old friend this week when they play at New England — Patriots receiver Ja’Lynn Polk.
The Patriots selected Polk 37th overall last April. He was one of 10 Huskies drafted, tying a school record, and was fourth overall among UW players who were taken.
Polk did not start in Sunday’s season-opening 16-10 win, but he worked regularly in the receiving rotation, on the field for 35 snaps, including 18 pass plays, according to Pro Football Focus.
He made one reception for six yards in the third quarter.
Via PFF, he worked almost exclusively outside with 32 snaps lined up wide and three in the slot.
Polk had 69 receptions for 1,159 yards last year for UW, the sixth-highest single-season yardage total in team history, in an offense coordinator by Grubb.
Seahawks to test 10 a.m. success
The game against the Patriots is the first of three the Seahawks will play this year that begins at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
There was a time when that was a bad omen for the Seahawks.
That turned around markedly at the end of the Pete Carroll era. They are 24-11 in the last 35 10 a.m. kickoffs and have won 16 of their last 21.
The Seahawks’ other 10 a.m. games this year are Oct. 20 at Atlanta and Dec. 1 at New York against the Jets.
At 2,496 miles the trip to Boston will also be their longest of the year. But barely. The trip to New York to play the Jets is 2,402 miles. The Seahawks will travel 32,797 miles this season, including the preseason, which according to the team is the most in the NFL.
