The Seahawks signed running back Myles Gaskin from the practice squad to their 53-man roster on Saturday, placing running back George Holani on injured reserve to make room on the roster.
The Seahawks also elevated safety Quandre Diggs and running back Velus Jones Jr. from the practice squad.
Diggs, who signed to the practice squad on Wednesday, will be playing his first game with the Seahawks since the end of the 2023 season. During his first four-and-a-half season stint with the Seahawks, Diggs was a three-time Pro Bowler, and after spending the past season and a half in Tennessee, he returned to Seattle this week to provide depth at safety.
The Seahawks are still without starting safety Julian Love, who is on injured reserve with a hamstring injury, while Ty Okada, who has been starting in Love’s place, is questionable due to an oblique injury. Diggs will give the Seahawks added depth behind starter Coby Bryant and D’Anthony Bell, who took over for Okada last weekend, and would likely be in line to start if Okada can’t play this week.
“He’s done a great job,” Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said when asked about Diggs’ first week back in Seattle. “Great having him here. You have expectations of how he’s going to operate and he’s pretty much on point. It’s great to have him.”
Gaskin, a former University of Washington standout, signed to Seattle’s practice squad earlier this season, and previously has appeared in 46 games with 17 starts over the past six seasons, including five games last season for the Vikings.
Jones, who signed to the practice squad earlier this month, has played in 34 games over the last four seasons, including five with the Saints earlier this year. Jones has significant experience as a kick returner, so could be an option there for the Seahawks in addition to providing running back depth.
Holani, who injured his hamstring in last weekend’s win over the Titans, will now have to miss a minimum of four games before being eligible to return.
(WSB file photo. No outdoor cap tosses this year!)
Tomorrow (Monday, June 1) brings not only a new month but also the first graduation ceremony of the season for West Seattle’s three biggest high schools. And all are graduating at new venues this year. Summit Atlas, which after nine years remains West Seattle’s only charter school, will graduate 55 seniors in a ceremony at Highline Performing Arts Center in Burien at 6 pm Monday. West Seattle’s two major public high schools, Chief Sealth International HS and West Seattle HS, both have graduation ceremonies on Wednesday, June 17, at McCaw Hall (hosting graduations while Memorial Stadium is being rebuilt) – CSIHS at 5 pm, WSHS at 8 pm. The Seattle Public Schools webpage for graduation info also lists where and when ceremonies are planned for its alternative programs, some of which hold classes in West Seattle.
The Seattle Seahawks lost a key member of the front office to the Minnesota Vikings, as the NFC North team named Nolan Teasley its new general manager. The hire could change the fortunes of both teams in the immediate future.
Teasley will be taking over a Vikings team that isn’t far away from contending. One of the key reasons the team fired former GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah wasn’t that he couldn’t build a collection of talent, but that he didn’t seem to understand how to get the best possible answer at the most important position in sports: Quarterback.
Vikings fans watched as former QB1 in Minnesota, Sam Darnold, signed with the Seahawks last offseason, and then followed that by helping lead his team to a Super Bowl victory. That was Seattle’s second title. Minnesota has never won a Super Bowl.
Teasley, though, has the experience and, clearly, the ability to create an environment in which a team will thrive. He has been working with general manager John Schneider in Seattle since 2013, and has worked in scouting and been the director of pro personnel. He has most recently served as Schneider’s assistant GM.
Schneider could very well be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame one day after leading the Seahawks to two Super Bowl wins. Still, with teams with two completely different rosters and coaching staffs (Schneider is the only GM to ever do that), Teasley would have learned at the knee of one of the best to ever perform general manager duties.
Nolan Teasley could also be entering a situation where his new team is already poised to make a deep run in the playoffs. Minnesota finished 9-8 last season despite the fact that its quarterback play was among the worst in the NFL. This offseason, the Vikings signed Kyler Murray.
Murray underwhelmed or was injured throughout his career with the Arizona Cardinals, as Seattle Seahawks fans know well due to their favorite team counting on two wins every season against the NFC West brethren, but under the wise direction of Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell, Murray could be coaxed into playing a much better form of football.
As the Minnesota Vikings play in the NFC, and could potentially be a difficult obstacle for the Seahawks to repeat as Super Bowl champions, Teasley is already in a good spot. The issue for Seattle is that Teasley is smart enough to make moves to get Minnesota even better well into the future. A great rivalry between Seattle and the Vikings might be about to start.
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