RENTON — The Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday released wide receiver Brandon Marshall, whose role within the offense had diminished significantly.
Marshall appeared in all seven games this season and had 11 catches for 136 yards and one touchdown, which came in the season opener. But his involvement in the offense dropped significantly after Week 3 and he had just two catches for 16 yards in the past four games. Marshall played just two offensive snaps in Seattle’s 28-14 win over Detroit last Sunday.
Meanwhile, second-year wide receiver David Moore has developed into the No. 3 pass-catching option behind Doug Baldwin and Tyler Lockett.
NFL suspends Kendricks 8 games — The NFL has suspended Seahawks linebacker Mychal Kendricks for eight games for admitting to insider trading.
The league announced Tuesday after multiple hearings on the matter Kendricks can return to the team on Week 12 and can resume playing Week 14. Seattle hosts the Minnesota Vikings that week, on Dec. 10.
Commissioner Roger Goodell had suspended Kendricks indefinitely on Oct. 2.
The Seahawks knew when they signed last season’s Super Bowl starter for Philadelphia in September for the rest of this season that the league was likely to suspend him.
The U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania found Kendricks and a bank analyst conspired in a scheme from the summer of 2014 to spring of 2015. The alleged plot gave Kendricks non-public securities information on investment-bank mergers that were on the horizon.
Kendricks was charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, securities fraud, and aiding and abetting. Sentencing is scheduled for January.
