Seahawks identify former Payments linebacker Tyrel Dodson a captain vs. Buffalo

The Seattle Seahawks have introduced their recreation captains for his or her upcoming Week 8 match-up towards the Buffalo Bulls.

Kicker Jason Myers, linebacker Tyrel Dodson, middle Connor Williams, and outdoors linebacker Derick Corridor have all been named captains for this Sunday.

That is the second time that Williams and Myers have been named captain, each having been named captains in Week 3 towards the Miami Dolphins. This would be the first captain nod of the season for Dodson and Corridor.

The apparent connection from these 4 is Dodson, who spent the final 5 years (2019-2023) with the Payments. Over his 5 years in Buffalo, Dodson went from undrafted in 2019 to beginning ten video games at linebacker for the Payments in 2023. Dodson is predicted to make his debut at weakside linebacker for the Seahawks this week, after taking part in at center linebacker for the primary a part of this season. This transfer to weakside comes on the heels of the Seahawks buying and selling for Ernest Jones from the Tennessee Titans earlier this week.

Although much less of a connection to the Buffalo space in comparison with Dodson, Jason Myers can be in for a homecoming of kinds. Myers went to Marist School, situated in Poughkeepsie City, New York. Although Poughkeepsie City is situated on the opposite facet of New York from Buffalo (a great 5 and a half hour drive), the Payments stay the one NFL workforce situated throughout the state of New York. Maybe the opposite connection right here is Myers’ connection to the AFC East.

Each Myers and Connor Williams have hung out within the AFC East, the place they confronted the Payments. Myers performed for the New York Jets in 2018, having confronted the Payments twice that yr, going 1-1 in these video games. In the meantime Williams performed for the Miami Dolphins from 2022-2023, having confronted the Payments 4 instances over that span. Between 2022 and 2023, Williams and the Dolphins went 1-4 towards the Payments, with the a kind of losses coming to Buffalo within the 2022 Wild Card Spherical. Maybe the sport captain nods for Myers and Williams will assist the Seahawks enact revenge over the Payments.

Derick Corridor is getting his recreation captain nod after his first NFL profession landing. Corridor has been disruptive this season totaling 21 tackles, 5 sacks, two pressured fumbles, and the aforementioned fumble restoration for a landing towards the Atlanta Falcons final week.

Mike Macdonald applied this new means of electing workforce captains initially of the season. That is simply one other means that Macdonald has differentiated himself from his predecessor, Pete Carroll, who beforehand had season lengthy captains.