In wake of his stunning exit from the Seattle Seahawks, former linebacker Tyrel Dodson has made a short assertion on social media.
Right here’s what Dodson posted on X (previously often called Twitter).
12s! I admire you a lot, thanks for welcoming my household and I! @seattlechildren So completely happy we needed to join and alter lives! Maintain it going! ❤️
— Tyrel Dodson (@tdots25) November 11, 2024
Dodson notably didn’t say something in regards to the Seattle Seahawks group. Throughout his time in Seattle, Dodson engaged in neighborhood work by enjoying video video games with youngsters on the Seattle Kids’s Hospital.
Dodson was solely 9 video games into his one-year, $4.26 million contract he signed with Seattle this previous offseason. In these 9 video games, Dodson was main the Seahawks in tackles with 71 tackles, to associate with 2.0 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, one compelled fumble and a pair of passes defensed. Since this transfer was made after the commerce deadline, Dodson is now topic to waivers. Which means the 31 different NFL groups can declare Dodson off of waives, for less than $1.1 million. Had this transfer been made previous to the deadline, Dodson would have been free to decide on his subsequent staff as he has greater than 4 accrued seasons within the NFL.
This offseason, the Seahawks signed each Dodson and Jerome Baker to be the beginning inside linebackers for the Mike Macdonald protection. Nevertheless, simply 9 video games into the season, each are gone. This transfer appears to be signaling a disconnect between John Schneider and the entrance workplace and Coach Macdonald and his workers. Time will inform who will exchange Dodson, however within the short-term these duties will fall to rookie Tyrice Knight, considered one of Macdonald’s draft crushes this previous April.
