Seahawks waive former Husky CB Sidney Jones IV
Former University of Washington standout Sidney Jones IV, who entered training camp as a starter for the Seahawks at left cornerback, was waived by the team on Tuesday.
The move came minutes after the NFL trade deadline passed. The Seahawks tried to trade Jones but found no takers with other teams realizing the Seahawks were likely to waive him if they could not find a team to trade for him.
Jones signed a one-year contract worth up to $3.56 million with Seattle in March.
His waiving means the Seahawks will get out of having to pay any portion of a prorated share of $680,000 in per-game roster bonuses on Jones’ contract for being on the active roster on gameday — or $40,000 per game.
If Jones is claimed, another team will pick up the possibility of paying those bonuses as well as the rest of a prorated share of his $1.62 million salary, But Seattle will still be on the hook for the $1.3 million signing bonus in his contract, which he signed after starting 11 games for Seattle in 2021. The Seahawks acquired him from Jacksonville on Aug. 31, 2021, for a 2022 sixth-round pick.
The Seahawks re-signed Jones in March with the expectation that he would again start at corner, and he entered camp working with the first team on the left side.
But he suffered a concussion during the first week and that injury held him out the rest of the preseason, opening the door for Michael Jackson to emerge as a starter on that side.
Jones was healthy for the start of the season and played 12 snaps in the opener against Denver.
But with Jackson playing well, he did not play again until Week 4 against Detroit when he got 22 snaps working in a rotation with Jackson. Coach Pete Carroll said the Seahawks were being careful with Jones in the wake of his concussion.
Jones played 11 snaps against Arizona on Oct. 16 in a rotation with Jackson with Carroll saying he deserved a chance to play. But he was not active for Sunday’s win over the Giants.
Also factoring into the decision to waive Jones is that 2021 fourth-round pick Tre Brown is expected to soon be healthy enough to play.
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