{"id":15612,"date":"2024-12-03T17:08:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15612"},"modified":"2024-12-03T17:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:08:14","slug":"seattle-seahawks-cut-big-named-wr-offensive-weapon-in-unexpected-move-after-win-vs-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=15612","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Seahawks Cut Big-Named WR &#038; Offensive Weapon In Unexpected Move After Win vs. Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>\u00a0are moving on from former highly-touted wide receiver and special teams standout Laviska Shenault Jr.<\/p>\n<p>In a surprise move, the Seahawks\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seahawks.com\/news\/seahawks-waive-wr-kr-laviska-shenault-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0on Monday that they\u2019ve waived Laviska Shenault Jr. following their 26-21 road win over the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/new-york-jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Jets<\/a>. Shenault muffed two kicks and lost a fumble, prompting head coach Mike Macdonald and GM John Schneider to make the move.<\/p>\n<p>The move is a bit surprising given Shenault\u2019s big-play ability as a returner. The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/jacksonville-jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>\u2019 2020 second-round pick had 459 kick return yards with the Seahawks, including a 97-yard kick return touchdown in Week 6 against the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But Laviska Shenault Jr.\u2019s problems controlling the football against a struggling Jets team was enough for Seattle to move on. Now atop the NFC West with a 7-5 record, the Seahawks carry a three-game win streak into Sunday\u2019s Week 14 road contest against the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=alexhoegler&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1844558579027898599&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.totalprosports.com%2Fnfl%2Fseattle-seahawks-cut-big-named-wr-offensive-weapon-in-unexpected-move-after-win-vs-jets%2F&amp;sessionId=d76638e5739832622f0ef734d2afc49c56bbdd71&amp;siteScreenName=totalprosports&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1844558579027898599\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<p>Shenault Jr. played two seasons with the Jaguars before joining the Carolina Panthers, where he played from 2022 to 2023. In 11 games with the Seahawks, Shenault Jr. also had five catches for 36 yards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<h2 id=\"h-laviska-shenault-jr-should-get-picked-up-by-another-team-soon\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Laviska Shenault Jr. Should Get Picked Up By Another Team Soon<\/h2>\n<p>Shenault Jr. hasn\u2019t quite lived up to expectations as a former highly-touted second-round pick out of Colorado, but he\u2019s more than capable of being a quality impact player if a team gives him the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget that this is a player who hit the 50-catch and 600-yard marks as a receiver in his first two seasons with Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mai-list-content\">\n<p class=\"is-style-subheading has-whitespace-nowrap has-primary-color has-text-color has-sm-font-size\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The\u00a0Seattle Seahawks\u00a0are moving on from former highly-touted wide receiver and special teams standout Laviska Shenault Jr. In a surprise move, the Seahawks\u00a0announced\u00a0on Monday that they\u2019ve waived Laviska Shenault &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15614,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15612\/revisions\/15614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}