Field Gulls
On roster cutdown day, a different sort of roster move has impacted the Seattle Seahawks’ early schedule.
The first pick of this year’s draft for the Arizona Cardinals will not play in the earlier of the two matchups, as Walter Nolen heads to the Physically Unable to Perform list.
Nolen went 16th overall this spring and was a big reason why many outlets gave the Cardinals one of the highest grades in the entire NFL.
Instead, he will miss at minimum the first four weeks of the season. In Week 4, Seattle heads to Arizona for a Thursday Night matchup against a defense that has now been slightly weakened.
Nolen had practiced during OTAs, but now hits the training room with a calf injury, impacting what’s starting to look like a mighty soft start to the Seahawks opening schedule. The San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers, New Orleans Saints and Cardinals round out Seattle’s first four games.
Nolen was the sixth defensive player taken this year, after transferring to Ole Miss and a productive season there, with 6.5 sacks and 14 Tackles For Loss.
