LB Devin Bush announcement that he is leaving the Michigan now another significant issue for the Team……

Only two months after suffering a torn ACL, the Seattle Seahawks knew they needed a quality veteran insurance policy to help safeguard against the possibility Jordyn Brooks would miss extended time during the 2023 season.

Wasting little time addressing the situation at linebacker once free agency opened, Seattle quickly identified former Pittsburgh first-round pick Devin Bush as a prioritized target. Impressed by what he saw in his visit to the VMAC with Pete Carroll and the coaching staff, the ex-Michigan star signed the dotted line on a one-year, $3.5 million deal hoping to jump start his once promising career in the Pacific Northwest.

We hoped that he’d be right in the midst of competition for playing time and all and contributing in a number of ways,” Carroll told reporters prior to Wednesday’s practice. “He’s a really good all-around athlete and he’s got good versatility to him. You’ve seen us play him on the edge quite a bit as an outside backer. He has all of that flexibility, and he’s a really good natural football player. He’s fit in. It’s been hard behind Bobby [Wagner] and Jordyn [Brooks] a good deal of the time, but his spirit has always been there.

At the time, even after bringing back Bobby Wagner a couple weeks later, the Seahawks expected the athletic, versatile Bush to be in the mix for immediate playing time on defense. But that ended up not being the case, as Brooks beat tremendous odds to return to the field less than eight months after reconstructive knee surgery and started in the team’s season opener, leaving the Florida native without a clear role beyond special teams.