Seahawks Give Odomes Quick Look, Then Drop Ax Two-Time Pro Bowl Cornerback Cut After His Debut On Saturday
Nate Odomes, a two-time Pro Bowl cornerback for the Buffalo Bills, was released by Seattle Tuesday, without ever playing in a regular-season game for the Seahawks.
Odomes, 30, made his debut for the Seahawks in an exhibition game in Indianapolis Saturday night, playing the second half.
“That was a hard thing to do,” coach Dennis Erickson said of his decision to put Odomes on waivers. “But he just couldn’t do it any more. He just physically couldn’t do it.”
“He’s a great player and he’s had a great career,” said Corey Harris, who became a starting cornerback when Odomes was hurt in last year’s training camp. “Whether it’s over or not for him, I have no idea. But there are only so many jobs.”
Erickson said he didn’t know if Odomes would retire. Odomes told the Seahawks public relations department that he didn’t want to talk to reporters.
“He took it great,” Erickson said. “He’s a professional and he took it just like a professional.”
To cut their roster to 60 players, the Seahawks also waived running back Dou Innocent, signed as a rookie free agent from Mississippi, and placed linebacker John Solomon on injured reserve because of a leg injury.
They must trim seven more players by Sunday to get to a 53-man roster for their regular-season opener. The Seahawks close out their preseason against San Francisco on Friday night in the Kingdome.
Odomes was a Pro Bowler after the 1992 and 1993 seasons.
Stadium update
Representatives of Paul Allen have added the closed Midway landfill in Kent to a list of possible sites on which to build a suburban football stadium for the Seattle Seahawks.
Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, has an option to buy the NFL team, which currently plays in the Kingdome.
The Paul Allen Group has sent information about the Midway landfill site to the Kingdome Renovation Task Force, along with a letter saying the group will be discussing sales terms for the site in the near future.
The task force is studying future playing locations for the Seahawks, including renovating the 20-year-old Kingdome, tearing the Dome down and replacing it, building a new stadium in the suburbs and sharing Husky Stadium with the University of Washington.
Four other potential suburban locations had been identified earlier in Kent, the Kent Valley, Federal Way and Issaquah.
The Midway landfill site has about 60 acres of landfill and 50 acres of adjoining land, Allen spokeswoman Susan Pierson said Monday. It has good freeway access and the proper zoning, she said.
The drawback is pollution at the site. The city of Seattle has spent $35 million to line and cover the landfill and vent and burn the methane produced there.