Done Deal: Seahawks Sign Former Rival in the Second Round Before the Week 13 Match
|Prior to their NFC rivals’ game, the Seattle Seahawks have signed a former Dallas Cowboys second-round pick.
According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Seahawks have signed cornerback Kelvin Joseph to the practice squad on Sunday, November 26.
Pelissero reports, “CB Kelvin Joseph, a former second-round pick of the Cowboys, has been signed by the Seahawks to the practice squad.” “On Thursday night, Dallas is visited by Seattle.”
Why Kelvin Joseph Was Traded by Cowboys
Joseph was originally taken in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft, and he is most renowned for his two-year stay with the Cowboys. Joseph was benched after starting just one game in the 2022 season, despite appearing in 26 games and three starts for Dallas in the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
After Joseph gave up two touchdowns in a 40-34 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 14, he was benched. Joseph would never get over being benched; for the rest of the season, he played in just two defensive snaps. Before the 2023 season officially began, Dallas would later deal the 24-year-old Joseph to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for cornerback Noah Igbinoghene.
The teenage defensive back was thrust into the starting lineup due to season-ending injuries to starting cornerbacks Jourdan Lewis and Anthony Brown, and team owner Jerry Jones pleaded with Joseph to “become a man” just before his start against the Jaguars.
Jones reportedly stated last December, “It’s time for him to grow up,” as reported by Yahoo’s Jori Epstein.”Take on additional duty. There are more people that rely on him. It’s time for some of the unimportant things to gradually disappear from his life.
Pro Football Focus reports that Joseph finished the previous season with a pitiful 49.2 defensive grade and a 44.1 coverage grade. The cornerback with the eighth-worst coverage grade out of those with at least 100 defensive snaps was this one.