The Seattle Seahawks are bringing back an old friend in the NFL to solve a major personnel problem: Edge rusher Frank Clark is returning to his former team as a free agent.
The Seahawks had to respond after losing Uchenna Nwosu for the remainder of the season due to a pectoral muscle injury. So they agreed with Clark on a one-year contract until the end of the season. Head coach Pete Carroll confirmed the transaction on Wednesday.
“Since we have a common background and history with him, it’s natural for him to play for us again and see if he can make it into the pass rush rotation, help us out and see how it goes,” Carroll said.
Clark began the season with the Denver Broncos, who released him on October 14th, which was somewhat by mutual consent. He previously restructured his contract to allow for a trade, which ultimately didn’t happen. Clark only played two games for Denver due to injury and had two tackles.
Seahawks: Clark to debut against Cleveland
But Carroll also revealed that Clark didn’t have a workout before the deal with Seattle and didn’t attend Wednesday’s practice because he didn’t arrive on time. However, the coach already assumes that Clark will play against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. “He has to get there first. He’s not here yet, but I think he’ll play.”
From a purely tactical perspective, Carroll sees Clark in a variable role as an outside linebacker in 3-4 fronts like in Denver and as a classic 5-technique defensive end in 4-3 looks like he previously played in Seattle.
Clark was originally a second-round pick of the Seahawks in the 2015 draft and played there until 2018 before joining the Kansas City Chiefs for another four years and winning two Super Bowls. The Chiefs released him in the spring after they couldn’t agree on a reduced contract.