Eagles

Marcus Smith was Cut

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Aug 17th, 2018 · 2:36 PM EDT

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Welp:

The #Seahawks cut former #Eagles first-round DE Marcus Smith, who has been out of practice for a couple days while dealing with a personal issue.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 17, 2018

The Seahawks have cut DE Marcus Smith, who entered the league as a first round pick with the Eagles in 2014.

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) August 17, 2018

Seahawks people are calling it a “surprise” move:

Surprise roster move for the Seahawks: they’ve cut DE Marcus Smith, who was projected to be a part of their pass-rush rotation this season. Also waived CB Elijah Battle. Signed DE Erik Walden (whose deal was reported earlier) and RB Justin Stockton.

— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) August 17, 2018

The Seahawks' decision to terminate their contract with DE Marcus Smith is surprising news (though I'm sure we'll eventually get an update there). Smith was a veteran who could help with depth on the D-line and would likely have seen starting reps with DE Dion Jordan injured.

— Stacy Jo Rost (@StacyRost) August 17, 2018

Unfortunately he’ll go down as one of the biggest busts in Philly sports history, a first round reach by Chip Kelly back in 2014.

Smith played 37 games for the Eagles, finishing with 4 sacks and 12 tackles. He was the American Athletic Conference defensive player of the year at Louisville back in 2013.

Talk that shit:

Talk that shit!

— Marcus Smith II (@MarcusSmithII) December 4, 2017