Report: Seahawks signing back Paul Richardson amid injuries to three wide receivers
The Seahawks are going back to their past again, this time at wide receiver.
They have an agreement to sign free-agent wide receiver Paul Richardson, their second-round draft choice from 2014. That’s per NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo Saturday morning.
Richardson visited team headquarters this week for COVID-19 testing and a tryout.
He left Seattle in March 2018 to sign a $40 million contract with Washington, with $20 million guaranteed. He only played two seasons of that five-year deal with Washington before that team let him go after his second season-ending injury in as many years. He had 48 total catches in the last two years since leaving Seattle. His 2019 season ended after 28 receptions because of an injured hamstring.
The Seahawks have had injuries sideline three wide receivers in the last week.
Phillip Dorsett, signed this offseason to give Russell Wilson and the passing game a new speed dimension down the field, is out indefinitely with a long-standing foot injury. He’s missed the last four practices.
“Phillip’s got a sore foot that he’s had, in and out, for quite some time,” coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday. “And it just acted up, so we have to rest it for a bit and see if we can get back.
With two weeks until the team leaves for the opening game Sept. 13 at Atlanta, Dorsett may already be a candidate for reduced practice time and workload management this season.
“It might be the kind of situation we’ve got to monitor and see, you know, what it takes to keep him feeling good,” Carroll said, “because he has had it for a while.”
Second-year wide receiver John Ursua, a candidate for more time as an inside slot target this season, has missed this past week of practices. The team’s seventh-round draft choice last year has a strained hamstring.
Cody Thompson has also missed this week with an undisclosed injury. The second-year free agent was gaining increasing plays with Wilson and the first-team offenses because of impressive practices this month.
