When a team regular gets cut, it always raises eyebrows. Mike Macdonald made a surprising roster move that shook the locker room after he cut a rising standout, Derion Kendrick . The decision raised questions, and recently, a Seattle reporter revealed deeper issues and a coaching standard that leaves no room for compromise.

“That touchdown on the punt return in Tennessee Sunday ticked off coach Mike Macdonald. Likely partly why the Seahawks cut gunner/CB Derion Kendrick today,” Gregg Bell reported on X . “He mentioned, not by player name, that the gunner screwed up. That, as Macdonald likes to say, was not Seahawks football.”

During the punt-return touchdown by Chimere Dike of the Tennessee Titans , Kendrick was observed to miss the angle, indicating a lack of effort.

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