Seahawks re-sign 3 players back to practice squad a day after releasing them

Oh those Seattle Seahawks and their practice squad games.

On Tuesday, the team released seventh-round rookie Damien Martinez, offensive lineman Amari Kight, and cornerback Shemar Jean-Charles from the practice squad to make room for defensive tackle Anthony Campbell, offensive lineman Sataoa Laumea, and defensive end Jalan Gaines.

Ahead of Wednesday’s practice, the Seahawks flipped their transactions. Martinez, Jean-Charles, and Kight are all back, while Laumea, Campbell, and Gaines are off the practice squad.

Why would the Seahawks do this? ESPN’s Brady Henderson looks to have cracked the case.

The Seahawks plan to re-sign Martinez and Jean-Charles to their practice squad, per sources. I've yet to confirm if the same is true with Kight, but this may be a case of Seattle doing Laumea, Gaines and Campbell a solid by allowing them to all earn a week's pay on the P-squad.
— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) September 2, 2025

I’m not sure the exact time of day, but I believe anyone on the 53 or PS on Tuesday afternoon or later gets paid for that week. That’s why you typically see teams make moves before the cutoff on Tuesday, so they don’t have to pay the guy they cut in addition to his replacement.

— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) September 3, 2025

The Seahawks announced the returns of Damien Martinez, Shemar Jean-Charles and Amari Kight to their p-squad. Seattle released them yesterday to sign Sataoa Laumea, Jalan Gaines and Anthony Campbell, who were cut today. Again, this was done in order to pay all of them for the week
— Brady Henderson (@BradyHenderson) September 3, 2025

Given how heavily the Seahawks practice squad consists of players who have been with them throughout training camp and preseason, we may yet see this happen more throughout the season.

Here’s the updated practice squad.