The Seahawks have announced a defensive end shakeup, waiving Brandon Miller and signing Derek Walker. According to Danny O'Neil, Miller was waived with a non-football injury designation.

Here's the NFL Combine scouting report on Walker:

A durable, consistent performer with the size and strength to compete on a rotational basis in the NFL, Walker started his career at Illinois with a bang, emerging as a redshirt freshman in 2005 to finish with 26 tackles and second on the team with six tackles for loss. Even after three seasons as a starter, Walker remains essentially the same player. While blessed with good size, strength and a nonstop motor, Walker lacks suddenness off the snap and struggles to consistently make plays behind the line of scrimmage. He enjoyed the finest statistical season of his career as a senior and was honorable mention All-Big Ten, but his 33 tackles, seven tackles for loss and six sacks were only slightly better than the numbers he put up in 2005.

Walker was an undrafted free agent, signed with Washington and was waived about a week ago. This should put to rest the nagging feeling in the back of my mind that the Hawks might be interested in Stryker Sulak, the 6th Round pick by the Raiders this year who was unceremoniously waived without remark from the cryptkeeper.

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