Peter Boulware visits Seahawks, brother

Free agent Peter Boulware visited the Seahawks yesterday and left without signing. He is believed to have more visits before making his...

By José Miguel Romero

Seattle Times staff reporter

KIRKLAND — Free agent Peter Boulware visited the Seahawks yesterday and left without signing. He is believed to have more visits before making his decision.

Boulware, older brother of Seahawks safety Michael Boulware, is a four-time Pro Bowl linebacker the Seahawks would like to bring in to be a pass-rush specialist. But he didn't play last season with the Baltimore Ravens because of knee and toe injuries.

Yesterday, Peter Boulware met with team officials and coaches, including defensive coordinator Ray Rhodes, and took a physical with the Seahawks' medical staff. He is scheduled to leave this afternoon after taking time to visit his brother.

Boulware has already visited the Houston Texans and Cleveland Browns. He left Cleveland on Thursday after a physical, but the Browns didn't sound convinced Boulware's injuries are behind him enough for him to play at a high level.

"It's a little bit of a venture into the unknown because this is a situation where he has not played in a year, and you're not going to get an opportunity to see him work on the field prior to signing him," Browns general manager Phil Savage told the Akron Beacon Journal. "There's a risk involved there."

Notes

• The Seahawks will pick up $2.6 million in salary-cap room with the release of CB Bobby Taylor and WR Koren Robinson on Thursday. The Seahawks need the money to make a run at Boulware, among other reasons.

• The team starts an eight-day minicamp Monday, with daily practices through Thursday, then again June 13-16. The camp is voluntary.

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