After the NFLPA strike was declared on the third week of the 1987 season, those contests were canceled (reducing the 16-game season to 15) and the NFL decided that the games would be played with replacement players. He was signed to be a part of the Seattle Seahawks replacement team.[citation needed] He played three games while signed with the Seahawks.[1] He was released at the end of the strike in October.[citation needed]