Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network reports running back LenDale White, released by the Seattle Seahawks on Friday, is likely facing a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.

La Canfora adds that there were other reasons behind the Seahawks' decision to release White.

Instant reaction to this development is that it had a greater affect on what the Tennessee Titans sought in return for White, than it did in the decision of the Seahawks' decision to release him.

Seattle acquired White and defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson, and in exchange, moved down a few spots in the fourth- and sixth-rounds of the 2010 NFL Draft. The Titans did not seek a late-round pick, or a conditional draft choice, indicating that even a slimmed down LenDale White came with considerable baggage, most notably a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy.

The Seahawks knew that, and when White wasn't perceived by Pete Carroll and John Schneider to be buying into the team's rebuilding effort, the Seahawks whacked him before a holiday weekend, giving the other 87 players on the team something to think about.

Carroll and Schneider are sending a clear message: It does not matter where you went to school, or where you were born, they are looking for players who are going to put in the work necessary to turn around a franchise that has lost 23 of its last 32 games.