The Seattle Seahawks addressed the trenches on each side of the ball within the 2024 NFL Draft. The addition of defensive sort out Byron Murphy on Day 1 and guard Christian Haynes on Day 2 provides the crew a pair of gamers who may contribute instantly on the sphere, after which Day 3 noticed the crew add two extra offensive linemen in Sataoa Laumea and Michael Jerrell.
Followers, after all, are choosy and at all times have their very own record of the gamers they wished the crew to pick, and it’s clearly inconceivable to please everybody on a regular basis. That results in grumbling and the gnashing of tooth, however on the finish of the day there isn’t a telling how the newly added gamers will carry out within the years to return.
With that in thoughts, one of many questions of the offseason has been how the Seahawks would strategy the problems confronted by the offensive line the previous couple of seasons. The Hawks definitely didn’t splurge in free company to deal with the problems on the inside of the offensive line, and there have been a number of adjustments within the offensive linemen Seattle has appeared so as to add through the years.
Underneath Tom Cable, the Hawks appeared for sturdy, explosive gamers like J.R. Sweezy, Justin Britt, Mark Glowinski and George Fant. Then got here Mike Solari and his choice for long-armed, mauling linemen, together with on the inside of the offensive line, with athleticism coming extra as an afterthought. This technique noticed the crew add decrease paid veteran on the inside in Mike Iupati and D.J. Fluker, whereas largely neglecting the place group within the draft.
In Solari’s 4 years as offensive line coach Seattle drafted simply 4 offensive linemen, and by no means drafted greater than a single lineman in any given season. Of these alternatives, Damien Lewis was by far the best success, whereas Phil Haynes, Jamarco Jones and Stone Forsythe have struggled to get on the sphere. Not one of the three have performed 500 or extra snaps in a season thus far of their profession, and each Jones and Haynes stay unsigned free brokers with a lot of the offseason already within the rear view mirror.
After shifting on from Solari, the reins of the offensive line got to Andy Dickerson, who centered on including athleticism. That focus included the number of Charles Cross, Abe Lucas and Anthony Bradford whereas including athletic free brokers like Evan Brown and poaching the like of McClendon Curtis and Raiqwon O’Neal off the observe squads of different groups.
And now it’s new offensive line coach Scott Huff’s flip to indicate what he can do, and to indicate followers what the brand new regime is searching for from its offensive linemen. A have a look at the bodily and athletic profiles of linemen added this offseason reveals a straightforward to identify development.
Offensive linemen added this offseason
Christian Haynes
Sataoa Laumea
Michael Jerrell
Garret Greenfield
Mike Novitsky
Nick Harris
Laken Tomlinson
Tremayne Anchrum
George Fant
Max Pircher
Christian Haynes
Sataoa Laumea
Michael Jerrell
Garret Greenfield
Mike Novitsky
Nick Harris
Laken Tomlinson
Tremayne Anchrum
George Fant
Max Pircher
6026
6042
6043
6056
6035
6007
6033
6017
6047
6075
317
319
309
311
309
302
323
314
296
309
33.5
32.875
33.875
33.5
32.5
32.125
33.625
33.625
34.875
33.5
5.03
N/A
4.94
5.22
5.35
5.10
5.22
5.21
4.84
5.57
2.91
N/A
2.82
2.98
3.07
2.95
2.94
3.05
2.82
3.32
1.75
N/A
1.69
1.76
1.88
1.76
1.75
1.84
1.77
1.96
25
26
26
N/A
23
20
25
26
22
22
33
26
32.5
38.5
25
29.5
31.5
24.5
37
31.5
102
104
103
103
106
103
103
104
119
106
N/A
N/A
4.81
4.85
4.91
N/A
4.87
N/A
4.54
4.78
N/A
N/A
7.98
7.76
8.07
N/A
8.17
N/A
7.20
8.22
What jumps proper out of that desk is the velocity of most of the gamers added. the 5.03 Christian Haynes posted within the 40 is within the 93rd percentile for offensive line prospects this millennium, whereas Michael Jerrell’s 4.94 checks in on the 96th percentile. Sataoa Laumea didn’t run the 40 at both the Mix or his professional day, however many pre-draft estimates place him within the 5.10 to five.20 vary.
Nearly all of the gamers added in free company additionally match this speedy standards. George Fant, Tremayne Anchrum, Laken Tomlinson and Nick Harris all ran the 40 at 5.22 or sooner at both the Mix or their professional day, as did undrafted free agent Garret Greenfield. Of the ten offensive linemen added to the roster this offseason, the one two who didn’t clock in sooner than 5.22 within the 40 are undrafted free agent Mike Novitsky out of perennial powerhouse Kansas and Max Pircher, a former Worldwide Pathways Participant for the Detroit Lions.
After all, athleticism is irrelevant if gamers aren’t capable of apply their athletic expertise in a reliable method on the sphere, so now it’s as much as the brand new teaching employees to make sure the athletic expertise of the brand new lineman don’t go to waste.
