The Seahawks re-signed tackle Josh Jones on Thursday, keeping in Seattle the veteran lineman who played a big role in the team's late-season success.
"It's amazing, I'm glad to be back, I'm glad to keep some cohesiveness with the team and players, because I've been on different teams the last three years," Jones said after signing. "So to be back with the same guys, I'm super excited about it."
As Jones noted, Seattle was his third stop in as many seasons. A third-round pick in the 2020 draft, Jones spent his first three seasons in Arizona, then spent 2023 with Houston and 2024 with Baltimore before signing with the Seahawks last year. Jones spent most of the season as the team's swing tackle, backing up both Charles Cross and Abraham Lucas, but with the Seahawks in must-win mode down the stretch, he took over at left tackle for Seattle's final three regular-season games, starting wins over the Rams, Panthers and 49ers to help the Seahawks secure an NFC West title and the No. 1 seed.
"It meant everything to me," Jones said of starting those games. "I love playing football. All the work that you put in in the offseason and throughout the weeks, you're just waiting on that opportunity, and when it came, I was excited to go out there and play, and then how I played made me even more happy, just knowing that I put in the work and that was the result of it. It meant everything for me as a player and as a competitor."
With Jones back, the Seahawks will have back not only all five starting offensive linemen from last season—Cross, Lucas, Grey Zabel, Jalen Sundell and Anthony Bradford—but also their top reserves like Jones, Olu Oluwatimi and Christian Haynes.
"That's rare," Jones said. "You usually don't see that. You usually have guys going different paths, but having the opportunity to bring those guys back means we'll be a step ahead. You don't have to work through finding cohesiveness or connection with somebody, you know what you've got going in, so you can hit the ground rolling."