The Seattle Seahawks had one great need entering the 2025 offseason, and that was to fix the offensive line. Besides doing that, Seattle general manager John Schneider decided to create more issues. He traded wide receiver DK Metcalf and released Tyler Lockett, so the team was only left with Jaxon Smith-Njigba as a proven productive wideout.
Schneider also traded quarterback Geno Smith, which, for a bit, meant that no one knew who was going to try to throw passes to the depleted receiving group. Sam Darnold was recently signed, so at least 12s know the answer to that last question. Fans do not know yet whether that is good or bad, though.
Still, whether Geno Smith stayed or Sam Darnold was brought in, the quarterback position would have the same problem: Who is going to effectively block in front of them? What we know so far is the presumed Seattle 2025 offensive line looks like the following...
Left tackle Charles Cross
Left guard (Unknown)
Center (maybe) Olu Oluwatimi
Right guard (a battle between Christian Haynes, Anthony Bradford, and Sataoa Laumea)
Right tackle (hopefully, if healthy) Abraham Lucas
Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider seems to be spending money unwisely
Is that good? Nope. The thing is that had Schneider been ultra-aggressive, as he should have after the team created as much as $68 million in cap room in bringing in proven interior offensive linemen free agents, the GM could have addressed the most glaring problem for Seattle. Instead, he chose to spend money on players such as aging edge rusher DeMarcus Lawrence.
Lawrence has been a good player in his career, but he was injured in 2024 and only played four games. He is also going to be 33 years old when the 2025 season begins. The money spent on Lawrence - three years and $42 million with $18 million guaranteed - could have been used on free-agent guard Will Fries.
Fries seemingly wanted to play for Seattle, but instead, he chose to sign with the Minnesota Vikings for five years, two more, though supposedly at the same per-season average, that the Seahawks were offering. In other words, Schneider could have likely had Fries had he offered two more years, at the end of which Fries would only be 31 years old.
Schneider did pay money to an edge rusher with diminishing returns in Lawrence for three years, but he is going to be 33 in the 2025 season. Fries signed with the Vikings for five years and $88 million total. That is an average of $17.6 million a season. Lawrence's deal offers as much as $14 million a season.
Let's hope that Lawrence is great, but he is being added to a Seahawks edge rusher group that already includes Boye Mafe and Derick Hall. For not much more money, Schneider could have signed the younger Fries, who plays a great position of need, and a unit that has zero proven talent other than left tackle Charles Cross.
Schneider is not spending money wisely and gambling on the same things he has always done, and that have not worked. Seattle's offensive line has been bad for at least a decade. The general manager had the money to try to fix it this offseason, but he hasn't.
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