Why Seahawks would draft another guard

Seahawks have opportunity to address offensive weakness with versatile draft pick

If I said “name the gold standard of o-line drafting” I bet most people would mentioned the Philadelphia Eagles first. But the Eagles don’t have a formula that is any more complicated than one that a first-time GM could scratch out on a cocktail napkin on day one:

“Draft Often. Draft Early.”

The Eagles have very few draft steals and plenty of draft busts along the offensive line, so should the Seahawks decide to follow the blueprint of “the gold standard” then it makes the most sense to use a top-64 pick on an interior offensive lineman.

I’m not saying that they will and I’m not saying that they definitely should. I’m saying that IF the plan is to replace Anthony Bradford with a rookie, the pick probably has to come early.

The Eagles offensive line wasn’t what it used to be this year and look at their offensive line picks since 2023: 3rd round Tyler Steen / 5th round Trevor Keegan / 6th round Dylan McMahon / 5th round Drew Kendall / 6th round Myles Hinton / 6th round Cameron Williams

The only starter in the group is also the only third round pick: Steen. The others are only proving to be backups so far and this is the same front office that picked Andre Dillard in the first round in 2019. Now compare that to Philadelphia’s picks the previous two years: 2nd round Landon Dickerson, 2nd round Cam Jurgens.

Now just to be clear—all three of these players (Steen, Dickerson, Jurgens) have been called “bad” by Eagles fans this year—but if they’re the ones starting then how bad are the backups?

The Seahawks have three options at guard:

• Stay the course with the players they have

• Attack in free agency/trade

• Draft early

A lot of fans want option three. Here’s why Seattle would do that and who fits the bill in the draft to do it early: