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Ranking the top 33 right guards in the NFL by annual salary

Here’s how the top 33 right guards in the NFL rank by annual salary, including Christian Haynes and Anthony Bradford.

The Seattle Seahawks have the worst offensive line in the league this year according to some analysts, including ESPN’s Mike Clay. While we’d rather have a stronger unit on paper, one benefit of this group being bad is that it comes extraordinarily cheap. With the exception of veteran left guard Laken Tomlinson (who’s playing on a one-year, $1.2 million deal), all of Seattle’s projected starters are on their rookie contracts. Today let’s see how the best right guards in the league stack up.

Here’s how the top 33 right guards in the NFL rank by annual salary, including Christian Haynes and Anthony Bradford. All contract numbers are from Over the Cap.

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Ryan Grubb admits Seahawks have work to do on offensive line

Finding a way to bridge that gap will be perhaps the most challenging aspect of Grubb’s job this season.

Seahawks beat reporters got to interview all three of the team’s new coordinators after yesterday’s open OTAs practice at the VMAC. First up was offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb, who comes to Renton by way of UW. At the University of Washington Grubb led one of college football’s most exciting offenses over the last two years. However, one big difference between that gig and this one is the offensive line.

Whereas the Huskies had one of the nation’s best units up front, the Seahawks have one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL. Finding a way to bridge that gap will be perhaps the most challenging aspect of Grubb’s job this season. He’s well aware of that and admitted to reporters that the unit has a ways to go, especially the right side.

Specifically, the right side of the line is currently missing two of our projected starters. First there’s Charles Cross at left tackle, Laken Tomlinson at left guard and Olu Oluwatimi at center, all as expected. The problems begin at right guard, where right now 2023 undrafted free agent McClendon Curtis has been taking snaps with the first-team unit. Meanwhile, at right tackle George Fant is starting in place of Abe Lucas, who remains sidelined by the knee that he had surgery on this offseason.

Curtis and Fant may end up surprising us all by becoming reliable starters, but Grubb pointing out the issues on the right side isn’t a great sign. The team has to hope that Lucas will be able to play most of the season after sitting out 11 games last year due to chronic knee pain. In those matchups the right side of the offensive line frequently buckled under pressure, putting a low lid on what Seattle’s passing game could accomplish.

There’s also the question of who’s going to start at right guard. After the Seahawks picked him in the third round of the draft, we were projecting that Christian Haynes out of UConn would be starting between right tackle and center. However, Haynes has been working with the second-string unit so far this offseason.

That suggests Anthony Bradford is first in line at right guard, which inspires even less confidence than Fant at RT. Last season Bradford was the lowest-graded offensive player on Seattle’s roster according to PFF, posting a putrid 38.9 grade in pass blocking and a mediocre 58.5 in run blocking.

PFF grades may be subjective but Bradford’s overall play was not difficult to read. If both Bradford and Curtis are ahead of Haynes on the depth chart that raises multiple concerns. Hopefully this all gets sorted out by Week 1 and we’ll see Christian Haynes at right guard and Abe Lucas next to him. If not, Seahawks fans might be in for another long season.

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Seahawks announce they’ve signed former Rams G Tremayne Anchrum Jr.

The Seahawks just gave themselves another option at this position, announcing that they have signed former Rams guard Tremayne Anchrum.

Guard remains one of the most unsettled positions on the Seahawks roster currently. 2023 starters Damien Lewis and Phil Haynes have been allowed to test the market, opening a path for two new potential starters.

The Seahawks just gave themselves another option at this position, announcing that they have signed former Rams guard Tremayne Anchrum.

Anchrum (6-foot-2, 314 pounds) played his college ball at Clemson. After that, he was picked by the Rams in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL draft. Since then he has appeared in 31 games, but has only started once.

Anchrum’s first few years he barely played, but last season he played 96 snaps at right guard, raising the possibility he could compete with Anthony Bradford to replace Phil Haynes at that spot.

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Week 10 inactives: 6 Seahawks out vs Commanders

Week 10 inactives: 6 Seahawks out vs Commanders

The Seattle Seahawks are back in action, but will be doing so without depth to their offensive line. Three players, including Anthony Bradford, are going to be inactive for the Week 10 game against the Washington Commanders. No surprise with Bradford, who was ruled OUT on Friday.

Interestingly, wide receiver Dee Eskridge has been made inactive as well. Eskridge missed the first six games of the season due to a suspension stemming from a domestic violence arrest in February. Seattle had been using him in return-man roles since his return, but has not made much of an impact.

The full inactive list for both teams can be seen below:

Seahawks Inactives:

  • WR Dee Eskridge
  • RB Kenny McIntosh
  • T McClendon Curtis
  • G Anthony Bradford
  • T Raiqwon O’Neal
  • DE Myles Adams

Commanders Inactives:

  • CB Tariq Castro-Fields
  • G Julian Good-Jones
  • TE Curtis Hodges
  • TE Cole Turner
  • WR Mitchell Tinsley

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Seahawks Week 10 injury report: one player ruled OUT

Seahawks Week 10 injury report: one player ruled OUT

It was a lengthy injury report week of practice for the Seattle Seahawks as they prepare for the Washington Commanders. Fortunately for Seattle, things have played out well in their favor health wise.

As it stands, only one player did not practice on Friday, and said player is also the only one officially ruled out for Sunday’s game. No one was listed as limited participation, or doubtful. As for full participation, an astonishing 15 players were full-go.

The full injury report can be seen below:

Brian Baldinger breaks down Seahawks rookies Anthony Bradford, Zach Charbonnet

The Seahawks may have hit yet another home run in the NFL draft this year.

The Seahawks may have hit yet another home run in the NFL draft this year. Cornerback Devon Witherspoon is off to an exceptional start and a couple other rookies are starting to flash, as well.

Watch Brian Baldinger break down some big plays from right guard Anthony Bradford and running back Zach Charbonnet from Sunday’s win over the Panthers.

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Brian Baldinger breaks down 2 Seahawks rookie iOL from preseason finale

Here’s Brian Baldinger breaking down rookie center Olu Oluwatimi and rookie right guard Anthony Bradford from Saturday’s preseason finale against the Packers.

The Seahawks have a legitimance chance to be a genuine contender in the NFC this season – if a few key x-factors go in their favor. Defensively, they have to radically improve their pass rush and run defense, or else not much else they do will matter. On the other side of the ball, they need the new-look interior of their offensive line to step up.

Good news: they got promising performances from two rookie iOL this past weekend. Here’s Brian Baldinger breaking down rookie center Olu Oluwatimi and rookie right guard Anthony Bradford from Saturday’s preseason finale against the Packers.

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there are a couple other rookies worth watching tonight.

Seattle Seahawks fans will finally get to see their team face off against the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night in Week 1 of the NFL Preseason. Fans should expect to see newly-acquired rookies in action against Minnesota’s younger players and backups.

While first-round picks Jaxon Smith Njiba and Devon Witherspoon have been given the most praise throughout camp, there are a couple other rookies worth watching tonight.

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1. Derick Hall – OLB

Selected out of Auburn in the second round of the 2023 NFL draft, Hall was acquired for the most obvious of reasons. Seattle ranked 30th against the rush last season – a recipe for disaster. Hall totaled 146 tackles and 19.5 sacks in four years at Auburn, winning with speed and power.

2. G Anthony Bradford – LSU

LSU finished with a total of 2,572 rushing yards last season and Seahawks fourth round pick – guard Anthony Bradford – was a huge factor in that success. Bradford’s 6-foot-5, 332-pound frame may also help the offense in pass protection as well as run blocking. It’s fair to assume Bradford will get a good number of reps during the preseason.

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Shane Waldron praises 2 Seahawks rookie offensive linemen

One of the boxes the Seahawks checked in the 2023 NFL draft was boosting their interior offensive line depth.

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One of the boxes that the Seattle Seahawks checked in the 2023 NFL draft was boosting their interior offensive line depth. Seattle picked up two new offensive linemen on Day 3 of the draft, selecting Michigan center Olu Oluwatimi in the fifth round and LSU guard Anthony Bradford in the fourth.

So far, we’ve heard all positive reviews on both counts. Head coach Pete Carroll says he is already impressed by Oluwatimi and Bradford is getting buzz as a potential Week 1 starter. Offensive coordinator Shane Waldron also has nothing but prasie for these two rookies. Here’s what he had to say about Bradford on Seattle Sports radio earlier this week.

“Anthony is just an impressive physical guy as far as a big offensive lineman that really shows that ability to bend and play underneath defenders… It’ll be exciting to add him into the mix of the competition with what we feel like is a pretty good group of interior players already on the roster.”

And here are Waldron’s comments on Oluwatimi.

“At that center position, knowing that’ll be a great competition with him and Evan (Brown) and Joey (Hunt) there to take that starting center role… So the first thing we’re looking for is what type of command and control that player can have, and he’s really demonstrated all those things in the early stages.”

It would be rough news for Evan Brown and Phil Haynes and the money Seattle invested in their one-year contracts, but the team’s long-term interests would be best-served by both Oluwatimi and Bradford winning their respective competitions and getting as many starter reps as possible their first year in the league.

Heading into OTAs, we are projecting Oluwatimi will be starting at center and Haynes at right guard, but that may change before the summer is over.

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ESPN: Seahawks made 2 of top 5 picks in the 2023 NFL draft, 4 of top 100

Seattle managed to get the No. 1 spot on the list, two of the top five and four of 100.

The Seahawks arguably had a better 2023 NFL draft class than any team outside of Philadelphia. The team’s grades for their work during the draft have been overwhelmingly positive, as well as signing the undrafted free agents they picked up afterwards.

Acclaim for this draft class has been pouring in over the last two weeks and today we have even more to share. Yesterday, ESPN put out a ranking of the top 100 picks in the draft. Seattle managed to get the No. 1 spot on the list, two of the top five and four of 100.

Here’s who they are, where they ranked and what Matt Miller had to say about each of them. Stay for our own overall analysis at the end.