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B.J. Finney struggled to train for 2020 season with Seahawks

Offensive lineman B.J. Finney struggled to train for the 2020 season with the Seahawks due to fear of losing out on a signing bonus.

When offensive lineman B.J. Finney was with the Seattle Seahawks last offseason, he struggled to train for the 2020 season because of his concern over losing out on a $2 million signing bonus due to the restrictions the NFL placed on player physicals.

These restrictions were, of course, set in motion due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Finney entered training camp overweight and out of shape.

“It put a player like him in a bad situation — he literally couldn’t work out to get in shape, and he was in a funk all year because of it,” a source affiliated with Finney told ESPN. “This is the one time you can set yourself up for life, and if you tweak your back or do anything, you’re in jeopardy of losing your contract.”

Finney signed a two-year contract with the Seahawks but never played a down for them, as they traded him along with a 2021 seventh-round pick to the Cincinnati Bengals for Carlos Dunlap.

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Brandon Shell could be starting right tackle for Seahawks in 2020

Former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Brock Huard joined 710 ESPN Seattle to say that Brandon Shell could be the team’s starting right tackle.

Former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Brock Huard recently joined 710 ESPN Seattle’s Danny and Gallant and stated his belief new team acquisition Brandon Shell will have the biggest impact of all new additions to the team’s offensive line.

“I think Shell is going to get first crack at that right tackle spot,” Huard said. “I think he’s a guy who likes to be physical and get his hands on people and drive people and he fits and they paid him accordingly. They paid him the most of any of those guys.”

Huard said the other offensive line signings in Chance Warmack, B.J. Finney, and Cedric Obghuehi will have less defined roles, while Shell could already be viewed at the starting right tackle slot because of his experience there.

“I would think he’s the first one to really project as your right tackle who’s started as a right tackle in this league and I think you’re really hoping he ascends into that role,” Huard said. “I think the rest, you’re trying to find a role.”

The Seahawks will need someone to step up at right tackle following the departure of Germain Ifedi in free agency. That player could very well be Shell, who is 28 years old and signed a two-year, $11 million contract with Seattle this offseason.

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