Tag: Dre’Mont Jones

Dre’Mont Jones transitioning from interior lineman to outside linebacker

The team seems to recognize they need more bodies on the edge because they’re changing the positions of two front-seven defenders this offseason.

The Seattle Seahawks decided to pass on edge rushers in the 2024 NFL draft, one of several decisions we questioned coming out of it.

The team seems to recognize they need more bodies on the edge because they’re changing the positions of two front-seven defenders this offseason. During rookie minicamp we learned that fourth-round pick Tyrice Knight will be moving from inside linebacker to outside linebacker once the vets arrive for the next portion of the offseason program. Apparently interior defensive lineman Dre’Mont Jones is also making the transition to OLB, according to a post by his personal trainer on Instagram.

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Jones did play some edge last season after the Leonard Williams trade and was more disruptive than he had been inside. However, overall the results were pretty underwhelming. He finished the 2023 season with just 4.5 sacks and 20 total pressures.

Jones will have to step those numbers up if he wants to avoid becoming a salary cap casualty next year. According to Over the Cap, the team can save a little over $16.5 million for the 2025 season by cutting him.

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Mike Macdonald raves about flexibility of Seahawks defensive line

Mike Macdonald raves about flexibility of Seahawks defensive line

The Seattle Seahawks have been trying to field a formidable defensive line for several years now. Unfortunately, their efforts have not been as fruitful as they’ve hoped, as the group up front has been bullied by opposing offenses for the better part of two full seasons now.

Hopefully, this is about to change. Seattle has slowly assembled a talented position group, headlined by Leonard Williams, Jarran Reed, Dre’Mont Jones and now Byron Murphy – the team’s first pick from the 2024 NFL draft. So far, new head coach Mike Macdonald is thrilled with what he has to work with. Macdonald recently raved about the flexibility he has at the position, per Brady Henderson at ESPN:

“We have a lot of guys… That’s one of the reasons I’m so excited about it, is you’re not going to know where guys are necessarily going to be all the time. We’ll have some really sweet ways to move guys around and have them in different spots based on the teams we’re going to play. A lot of flexibility going in, a lot of pass-rush opportunities, matchups, things we can manipulate. So all that’s on the table. It’ll be fun to see how it shakes out.”

Usually, when teams have openings at the head coach position, they are teams starting from the bottom. A team that cratered and is looking for a fresh start. The Seahawks were not of this typical mold. The cupboard is not bare, which is why they were probably able to land the best coaching candidate available in Macdonald.

There is no doubt this roster will likely undergo major changes this year, and in following seasons, as Macdonald molds it to his image. But for now, he is not starting from the ground up. There are legitimate building blocks in place for a solid foundation.

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Dre’Mont Jones marvels at the accomplishments of Patrick Mahomes

We don’t have any clue how they might get it done, but the other 31 teams around the league that don’t have Mahomes on their roster have to find a way to catch up.

Patrick Mahomes is only 28 years old and he’s already one of the greatest competitors in the history of the NFL. This week he won his third Super Bowl, which puts him on pace to break Tom Brady’s all-time record of seven rings before he’s done playing. We don’t have any clue how they might get it done, but the other 31 teams around the league that don’t have Mahomes on their roster have to find a way to catch up.

Seahawks defensive lineman Dre’Mont Jones took to Twitter yesterday and lamented the fact that Mahomes has won three rings in five years, while he hasn’t even made the playoffs yet.

A strong interior defensive line is one prerequisite for winning in this league – Mahomes or no. If the Seahawks are going to get a chance to test their mettle against the Chiefs in the Super Bowl any time in the next few years, they’ll have to dramatically improve this unit.

It’s difficult to say at this point whether or not Jones will be part of it going forward. While he’s only 27 years old, Jones’ contract makes him a candidate to get traded or cut this offseason. If Seattle decides to keep him, Jones will need to step up his production to justify the three-year, $51 million deal he signed last March.

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This chart from Ben Baldwin shows how distorted the picture is going into the 2024 offseason.

Former Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll is undoubtedly a future Hall of Famer, as new head coach Mike Macdonald told reporters in his introductory press conference last week. Whether or not Carroll sticks around for his as-yet unnamed advisor role remains to be seen. One thing we do know for sure is that he will no longer be making the team’s personnel decisions. That is now general manager John Schneider’s realm, exclusively.

One thing Carroll often mismanaged over the years was cap spending relative to positional value. This chart from Ben Baldwin shows how distorted the picture is going into the 2024 offseason.

On defense, the greatest and worst expense is at safety. While there’s nothing wrong with fielding a strong safety room, the Seahawks are spending way more than reasonable, especially considering the production they got from Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs in 2023. Both might be cap casualties in the coming weeks, but at the very least we can expect Adams to get cut and Diggs to do a contract restructure.

Offensively, spending big at wide receiver is a good thing in the modern NFL and Seattle’s top three at the position are as strong as any team’s. The real issue on this side of the ball is the relative lack of investment in the offensive line, which was the cheapest unit in the league this year by a significant margin. Ideally, over the coming years the bars on the right side of that graph will grow, but they may need a rookie contract at quarterback in order to make the picture fit.

Given their cap hits, Geno Smith and Dre’Mont Jones are both decent candidates to be traded – but if that’s going to happen it will have to be soon. Both have millions in guaranteed money that will hit the books on Feb. 16.

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6 takeaways from Seattle’s 20-17 win over Tennessee

What, did you think you were getting a stress free Seahawks game for Christmas?

What, did you think you were going to get a normal Seattle Seahawks game on Christmas Eve? Any wishes for a “stress free” Seahawks win went unanswered, so we’ll all have to settle for another thrilling comeback victory. Although less dramatic than a Monday Night Football setting against the Eagles, Sunday’s win over the Tennessee Titans is no less important.

It may not have been as easy as some expected, but Seattle did take advantage of their newfound life by beating a team they should. It was not pretty, but as I’ve said many times, style points do not matter in the NFL.

The Seahawks are back above .500, and control their own fate for the playoffs. Here are the top takeaways from their 20-17 win.

Additionally, we at Seahawks Wire want to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas this year!

Leonard Williams could be the final piece for Seahawks’ evolving defense. Grade: A

The Leonard Williams trade gives the Seahawks another force multiplier in a defense that’s been evolving right under your nose.

The Seattle Seahawks, after their 24-20 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, find themselves ranked 15th overall in Defensive DVOA, and ninth against the run. Both pretty decent upgrades over the 2022 season, when the Seahawks ranked 22nd in Defensive DVOA, and 24th against the run. Seattle did a lot in the offseason to upgrade their interior defensive line, signing former Denver Broncos star Dre’Mont Jones and journeyman Mario Edwards Jr., and bringing Jarran Reed back after seasons in Kansas City and Green Bay — Reed was Seattle’s second-round pick in 2016.

So, the Seahawks have had multiple guys who can stop things up inside, and can also show out in multiple fronts. That process accelerated seriously on Monday, when general manager John Schneider dropped the hammer on a trade that sends former New York Giants and New York Jets lineman Leonard Williams to the Emerald City for a second-round pick in 2024, and a fifth-round pick in 2025.

For the Giants, the thought process is obvious — they’re sellers at 2-6, and they were going to have trouble re-signing Williams, who’s in the last year of the three-year, $63 million contract extension he signed in 2021. 2024 is a void year in that contract, so the Seahawks rented Williams for the second half of the season and however far they make it through the postseason, and the Giants will eat a lot of the 2023 money.

For the Seahawks, this move gives them four legitimate inside/outside guys who can all disrupt the quarterback and stop the run, which is an obvious boon for defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt just as young edge-rushers Boye Mafe and Darrell Taylor starting to show up hard. Add in a linebacker group led by Bobby Wagner that’s playing lights-out, and a secondary with as much talent as any NFL team could boast, and… well, this might not be a return to the Legion of Boom, but it’s pretty impactful.

What does the tape show for Seattle’s newest defender, who has two sacks, 22 total pressures, 14 tackles, and 13 stops this season? Let’s get to it.

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Seahawks Week 8 injury report: 8 players did not practice

Seahawks Week 8 injury report: 8 players did not practice

Another week, another lengthy injury report for the Seattle Seahawks. Wednesday practices have been rough this year, as several key players either did not practice or were limited.

On Wednesday, eight players did not practice, including the likes of Bobby Wagner, Tyler Lockett, and of course linebacker Uchenna Nwosu.

The good news is wide receiver DK Metcalf was a full participant, after missing the Week 7 game, as well as a pair of starting offensive linemen. Below is the full practice report:

Seahawks injury updates: Jamal Adams, Tre Brown and more

Several more went down during Sunday’s win, adding to what was already a long list of players dealing with injuries.

The Seahawks beat the Panthers yesterday. improving to 2-1 on the season. However, they did not come out of Lumen Field unscathed. Several more players went down during Sunday’s win, adding to what was already a long list of players dealing with injuries.

After the game was over, head coach Pete Carroll gave updates on a few of them. Here’s what we learned from Carroll as well as what we know coming out of Week 3.

SS Jamal Adams (quad)

First, an update on the injury king. Carroll told reporters that Jamal Adams will definitely play in next week’s Monday Night Football matchup against the Giants. Adams was one of seven inactives for Sunday’s game and hasn’t played since the first quarter of the 2022 season.

OLB Darrell Taylor (leg)

Among the list of in-game injuries was edge rusher Darrell Taylor. Carroll says Taylor got kicked in the shin, which aggravated an old injury and forced him to the sidelines. Rookie Derick Hall was the next man up in the OLB rotation.

DE Dre’Mont Jones (hip)

The team’s big-ticket free agent item also suffered an injury. Apparently Dre’Mont Jones felt his “hip tighten up” according to Carroll, which was also the result of an old injury being aggravated.

LG Damien Lewis (hand)

Seattle’s starting left guard Damien Lewis was also listed as questionable to return at one point with a hand injury. However, he did eventually get back on the field. While he was out Ben Brown took his place at left guard.

CB Tre Brown (concussion)

The worst injury happened to Week 2 hero, cornerback Tre Brown. He was seemingly knocked out during a tackle attempt in the first half. Not long after, he was ruled out with a concussion. Mike Jackson took over at right cornerback and played well, another sign of the team’s incredible CB depth.

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Who will stand out the most in the season opener?

It’s almost here. After months of waiting, the NFL regular season is merely days away from officially kicking off. The Seattle Seahawks start their 2023 campaign where they ended their 2022 season – at home against the Los Angeles Rams.

Seattle swept the downtrodden Rams for the first time since the 2013 Super Bowl season, but it was not a cakewalk for them. The Seahawks had to grind out two hard-fought wins, including a 19-16 win in overtime for the regular season finale. It would be foolish to think Week 1 will be any different for Seattle.

The Rams are going to come out firing, rejuvenated from their atrocious championship-defense season. If the Seahawks want to start the season 1-0 (and a third-straight win over LA) they’re going to need certain players to step up. Here are a few to keep an eye on in Week 1.

4 takeaways from the Seahawks initial 53-man roster for 2023

The Seattle Seahawks made us wait for it, but eventually they released their initial 53-man roster for the 2023 NFL season yesterday. 

The Seattle Seahawks made us wait for it, but eventually they released their initial 53-man roster for the 2023 NFL season yesterday.

Here are four quick takeaways from the new roster.