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Jason Peters would represent big-time upgrade for Seahawks’ OL

Jason Peters would represent big-time upgrade for Seahawks’ OL

The Seattle Seahawks hosted veteran free agent offensive tackle Jason Peters for a workout on Tuesday. Signing Peters would represent a reunion between he and the Seahawks, after the future Hall of Famer suited up for eight contests last season. He would be a worthwhile addition for general manager John Schneider.

The Seahawks’ preferred starting right tackle heading into the season was Abe Lucas, but he was placed on the Physically Unable to Perform list before the campaign even kicked off due to a knee procedure he underwent this past winter. His replacement, veteran George Fant, was placed on Injured Reserve this past weekend. The Seahawks have been forced to start Stone Forsythe at right tackle as a result.

Forsythe performed admirably in Seattle’s dominant Week 3 victory over the Miami Dolphins. Pro Football Focus credited him with allowing just one quarterback pressure en route to a pass protection grade of 77.0. He was less consistent in Week 3 versus the New England Patriots, forfeiting five pressures.

The Seahawks would be completely unprepared if Forsythe were to suffer an injury. The inexperienced trio of McClendon Curtis, and rookies Michael Jerrell and Sataoa Laumea are the options behind Forsythe. That’s precisely why Peters would be a big-time addition.

The aging Peters provided the Seahawks with league-average play last season. He wasn’t credited with allowing a single sack in eight appearances, but did forfeit 14 total pressures. Peters was a difference-maker in the ground run, earning a stellar run blocking score of 71.2.

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Seahawks sign undrafted LB, waive DL

Seahawks sign undrafted LB, waive DL

The Seattle Seahawks made a pair of transactions on Wednesday morning ahead of joint practices with the Tennessee Titans (which will continue on Thursday). General manager John Schneider added undrafted linebacker Easton Gibbs to the 90-man roster. It represents a reunion after Gibbs initially joined the Seahawks as an UDFA in May before being waived later in the summer.

Gibbs played college football at Wyoming. He was an experienced defender, having started 39 career games for the Cowboys. Gibbs was a big-time playmaker on defense, totaling 362 tackles and earning First-Team All-Mountain West Conference honors in 2022 and 2023. He’ll provide depth at off-ball linebacker behind Jerome Baker, Tyrel Dodson, Tyrice Knight, and Jon Rhattigan. His signing is timely with both Baker and Rhattigan being sidelined from practice with injury.

In a corresponding move, defensive lineman Nathan Pickering was waived/injured to make room for Gibbs the 90-man roster. Pickering initially joined the Seahawks after a strong tryout performance at rookie minicamp. He played college football at Mississippi State, primarily playing the 3-tech and nose tackle positions.

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3 realistic free agent targets for Seattle at every position that makes sense

Here are three realistic targets for the Seahawks at each position they might in the market for.

Since Pete Carroll and John Schneider took over in 2010, the Seattle Seahawks have rarely made splash signings in free agency. In fact, it seems to be a point of pride for this front office to never offer a significant contract to any players coming from other teams.

So, while it’s fun to imagine them signing a big difference-maker fans will probably have to make do with a handful of mid-level signings at best. Now that we’ve examined the best options at each position, here are three realistic targets for the Seahawks at each position they might in the market for.

NFL Free Agency: 23 potential targets for the Seahawks in 2023

Here are 23 players who might be of interest to the Seahawks if they hit the open market on March 15.

The Seahawks’ 2022 season is over. The first order of business will be re-signing or extending the most-important players on their own roster. After that, they’ll move on to signing free agents. While they have not historically been big movers in free agency, there are some names that could help next season.

Here are 23 players who might be of interest to the Seahawks if they hit the open market on March 15.

Seahawks: Grading the first wave of 2022 free agent signings and re-signings

Here are our individual grades for each transaction and how they rank compared to each other.

The Seattle Seahawks made most of their recent reported free agent signings official yesterday, along with a few new contracts for their own players.

So far, the team has made seven moves all together. Here are our individual grades for each transaction and how they rank compared to each other.

D.J. Reed joining Jets could be costly blow for Seahawks defense

Our friends at Touchdown Wire gave them an A+ grade for the signing.

The Seahawks still haven’t agreed to terms with any outside free agents heading into the first official day of the new league year. Perhaps it’s tough to sell potential signees on a winning vision when you just got rid of your two most important players and have a reputation for disrespecting every single one of your franchise legends on their way out the door.

Whatever the case, it’s been a quiet couple of days on the free agent front for Seattle and what little news there’s been has mostly been bad outside of bringing back free safety Quandre Diggs. Thus far their biggest loss is cornerback D.J. Reed, who was their highest-graded starting defender by PFF last season. He’s agreed to a three-year, $33 million deal with the team that shall not be named that Jamal Adams came from.

Our friends at Touchdown Wire gave them an A+ grade for the signing.

“So, Saleh and the Jets absolutely stole former Seattle cornerback D.J. Reed on a three-year, $33 million contract. That’s chump change for a guy who can come in and be the team’s top cornerback right away, and Saleh is familiar with Reed from his San Francisco days.”

Allowing Reed to walk doesn’t make a whole lot of sense for a team that just went through a major cornerback turnover just before last season began. Reed had more than established himself as a worthy long-term starter and while it may not be ideal $11 million per year is a perfectly reasonable number to keep him around.

Instead, the Seahawks will now likely use one of their early-round draft picks trying to find a replacement for Reed – perhaps as early as the No. 9 overall selection. In our most-recent seven-round mock draft we have them taking Cincinnati’s Ahmad Gardner with that pick.

Whatever their reasoning, Pete Carroll and John Schneider certainly have some explaining to do. The media is scheduled to hear from them at 2:30 p.m. today Pacific Time. Hopefully they’ll have something to show by then.

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