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Texas DT Byron Murphy II grew up on Seahawks, Marshawn Lynch

Sometimes a prospect just seems destined to go to a certain team.

Sometimes a prospect just seems destined to go to a certain team. With one day to go before the draft, it seems possible that the stars are aligning for Texas defensive tackle Byron Murphy II and the Seattle Seahawks.

We learned a lot about Murphy via a piece earlier this week from Greg Riddle at the Dallas Morning News, including the nugget that he grew up wanting to play running back and emulated Marshawn Lynch. Murphy was also a fan of the Legion of Boom era Seahawks despite being in Cowboys country.

“I used to love watching Adrian Peterson, and I used to love Marshawn Lynch. I used to try to model my game after them… When he met Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Murphy says, ‘They loved me, they love how I play.’ But even though he’s from DeSoto, the Cowboys weren’t his favorite team growing up. ‘I used to like the Seattle Seahawks,’ Murphy said. ‘The Legion of Boom era, with Russell Wilson, Kam Chancellor, Marshawn Lynch, Michael Bennett.’”

For most of draft season Murphy has been projected to be a late first-round pick, generally projected to come off the board in the 20s. However, his stock has risen fast late in the game and now some analysts believe he could be a top-10 pick.

Murphy says he has been told that he won’t slip past No. 16…

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Seahawks worked out free agent offensive lineman Lucas Patrick

According to Aaron Wilson, on Monday the team worked out free agent interior lineman Lucas Patrick.

Last week the Seahawks brought in veteran guard Greg Van Roten for a visit and were also reported to be interested in a couple of other free agent iOL in Cody Whitehair and Laken Tomlinson. This week the work continues to find more options at the guard and center positions, which are arguably the weakest on paper in the NFL right now.

We can add another name to the list of veterans Seattle is taking a look at. According to Aaron Wilson, on Monday the team worked out free agent interior lineman Lucas Patrick, who spent last year with the Bears.

Patrick (6-foot-3, 313 pounds) played his college ball at Duke. Despite going undrafted, he has managed to appeared in 96 games at this level, including five years in Green Bay and two in Chicago.

For most of his career Patrick has been a guard, putting in time at both spots but this last season he was the starting center for the Bears. PFF wasn’t too keen on what he did, giving him a 50.5 overall grade (ranking 30 out of 36 qualifying centers) including a 40.6 grade in pass protection.

If Patrick does sign he could compete at any of the three interior positions, but right now left guard is the team’s most-desperate spot. While they do have some inexperienced options at right guard and center, they have exactly none with any NFL experience at left guard.

The Seahawks could use as many bodies as they can get right now for that offensive line but they simply may not have the dough to sign anybody at the moment.  According to the latest figures at Over the Cap, the team has less than $1.8 million in cap room. However, their effective cap space (including rookies) is still in the red.

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Seahawks getting visit from veteran free agent G Greg Van Roten

The Seahawks are in the market for a guard… or two.

The Seahawks are in the market for a guard… or two. Last week general manager John Schneider told 710 Seattle that the team would be hosting a veteran offensive linemen or two, and earlier this week ESPN reported that the Seahawks were interested in free agent left guards Laken Tomlinson and Cody Whitehair.

Now we have reports of a meeting with yet another veteran free agent guard. According to Aaron Wilson, Greg Van Roten will be visiting today.

Van Roten (6-foot-3, 305 pounds) was originally undrafted out of Pennsylvania, but he’s gone on to a long career for a guard. All together he has appeared in 110 regular season games for five different teams, starting 71 of them.

Most recently Van Roten spent the 2023 season with the Raiders, where he put in over 1,000 snaps at right guard. PFF gave him a solid pass blocking grade (77.4) and a decent 68.5 run blocking grade for the year.

Now 34 years old, Van Roten is past his prime with the Panthers, but he should be relatively cheap in what’s been a wildly overpaid guard market this cycle. If he does sign, Van Roten would likely compete with second-year guard Anthony Bradford for the RG1 spot on the roster.

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25 of the greatest high school basketball players of all time

Legends of the hardwood throughout high school basketball’s long history.

Choosing the most outstanding high school basketball players of all time is as difficult as it can be an argumentative stalemate.

It’s no secret that the game has changed, so looking at an icon from the 1960s might not equate to a player who dominated in the past five or so years.

But there is also an argument within the argument (the game behind the game, if you will) where historical talent is…well, historical talent—the fact that it occurred when Twitter didn’t exist has little meaning on the overall resume. And vice versa.

That thought process provided the foundation for answering our questions about the 25 greatest of all time. We wanted to look at dominant players throughout history—ones who could easily suit up and play tomorrow and have the same results as they would in any era.

Of course, the criteria needed more substantial elements beyond that as well. So, understanding that it would still finalize as an opinionated ranking, we included simple factors such as location and competition, plus weighed what the player meant to the team’s success—while trying our hardest not to consider what each player did after high school.

Once the research hoopla settled, we landed at these 25.

Seahawks expected to sign former Cowboys DT Johnathan Hankins

Hankins has been around the league.

The Seattle Seahawks may not have been active during the first wave of free agency, but they appear to be making up for lost time in the later stages. On Tuesday, Seattle signed former Titans defensive back K’Von Wallace to a contract, and apparently Wallace was not the last one on John Schneider’s agenda for today.

It was announced Tuesday afternoon that the Seahawks are going to sign veteran defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins. Hankins will join a defensive line eager to stop the bleeding of being one of the worst against the run in the NFL.

Hankins has been around the league. Originally a second-round pick by the New York Giants during the 2013 NFL draft, Hankins spent the first four years of his career with Big Blue before becoming an Indianapolis Colt.

Hankins’ stint in the Heartland did not last long, as after one year he was released. He then spent the next four and a half seasons with the Raiders in both Oakland and Las Vegas before being traded to the Dallas Cowboys midway through the 2022 season.

The Cowboys connection likely landed Hankins in Seattle, as new Seahawks defensive coordinator Aden Durde was his defensive line coach for the last two years.

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Seahawks sign former Titans DB K’Von Wallace to 1-year deal

It’s a one-year deal, according to Tom Pelissero at NFL Network.

The Seahawks have signed former Eagles, Cardinals and Titans defensive back K’Von Wallace. It’s a one-year deal, according to Tom Pelissero at NFL Network.

Wallace (5-foot-11, 205 pounds) played his college ball at Clemson, where he totaled five interceptions in 45 games. He was then picked by Philadelphia in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL draft. Wallace spent three seasons with the Eagles, appearing in 45 games but only getting seven starts. From there, he moved on to the Cardinals for one season, and last season he was with the Titans. All together he has played in 62 NFL games with 19 starts.

Signing Wallace continues the Seahawks’ theme of adding diverse coverage players for the back end of their defense. Like Rayshawn Jenkins, he’s gotten high grades for his coverage and he can play multiple positions.

Seattle may no longer need to pick a safety in the 2024 NFL draft, with Jenkins and Wallace effectively replacing Quandre Diggs and Jamal Adams. Seattle still has plenty of youth at this spot on their depth chart in Jerrick Reed, Coby Bryant and Ty Okada.

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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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Seahawks tender restricted free agents CB Mike Jackson and LB Jon Rhattigan

They have used a fifth-round tender on cornerback Mike Jackson and a right of first refusal tender for linebacker Jon Rhattigan.

The new league year is now officially official, and with it comes a flurry of transactions and personnel news.

A couple notes for Seattle just dropped via Tom Pelissero at NFL Network. The Seahawks have tendered two of their restricted free agents this year. They have used a fifth-round tender on cornerback Mike Jackson and a right of first refusal tender for linebacker Jon Rhattigan.

Jackson was expected to maintain a regular starting role in 2023 after a strong preseason showing. However, once Devon Witherspoon debuted Jackson quickly got lost in the shuffle in what’s become one of the deepest cornerback rooms in the NFL. Tre Brown and Artie Burns also both ended up passing him up on the depth chart.

Jackson wound up playing all 17 games but only earned four starts. He totaled 34 tackles and allowed zero touchdowns and a 95.1 passer rating in coverage. In the end, Jackson was on the field for 40% of the team’s defensive snaps and 51% on special teams.

Rhattigan also appeared in every game this past season for Seattle, but was relegated to an almost exclusive special teams role. He only played 19 defensive snaps on the year, or 2% of the team’s total. On special teams he was out there for 303 snaps, or 66%.

Looking ahead, both should at least continue to see significant playing time on special teams in 2024. Aside from that, it’s difficult to envision serious snaps on defense for either barring a string of injuries.

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Let’s get caught up on some of the latest Seahawks free agent news from around the league.

Today has been much slower compared to yesterday, but let’s get caught up on some of the latest Seahawks free agent news from around the league.

Last night left guard Damien Lewis agreed to a massive four-year deal with the Panthers, worth a reported $53 million total.

A short time ago we also learned that running back DeeJay Dallas is also leaving. According to Jordan Schultz, he has agreed to terms with the Cardinals, but there are no details on how much as of yet.

Finally, just moments ago we received word that Drew Lock will also be leaving Seattle as a free agent. According to Adam Schefter at ESPN, Lock is getting a one-year, $5 million deal from the Giants.

None of these headlines should really come as a surprise, aside from the outlandish size of Damien Lewis’ deal with Carolina.

So far the Seahawks have been characteristically quiet in free agency. They have not signed any outside free agents as of yet and have only reported to be- re-signing tight end Noah Fant and defensive lineman Leaonrd Williams.

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Leonard Williams staying with Seahawks, agrees to 3-year deal

The Seahawks have agreed to terms with defensive lineman Leonard Williams, according to Ian Rapoport at NFL Network.

The Seahawks have agreed to terms with defensive lineman Leonard Williams, according to Ian Rapoport at NFL Network.

Tom Pelissero followed up moments later with details that it’s a three-year deal worth a total of $64.5 million.

Originally a first-round pick by the Jets back in 2015, Williams came over to the Seahawks in a mid season trade with the Giants. In 10 games in a Seattle uniform he was their most-effective defender, totaling four sacks, 11 quarterback hits and 15 pressures despite frequently seeing double teams.

As expected, re-signing Williams wasn’t cheap and while the trade to get him may not have been a brilliant idea, allowing him to leave would have made the Seahawks’ defense worse where it matters most. By keeping Williams in the fold, they have a solid centerpiece to build their defense around in the absence of Bobby Wagner and Jordyn Brooks.

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