The Seattle Seahawks have made some major shakeups to their roster over the last six weeks or so. This is when we’ve really felt the Pete Carroll era ending and the begining of a new chapter for the organization.
Let’s review the changes to the starting lineup.
Offense
On this side of the ball things are much the same as when the 2023 season ended, with the exception of the offensive line. At left tackle and right tackle Charles Cross and Abe Lucas are still penned in, respectively. However, the rest of the line is in the middle of a total makeover. For now there are no true left guards on the roster and only a couple of unproven options at center and right guard. We did our best to fill in those spots while the work to build out the roster is still ongoing.
Defense
It’s a different story on defense, where a ton of changes have taken place on the back end. At safety Quandre Diggs and Jamal Adams are out, and Julian Love and Rayshawn Jenkins will replace them – K’Von Wallace can fill in as the third safety if that’s something head coach Mike Macdonald wants to continue. Linebacker has been totally turned over as well, with Bobby Wagner and Jordyn Brooks getting replaced by Tyrel Dodson and Jerome Baker in free agency.
With DeeJay Dallas out of the picture the Seahawks needed somebody to step up and take over the kickoff and punt returner roles. For now, we can assume Laviska Shenault and Dee Eskridge will both be involved in the new kickoff rules, which should see teams employing two KRs at a time. At punt returner, our best guess was Cody White – who’s expendable and has some experience doing it in college.
Here are our full projections for the starting lineup after free agency.
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