Quarterback Sam Darnold is playing at a high level for the Seattle Seahawks this season. When healthy, the team also has a defense that is capable of being one of the top units in the league. That makes the Seahawks a candidate to acquire upgrades before the NFL’s trade deadline.
SI on Seahawks’ Tim Weaver argued Sunday that the best upgrade Seattle could make is at right guard. Starter Anthony Bradford has struggled in both run blocking and pass protection.
Weaver called Bradford in pass protection a “glaring roster weakness.”
To address that weakness, The Athletic’s Michael-Shawn Dugar encouraged the Seahawks to pursue three different guards — New York Jets’ John Simpson, Cleveland Browns’ Wyatt Teller and Tennessee Titans’ Kevin Zeitler.
“All three players are on expiring contracts with teams that aren’t going anywhere this season,” wrote Dugar.
“Given that those moves would likely be half-year rentals, Seattle probably wouldn’t benefit much from giving up anything more than 2027 draft capital, as it did in the midseason deal for Roy Robertson-Harris last year. If any of those three teams are willing to play ball, though, general manager John Schneider should make a deal.”
All three teams should be motivated to make a deal happen since each are arguably already out of the playoff hunt. And as Dugar indicated, the three guards will be free agents in March.
Those teams could be interested in anything they can get for those veteran guards. All three would offer Seattle an upgrade over Bradford in pass blocking.
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