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Huard: Watch Darnold's center as Seattle Seahawks target
The Seattle Seahawks have made noise with their moves this offseason, but they’ve been quiet when it comes to their biggest need: the interior of the offensive line.
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There’s a player that would help there that Brock Huard now has his eye on, and it’s one with a connection to Seattle’s new quarterback.
“This would require a trade, and this is to a team that has spent some serious capital on interior lineman – that is the Minnesota Vikings,” Huard said Thursday during Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk. “They give (four-time Pro Bowler) Ryan Kelly two years, $18 million, the big center from Alabama that we liked years and years ago up here in Seattle. They obviously give (tackle) Will Fries the top of the market. And they’ve got a center of their own, a guy by the name of Garrett Bradbury.”
The 29-year-old Bradbury was a first-round NFL Draft pick by the Vikings in 2019 out of North Carolina State, and while he hasn’t earned the kind of honors in his career like Kelly has, he’s been a starter since Day 1 with Minnesota. And there’s something to be said for him protecting Darnold in 2024, which was a breakout year for the 27-year-old QB.
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Huard, a FOX football analyst and former NFL QB, likes the idea of Seattle pairing their quarterback with a center he’s already familiar with. He also spoke to how chemistry between those positions, something he experienced himself in college with the UW Huskies and his center Olin Kreutz, can be especially valuable.
“In chatting with a few folks around the league, they said to me, yeah, he’s a guy that Sam Darnold loved,” Huard said of Bradbury. “Sam just loved playing with him last year in Minnesota. And you know what I love? QB-center interaction. I love (the former Seahawks pairing of) Max Unger-Russell Wilson. I love (another former Seahawks pairing of) Robbie Tobeck-Matt Hasselbeck. I loved Olin Kreutz being my center.
“When you find that security blanket, it’s kind of like a pitcher and catcher, quite honestly. With (the Mariners’) Cal Raleigh and these young pitchers, they love working with him. And when you can find a center that knows the system, that can communicate right alongside you, it just takes some of the ease and some of the burden off of you. When you love the way he snaps the ball to you, when you guys are simpatico, it’s a good thing. And you traded for Sam Darnold, and if they can find a way to get a guy that he loves who’s still a a very good athlete a really good fit in this system, I’d find that a win-win.”
ANOTHER UNREAL SAM DARNOLD PLAY ‼️
HE FINDS JUSTIN JEFFERSON FOR THE 39-YARD TD TO GIVE MINNESOTA THE LATE LEAD 👏
(via @Vikings) pic.twitter.com/df2NTGs6XO
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 22, 2024
What would it take to get Bradbury
Bradbury has one season left on his current contract with a $6.064 million salary cap hit, and there’s even speculation that Minnesota could release him after its moves in free agency on the O-line. If Seattle wanted to jump ahead in line, though, a trade shouldn’t be too costly according to Huard.
“It’s going to be like a seventh-round pick or sixth-round pick,” he said.
Huard compared that to the three-year, $42 million deal it cost the Chicago Bears to get former Atlanta Falcons center Drew Dalman in free agency.
“You didn’t want to spend $14 million (annually) on Drew Dalman. Will you spend a sixth-round pick and pay this guy $1 million with a couple million in incentives? Sure,” Huard said. “So then I can sign (pass rusher DeMarcus) Lawrence, and I can make other moves. Because every move does affect another move.”
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NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero was a guest on the next segment of Brock and Salk, and the Minnesota native shared his thoughts on Bradbury as a Seahawks target.
“I do think that Garrett Bradbury would be a potential option. I would think that the Vikings will have some level of trade interest in him,” Pelissero said. “They did sign Ryan Kelly. I think it’s fair to believe that Garrett Bradbury most likely will have a new home. Right now he’s still on the Vikings roster. There’s no trigger in his contract, so they don’t have to do something right now, but certainly that’s a name that would that would potentially make some sense.”
Hear the full conversations from Thursday’s Brock and Salk in the second half of the podcast at this link or in the player near the top of this post. Catch Brock and Salk from 6-10 a.m. weekdays on Seattle Sports.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
Seattle Sports staff made additions to this post.
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Brandon Nimmo hits leadoff homer, Jacob deGrom works 4 scoreless as Rangers beat Seattle Mariners 5-0
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – APRIL 17: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers tags out Dominic Canzone #8 of the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning at T-Mobile Park on April 17, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.
Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in 21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025 season. Texas won its third straight game.
Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo’s 16th career leadoff homer and second of the season. He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle’s lineup, and worked out of a one out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the bases. Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a fastball.
Texas added to its lead after Nimmo’s homer. Wyatt Langford’s single to left scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double. The Rangers stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh.
The Mariners’ best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game.
J.P. Crawford singled to left off Tyler Alexander with two out, and Mariners third base coach Carlos Cardoza sent Naylor from second base, but he was thrown out by Langford.
Texas added two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Andrew McCutchen and an RBI double by Josh Jung.
Seattle third baseman Brendan Donovan left the game early due to a left hip issue.
Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller, who started the year on the injured list with a left oblique injury, was at T-Mobile Park for the first time this season. He will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.
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Mariners RHP George Kirby (2-2, 3.25) will face Rangers righty Nathan Eovaldi (2-2, 5.40) on Saturday afternoon.
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FIFE, Wash. – A portion of southbound I-5 will be closed overnight in Fife Friday and Saturday night, according to WSDOT.
The Washington State Department of Transportation says the purpose of the closure is to install a new electronic sign and will need two nights to do it.
Crews will close southbound I-5 from 54th Avenue to Port of Tacoma Road starting at 11 p.m. Friday night until 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Closures will resume Saturday night starting at 11 p.m. as well, and lanes will reopen Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m.
WSDOT says the closure will include the 54th Avenue ramps to southbound I-5.
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