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What Seattle Seahawks GM said about team's O-line plans
The Seattle Seahawks have been one of the most active teams in free agency this year.
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But much to frustration of Seahawks fans, those moves haven’t done much to address the team’s glaring needs along the interior offensive line.
Seattle’s lone O-line signing has been former Baltimore Ravens backup tackle/guard Josh Jones, who projects more as a depth piece than a potential full-time starter.
And in the meantime, the interior O-line market has thinned dramatically since the free agent negotiating period began on March 10. According to NFL.com, each of the top eight free agent interior offensive linemen have signed elsewhere.
During his weekly appearance Thursday on Seattle Sports’ Wyman and Bob, Seahawks general manager John Schneider was asked a handful of questions about the O-line. Here are a few highlights from what he said.
A patient approach
Schneider said the Seahawks are continuing to bring in offensive linemen for free-agent visits.
Earlier this week, guards Teven Jenkins, Dillon Radunz and Lucas Patrick each reportedly met with Seattle. Jenkins has since signed with the Cleveland Browns.
“We had probably five guys in (for visits) this week,” Schneider said. “We’ll have another guy in this weekend. (We’ll) have the (doctors) spend time with them, keep negotiating with the agent and have the coaches spending a bunch of time with them and seeing if it’s a true fit.”
However, Schneider said it’s difficult to find surefire O-line starters at this stage of the free agency cycle.
“You can’t just throw money at marginal play,” Schneider said. “We want to be a championship team. We don’t want to be an average team. And so we can sign guys that can fill a specific role, but it’s not at a point right now where you’re gonna go sign a guy that’s for sure going to be your starting left guard or right guard. That’s just what it is. I wish I could tell you different.”
Schneider also touched on the Seahawks not signing a top free agent lineman during last week’s initial free agency surge.
According to ESPN’s Brady Henderson, Schneider confirmed to reporters last week that Seattle pursued highly touted guard Will Fries in free agency. Schneider said the Seahawks wanted to bring in Fries for a physical after the former Indianapolis Colts guard suffered a season-ending broken tibia this past October.
However, teams weren’t allowed to conduct physicals on free agents until the new league year began on March 12. Fries ended up signing a massive deal with the Minnesota Vikings on March 11.
“Those first three days (of free agency), it provides a lot of opportunity for risk and error because you’re not able to … (bring in players) on visits,” Schneider told Wyman and Bob.
“(On visits), they can sit down with the coaches and we can have our doctors evaluate them, see where they’re at in their career, what their durability grade would be, what a final medical exam would be, how they’re interacting with the coaches, how are they treating the staff. … Those interactions are really important.”
In-house ‘upside’ and the draft
Schneider also continued to express confidence in Seattle’s young group of interior offensive linemen, which includes center Olu Oluwatimi and guards Anthony Bradford, Christian Haynes and Sataoa Lamuea.
Oluwatimi and Bradford were 2023 draft picks, while Haynes and Laumea were 2024 draft picks. Bradford made 11 starts at right guard last season before suffering an ankle injury. He was replaced by Laumea, who started the final six games. Oluwatimi made eight starts at center after Connor Williams’ abrupt midseason retirement.
Schneider said he thinks that young group of linemen can benefit from a more balanced offense, which is what the Seahawks are expected to have this season under new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak.
“When you’re throwing the heck out of the ball, it’s pretty hard to gain confidence when you’re not running off the ball,” Schneider said. “And that’s what happened with the young group of guys last year, quite frankly. We were throwing the crud out of it (and) we didn’t really establish the running game. You gain confidence when you come off the ball and you can block your guy, instead of being on your heels all the time.”
Schneider said it’s encouraging that Kubiak, new offensive line coach John Benton and incoming run game coordinator/senior offensive advisor Rick Dennison were excited to work with Seattle’s young linemen.
Schneider also pointed to this year’s draft class, which is widely regarded to feature a strong crop of offensive linemen. According to ESPN, 16 of the top 100 draft prospects are offensive linemen – including six interior linemen. The Seahawks have 10 draft picks, including five in the top 92.
“The draft is strong. It feels like a really nice group,” Schneider said. “And we like the guys we drafted last year – the younger guys that we have in that room. And our coaches were excited to come here and work with those guys as well. (They) saw an upside in them.”
The John Schneider Show airs on Seattle Sports’ Wyman and Bob each Thursday at 4 p.m. leading up to the first round of the NFL Draft on April 24. Hear this week’s edition in the podcast at this link or in the audio player near the top of this post.
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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.
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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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