RiverDog wrote:They're going to have to improve the offensive line if we want to get back to a run first offense. We had the 27th ranked OL last season. We might be getting the wagon in front of the horse by focusing so much attention on running backs.
That's one of the things I'll be watching during preseason, how our new blood, particularly at center, performs.
And they've legitimately attempted to do so these last two drafts. Any team is going to be hard pressed to get and even harder pressed to keep 5 pro bowlers across the offensive line. I say that to illustrate that there will be varying levels of competency at each spot. Cross, Lewis, and Lucas are solid. Bradford looks like a mauler who handled the vaunted yet maligned Jalen Carter quite well, so I'm hopeful he transition to the pro level. Evans and Olu don't have to do much to be better than Blythe, but we definitely one of them to come through in a major way.
I just think the Seahawks, in recognizing the amount of draft capital they have had these past two drafts, have attempted to do both. Improve the offensive line and get legit RBs to run behind them. You're right, though. Talk is cheap; the proof will be in the product on the field.
NorthHawk wrote:The OL has always been an issue. It's been a blind spot with this regime during their entire tenure.
They have to know, but they chose to value other positions more via splash trades that ate up valuable capital or drafting players they really shouldn't thinking it could make up the difference. Perhaps they've seen the light that they need to raise the bar for the baseline level of oline play they really need.