5. The Seahawks like what they have in second-year linemen Olu Oluwatimi and Anthony Bradford, who could both be starters depending on what happens in free agency.
Approaching the start of the new league year next month, the Seahawks are currently looking at three of their top interior linemen, center Evan Brown, guard Damien Lewis and guard Phil Haynes, all testing the free agent waters if they aren’t re-signed before free agency starts on March 13.
And while some or all of those linemen could be back, the Seahawks also feel good about the young options they have on the roster, having drafted guard Anthony Bradford and center Oluwatimi last year. Oluwatimi, who won the Outland Trophy, the Rimington Trophy and was a consensus All-American at Michigan in 2022, started only one game and saw significant playing time in another, but he made a strong impression in that limited action as well as in practice and meeting rooms. Bradford, meanwhile, started 10 games and showed some impressive physicality that should serve him well moving forward.
“We feel good about them,” Schneider said. “Again, we want to talk to those guys (Brown, Lewis and Haynes), but from a personnel standpoint we feel good about those guys. Him finishing, the way Bradford finishes. Olu’s intelligence. I mean, awesome to work with.”
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