Most Seattle Seahawks fans would probably agree that the one position group that absolutely needs to be addressed this offseason is the offensive line. Only left tackle Charles Cross seems capable of sustained goodness. The interior of the line was a mess this season and appears to be just as much of a mess next year.
What general manager John Schneider might want to do is draft a guard high in the 2025 NFL draft, but expecting him to do so would be foolish. That has simply not been the Seahawks' way since 2010 when Schneider came to work for the team. More likely, Schneider will try to sign an inexpensive free agent guard and have them be the band-aid until the team does the same thing the next offseason.
Head coach Mike Macdonald might do things slightly differently if he had control over the roster, but he doesn't. Schneider has the final say over all roster moves.
Daniel Jeremiah likely has a great idea about what the Seahawks will do in the 2025 NFL draft
Because of that, NFL draft expert Daniel Jeremiah probably has the right idea about what the Seahawks will really do in the draft. Instead of taking an offensive lineman early, the team may go with building the other side of the trenches and take a defensive lineman. This is what Seattle did in 2024 when the team chose Byron Murphy II as their first choice.
In his latest mock draft, Jeremiah has Seattle taking Michigan defensive tackle Kenneth Grant with pick number 18. The selection would make a lot of sense. Grant would hopefully help Macdonald's defense be even better, he would likely replace aging players Johnathan Hankins and Roy Robertson-Harris (assuming he is released), and he would form a long-term productive interior duo with Murphy.
Plus, Macdonald helped recruit Grant to the University of Michigan when Macdonald spent one year as the defensive coordinator at the school in 2021. The head coach would know the player (and what the player is capable of) fairly well. The defensive tackle certainly has the size to play right away in the NFL.
Grant is 6'3" and 340 pounds and should be immediately productive as a run-stopper. His weight is a bunch of muscle, and he is difficult to move one-on-one. He does lack agility, though, so he might be limited in terms of getting much pressure on opposing quarterbacks. Still, the players the Seahawks could lose in free agency are more run support than pass rushers.
There will be many mock drafts that have the Seahawks addressing the offensive line first, and that would be wise. But Jeremiah probably has the more logical mock with Seattle waiting on an O-lineman.
