The Seattle Seahawks are hosting a familiar face.
Field Yates reported on Tuesday that 42-year-old offensive tackle Jason Peters is being hosted by Seattle. Peters played in eight games for the Seahawks last year, starting in two of them (all at right tackle.) This workout may be somewhat surprising for Seattle as Peters is 42 years old (if signed, Peters would be the oldest active NFL player, with Aaron Rodgers second at 40.)
However, what is not surprising is that the Seahawks are hosting an offensive tackle. Abe Lucas is eligible to come off the reserve/PUP list after week four, however Head Coach Mike Macdonald has remained mum on that potential return. “I don’t want to put a timeline on Abe right now . . . we have kind of an in-house timeline with him and we’re working through it. But I’m not going to put a timeline on him right now.”
The injury concerns at right tackle don’t end there. Lucas’ backup, George Fant was also placed on reserve/IR just last week and isn’t eligible to return until after Week 6. Since Fant went down with injury during week one, Stone Forsythe has been playing at right tackle, garnering mixed results. The Seahawks have rookie Mike Jarrell, and recent practice squad call-up, McClendon Curtis (both of whom have never started an NFL game) as depth behind Forsythe for now.
It is that lack of experience behind Forsythe that may be causing John Schneider to pick up the phone for Peters. In the league since 2004 (that’s right, 2004) Peters has started 221(!) games in his career, for five different teams. Though far away from his All-Pro prime (Peters earned a measly 53.9 overall grade in 2023 for Seattle), Peters surely could bring some much needed wisdom to the very young offensive tackle room in Seattle. One thing to note, if Peters signs, it doesn’t have to be onto the 53-man roster. Currently Seattle has no offensive lineman on the practice squad, so Peters could make a great fit there.
