The Seattle Seahawks need offensive line help in the 2025 NFL draft above any other position group. The chances that general manager John Schneider will choose an interior offensive lineman in the first round are slim, though. Seattle will probably go with the best player available or someone along the defensive line.
Most of the team's moves this offseason have been to ensure the defense is ready to achieve high-end success immediately at the start of the 2025 season. All the key players returned, and DeMarcus Lawrence's free-agent signing augmented the team. The offense, meanwhile, saw a huge overhaul.
This is all to say that Schneider taking a defensive player, especially a defensive lineman, in the first round would not be surprising. The Seahawks re-signed Jarran Reed, and Leonard Williams is still under contract, but both players are past 30 years old, so their decline could be sudden and swift.
Seahawks reportedly visit with Georgia edge rusher Mykel Williams
The D-line is a strength of the team, but only assuming the aging players are as productive as they have been.
In the 2024 NFL draft, Seattle took Texas defensive tackle Byron Murphy II. He was decent, but he needs to be much better in the future. Taking another DT makes as much sense (at least, in normal Seahawks logic) as taking an interior offensive lineman. One of Seattle's defensive line targets visited the team this week.
Each team can hold up to 30 in-person visits with a prospect at team facilities. The Seahawks spent one of those on Georgia's Mykel Williams. If Seattle spends its first-round capital on a player besides an offensive lineman, it must be a prospect that is almost certain to be productive. Williams might not fit that definition.
He has the size (6'5" and 260 pounds) and athleticism to be an impact edge rusher. The issue is that after transitioning from the defensive line to full-time edge rusher at Georgia this past season, his production did not increase greatly. He was also playing through an injury, though.
He did not work out at the NFL Combine, but his Pro Day was underwhelming. He ran a 4.74 40-yard dash, which was far worse than what many hoped it would be. Instead of ascending in draft status, Williams might be falling down draft boards.
He could easily develop into a good NFL player, but he brings the risk that the Seahawks don't need. They need offensive linemen. If they choose a player at a different position and that player does not work out well, 12s would have a right to be upset.
