SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks enter the 2026 season with an offensive line that has moved from a lingering concern to a potential strength, after returning virtually everyone from the group and adding competition at right guard, according to the team.
The unit that anchored Seattle in 2025 finished the regular season eighth in run block win rate (72.8%) and 12th in pass block win rate (64.8%). It was among the NFL’s youngest starting fronts, featuring first-round picks Charles Cross (left tackle, 2022) and Grey Zabel (left guard, 2025), second-year center Jalen Sundell, third-year right guard Anthony Bradford and fourth-year tackles Cross and Abraham Lucas.
Seattle has invested in continuity, extending Lucas for three years ($46 million) and Cross for four years ($104.4 million), and keeping coach John Benton in place. General manager John Schneider has repeatedly emphasized the importance of continuity, and, for now, all 11 linemen who played at least one snap for the Seahawks last season are back along with two former practice-squad players.
The group absorbed injuries in 2025 — Sundell missed four games and Cross three — with Josh Jones and Olu Oluwatimi stepping in. Jones was re-signed on a one-year, $4 million deal, and the Seahawks added guard Beau Stephens, whom they rated higher than his fifth-round draft position, to push for playing time.
The improved continuity will be tested by Myles Garrett, who the Los Angeles Rams acquired from the Cleveland Browns on Monday for Pro Bowl edge rusher Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick and 2028 and 2029 second- and third-round picks. Garrett set an NFL record with 23 sacks in 2025, won the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year award, was First Team All-Pro for a fifth straight season and made his seventh Pro Bowl, according to the AP; he also has a 25.8% pass rush win rate among edge defenders in that span. It was not immediately clear how involved Seattle was in trade talks for Garrett.
