SEATTLE -- The Seattle Seahawks' offensive line has gone from a perennial question mark to an emerging strength. The reigning Super Bowl LX champions returned virtually everyone from that group this offseason while adding competition at its lone soft spot, right guard.
Between the expected improvement from young players and the continuity they'll enjoy after keeping the group together, a line that was good in 2025 has a chance to be better in 2026.
It needs to be.
Because here comes Myles Garrett.
The reigning AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year and 2025 sack leader is on his way to the NFC West after the Los Angeles Rams acquired him from the Cleveland Browns on Monday for Pro Bowl edge rusher Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick plus second- and third-round selections in 2028 and '29, respectively.
Garrett's arrival in the division invites an examination of the Seahawks' offensive line now that it will have to face the league's most dominant defensive lineman at least twice a season.
That unit has come a long way from the days when it was a yearslong point of contention behind the scenes with former quarterback Russell Wilson and a constant source of handwringing among fans.
The Seahawks have spent high draft picks to beef it up, including first-round selections on left tackle Charles Cross (2022) and left guard Grey Zabel (2025). They've spent big money to keep the group together, extending right tackle Abraham Lucas (three years, $46 million) last summer and Cross (four years, $104.4 million) in January.
The Seahawks offensive line was good enough to win Super Bowl LX. But will it be good enough to block new LA Ram Myles Garrett twice a year in the regular season? Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Those three anchored an offensive line that finished the 2025 regular season eighth in run block win rate (72.8%) and 12th in pass block win rate (64.8%). It was one of the NFL's youngest starting lines, with a rookie in Zabel, a second-year center in Jalen Sundell, a third-year right guard in Anthony Bradford, and fourth-year tackles in Cross and Lucas.
Seattle's depth was strong enough to absorb injuries that sidelined Sundell for four games and Cross for three. Josh Jones, who filled in well for Cross while playing through injuries of his own, was re-signed at a team-friendly cost of $4 million for one season. Olu Oluwatimi -- who capably stepped in for Sundell -- remains in the mix, though he's a candidate to be traded.