Seahawks position preview: The offensive line starters and cuts

The o-line had a rough 2019 but the Seahawks brought in plenty of new additions and kept around many vets. Who are they? Who will start? and who will be cut?

After a comeback year for the Seahawks offensive line that saw them be ranked 18th out of all 32 teams by Pro Football Focus in 2018, the Seahawks finished 2019 ranked 27th by PFF. Football Outsiders also ranks offensive lines by advanced stats and they had the Seahawks line ranked 16th for run blocking and 24th pass blocking.

No matter how you look at it, it was a below-average year for the Seahawks offensive line. To make things worse, the Seahawks then had to go out this offseason and replace the entire right side of the line as center Justin Britt was cut, right guard DJ Fluker signed with the Ravens, and right tackle Germain Ifedi signed with the Bears. On top of that, the Seahawks extra lineman of choice and big-play receiver George Fant was signed by the Jets.

Seattle then went out and brought in seven new linemen to contend for starting spots. Most notably they signed former Steeler center/guard BJ Finney, signed former Jet right tackle Brandon Shell, and drafted LSU right guard Damien Lewis in the third round.

This will be a year of low expectations but high hopes for the Seahawks o-line, and with 17 linemen currently on the roster, there will surely be at least a half dozen cuts. So who will start? and who will be cut?

First, lets breakdown all 17 of the lineman.