Anthony Bradford has certainly not been the best right guard in the NFL over the past three seasons. In fact, he's been one of the worst. The issue for the Seattle Seahawks is that they haven't had a player good enough to replace him.
To compound the problem in recent weeks is the fact that Bradford has actually been a lot better recently. Just when he seems done, he ticks his play up and makes an argument for himself to stay a part of the offensive line. He makes general manager John Schneider not to replace him at the trade deadline look like a brilliant move.
After allowing at least one quarterback pressure through the first seven games of the season, Bradford has allowed zero in the past two games. He has also only been flagged for penalties twice this season, and both came in Week 7. He's been better, though not great.
Bruce Irvin drops some brutal truth on Seattle Seahawks right guard Anthony Bradford
But in Week 10, when the Seattle Seahawks were near the goal line, Bradford completely whiffed on a block while running back George Holani was busy running the ball into the end zone from nine yards out. Bradford added nothing to the play, but didn't detract from it either.
Former Seahawks first-round pick and productive edge rusher Bruce Irvin was simply having none of Bradford's ineffectiveness on the one play, however. After a person posted the failed block on X/Twitter, Irvin wrote, "Bruh eyes gotta be closed."
To be fair to Irvin, it did appear Bradford had literally no vision on the play. The ball was snapped to quarterback Sam Darnold, Bradford lunged forward to do, well...something, and missed his defender completely, even though the defensive lineman was only a foot away from him when the ball was snapped.
Lucky for Anthony Bradford that he has been playing better lately, because there is little chance the team is reviewing game film and the right guard doesn't get some feedback from offensive line coach John Benton. It was an embarrassing attempt, and most guards could have done better.
Still, his job is safe. The only player potentially able to replace him is Christian Haynes, who has missed the entire season with an injury. Haynes was terrible as a rookie in 2024, though. Bradford is going to be the starter, but he has to consistently do better than he did on his embarrassing block attempt against the Cardinals.