Who is Tyus Bowser? Seahawks latest free agent visit has Mike Macdonald ties

The Seattle Seahawks have set their 53-man roster heading into Week 1 of 2024, but one thing is sure. The way the roster looks now is certainly not the way the roster will look even in Week 8. Injuries will sadly occur and players will need to be added and dropped.

This means that general manager John Schneider is not going to stop looking for players who can help the team. If Schneider thinks a quarterback might fit the QB3 role, he is going to try to add them, for instance. That is the same mindset Seattle has with their most recent free-agent visit.

Tyus Bowser has spent his entire seven-year career with the Baltimore Ravens. He missed all of 2023 with a knee injury. In 2022, Bowser appeared in only nine games due to a torn Achilles. In the last two seasons, new Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald was the defensive coordinator for the Ravens. Even though Bowser did not play much in the past couple of years, Macdonald would still know the player's strengths and weaknesses.

Seattle Seahawks reportedly hosting Tus Bowser on a free-agent visit

Bowser did not make the Ravens 2024 roster and is now a free agent. He has already taken visits with the Dallas Cowboys and the Tennessee Titans and worked out for both to make sure if the teams did sign him, he is healthy enough to play. According to "NFL insider" Adam Caplan, Bowser is scheduled to work out with the Seahawks as well.

Bowser has played both inside and outside linebacker in his career. Much of that has been spent as a rotational edge rusher and he had a career-high seven sacks in 2021.

That was the year after Macdonald left to be the defensive coordinator for the University of Michigan and the year before Macdonald returned as the DC for the Ravens. Macdonald would have worked with Bowser when he was coaching linebackers in Baltimore. Bowser would know what to expect from Macdonald and vice versa.

The question is where Bowser would play. Seattle seems set at edge rusher if Uchenna Nwosu can return from a leg injury sooner than expected. The team also traded for Trevis Gipson this preseason as well. Bowser would not seem to have a home at the edge.

Seattle does need help at inside linebacker, however. According to Pro Football Focus (subscription required), the player has done well in coverage over most of his career, though he is not the best tackler. He missed at least 21.3 percent of his tackles in the last two seasons he played. That's very bad. If Bowser can clean up his issues with wrapping ball carriers up, he might be worth signing. Otherwise, the team should pass.

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