Field Gulls
It’s the offseason and debate is raging about who will and who will not see the field for the Seahawks on the offensive line during the 2025 season. To add fuel to the fire, Field Gulls takes a look at the centers who have started for Benton in the past.
It’s June, and the end of the NFL offseason program is just around the corner, which has fans excited for players reporting for training camp at the end of July. For the Seattle Seahawks it will be the second training camp under head coach Mike Macdonald, with a new offensive coaching staff taking over and bringing in their system for a second year in a row.
Many are curious what the system Klint Kubiak puts on the field will look like, and in particular debate is raging about who exactly will get the starting nod on the interior of the offensive line. Left guard appears to be the only position in that group where first round pick Grey Zabel is the unquestioned starter, with center and right guard apparently up for grabs.
The debate largely centers around Olu Oluwatimi’s athleticism, or lack thereof, relative to Jalen Sundell, with some discussion as to whether Christian Haynes could factor into the competition if he is unable to supplant Anthony Bradford as the starter at right guard.
To fuel the flames of this debate, here are the athletic profiles of Oluwatimi, Sundell, and Haynes.
To try and gain a better understanding of what new offensive line coach John Benton looks for at center, here is a list of who has started at center for the line Benton has coached in each season since 2006.
And now, of course, to look at the athletic profiles of those players. In addition, in order to add a little extra flavor to the debate, whether or not the player was a guard in college who switched to center has also been included.
And now it’s on to the comments to argue one’s priors.
