Field Gulls
Cross’ contract is up this year... unless Seattle picks up his fifth-year option.
We’re in the 2025 offseason, which means the entire 2022 draft class is eligible for an extension. For the Seattle Seahawks, this was their haul, boosted in part following the Russell Wilson trade:
Melton isn’t on the team anymore, so we’ve got eight players on the current roster. We’re ignoring seven of them for today’s discussion and leaving them for later.
Charles Cross was the Seahawks’ first pick directly tied to the Wilson trade. Ironically, after years of not drafting offensive linemen in the first round with Wilson at quarterback, they immediately did it when he left. Cross had a good rookie season before injuries created a more up-and-down 2023 season. His 2024 is his best year by PFF grade, for whatever that’s worth. In fact, PFF named him 89th in its list of top 101 players from last season.
89. T Charles Cross, Seattle Seahawks
This past season was a breakout year for Cross, as he generated his best PFF grades to date, setting new high watermarks as both a run (77.9) and pass (81.3) blocker. The Hawks tackle is a powerful road-grader in gap concepts, grading in the 94th percentile among tackles.
His sack and pressure numbers are high by volume but one of the major factors was the comically pass-heavy offense Seattle ran, often times with no chip blocks or other form of extra protection to help either Cross or whomever was starting at right tackle.
According to Gregg Bell, rumblings are that the Seahawks may do something they have never done with their first-rounders under John Schneider, and that is pick up the fifth-year option.
The Seahawks have had a hard time drafting good offensive linemen, and while Cross hasn’t been all that close to getting Pro Bowl or All-Pro considerations, he’s at least a functional starter on a mostly dysfunctional offensive line.
Our question is whether or not you believe the Seahawks should look to pick up Cross’ fifth-year option. Whether they do or don’t, do you think Seattle should extend him as soon as possible or let him prove it in 2025 and then decide on his contract in the following offseason?
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