Veteran guard Laken Tomlinson is signing a one-year deal with the Seahawks, a source told ESPN, helping the team fill one of its biggest remaining holes.
Brady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Henderson covers the Seattle Seahawks. He joined ESPN in 2017 covering the team for Seattle Sports 710-AM. You can follow him via Twitter @BradyHenderson.in February. He gives the Seahawks an experienced and durable starter to help fill one of their biggest remaining holes.
Tomlinson finished 34th among all guards in pass block win rate in 2023 and ranks 27th in PBWR as a guard over the past three seasons. He has been an iron man, missing only nine offensive snaps over the past five seasons. The Lions drafted Tomlinson 28th overall in 2015 out of Duke. He spent his first two seasons in Detroit, the next five in San Francisco and the past two with the Jets, who released him with one year left on a three-year, $40 million contract. Because he was released, he won't count against Seattle's formula for compensatory picks.
As of Friday, OverTheCap.com listed the Seahawks with the third-least amount of cap space of any team at around $1.7 million. It's not clear whether they'll have to free up more money to fit Tomlinson's contract under their cap, but they will have to do so in order to sign their draft picks.
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