The Seattle Seahawks just announced a few roster moves leading into tomorrow's Week 3 home game against the Miami Dolphins. First of all, the Seahawks announced that right tackle George Fant has been placed on the injured reserve list after he suffered a knee injury in the team's season opening win against the Denver Broncos.
Taking Fant's place on the 53-man roster will be McClendon Curtis, who was just signed off the practice squad. Here's what it means for the Seahawks going into Week 3 and beyond.
Right tackle is a disaster again
For the second straight season the team's right tackle situation is a disaster due to injuries. In 2022 it appeared that drafting former Washington State tackle Abe Lucas would solve the team's need there and give them a solid long-term starter. Unfortunately, Lucas had a knee injury dating back to college that became problematic again and forced him out for 11 games last year. Lucas had surgery in the offseason and has started out the season on the PUP list.
The Seahawks signed Fant as an insurance policy, but it just went bust. With Fant going on injured reserve, he will also be out for at least the next four games. For now, Stone Forsythe will continue to start in his place as there's no word when Lucas might be able to return to the lineup. Forsythe's pass protection has marginally improved compared to last season, but his run blocking has fallen off and his overall PFF grade is almost exactly the same as it was in 2023 so far.
It will fall on offensive line coach Scott Huff to engineer a solution to this problem, and we wish him well in that endeavor.
Seahawks practice squad moves
Seattle also made a few practice squad moves. Inside linebacker Patrick O'Connell and outside linebacker Tyus Boswer have gotten standard elevations to the game-day roster for this week. Additionally, safety Marquise Blair was signed back to the practice squad to take the place of Curtis.
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