Seahawks Bring In $299 Million New Big Time Legengady Vice-President Due To…
The Seahawks have named Joey Laine the team’s new vice president of football administration.
Laine, who most recently served as the salary cap analyst for the Green Bay Packers, brings nearly two decades of NFL front office experience to Seattle. Laine replaces Matt Thomas, who has left the organization after 11 seasons in Seattle.
The Seahawks have named Joey Laine the team’s new vice president of football administration.
Laine, who most recently served as the salary cap analyst for the Green Bay Packers, brings nearly two decades of NFL front office experience to Seattle. Laine replaces Matt Thomas, who has left the organization after 11 seasons in Seattle.
A second-round pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2020, Shenault had 1,351 yards of offense on 121 receptions and 29 rushing attempts during his first two seasons of NFL play. He was traded to the Carolina Panthers, where he played the previous two seasons. His opportunities were more limited with the Panthers. Shenault had just 21 catches for 120 yards and one score in 2022 and 2023. He also returned nine kickoffs for 249 yards while in the Carolina organization.
Shenault was a do-it-all type of player during his three seasons with the Buffaloes. He hauled in 149 passes, and was often utilized behind center in the Wildcat formation during short yardage situations.
Shenault scored a touchdown rushing and receiving in the same game five times in his career, becoming the only CU player to have two of each in the same contest.
Shenault was garnering some Heisman chatter early during the 2018 season when the Buffs were 5-0, before he suffered a toe injury and a Buffs losing streak occurred.
Despite forgoing his senior year to enter the NFL Draft, Shenault still finished his CU career ranked eighth in program history in receptions. He was selected with the 42nd overall pick by Jacksonville in 2020.
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Seahawks To Meet With G Greg Van Roten
Losing Damien Lewis to the Panthers, the Seahawks have placed guard as a priority. A few veteran starters remain available. One of them is heading to Seattle for a visit.
The Seahawks are meeting with Greg Van Roten today, Brady Henderson of ESPN.com tweets. While the team has been connected to potential interest in Laken Tomlinson and Cody Whitehair, Van Roten joins this duo in having extensive starting experience. Despite joining the Raiders in late May last year, he worked as a 17-game starter last year in Las Vegas.
Representing the only notable Raiders O-line addition last year, Van Roten commandeered the starting right guard job and played there throughout the season. The veteran offered Las Vegas some stability, logging 1,024 snaps at the position in 2023. Lauding Van Roten’s pass-blocking work, Pro Football Focus rated the journeyman guard seventh at the position last season. That certainly brought good value for the Raiders, who had him on a one-year, $1.6MM deal.
Last year’s Raiders work ran Van Roten’s start count to 71. Prior to his Nevada stay, the former UDFA spent time with the Packers, Panthers, Jets and Bills. Not all of these seasons brought regular starter work, but a few of them did. The Panthers and Jets used Van Roten as a frequent starter from 2018-21. The Bills deployed the veteran primarily as a backup in 2022, but the Raiders demoted Alex Bars ahead of last season and stuck with Van Roten throughout.
Turning 34 earlier this offseason, Van Roten is on the older side and certainly would profile as a rental for the Seahawks. But the team passed on paying Lewis, who signed a four-year Panthers deal worth $52MM, and have not re-signed right guard starter Phil Haynes. The team may need to turn to a stopgap blocker in Ryan Grubb‘s first year as OC, and Van Roten profiles as one of the top names available on this year’s market.