Seahawks: J’Marcus Webb Injured in Camp

The Seahawks’ Organized Team Workouts (OTAs) are in full swing, and they are already down an offensive lineman trying to fit into a renewed line.

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Seahawks offensive line coach Tom Cable urged reporters who questioned him about how workouts were going last week to withhold their judgement until they actually start practicing with contact. But he also mentioned that right tackle J’Marcus Webb, who the Seahawks signed this offseason to get some help for their ragtag offensive line, had already gone down with an “severe calf strain,” according to Cable.

Cable is trying to reconstruct a Seahawks offensive line that may have single-handedly cost the Seahawks home field advantage for the playoffs with their terrible play during a 4-5 start to the season. They were also overwhelmed in the first half of the Divisional round game against the Carolina Panthers, leading to a 31-point deficit that the Seahawks could never overcome, even after their furious comeback in the second half of that game.

The Seahawks brain trust that usually doesn’t spend valuable draft capital in the way that many expect them to added a new option for Tom Cable’s use on the offensive line when they spent their first first-round pick in three years on Germain Ifedi, a naturally athletic tackle/guard out of Texas A&M to start at right guard in place of J.R. Sweezy, who bolted in free agency for Tampa Bay.

With Justin Britt moving inside to center, Gary Gilliam moving to left tackle, and Mark Glowinski moving up to starting left guard, the Seahawks will have a new player at all five positions on the offensive line in 2016.

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J’Marcus Webb is seen as a replacement-level player in some circles, yet if he is out for significant time, he’ll miss an opportunity to make the Seahawks roster and add some depth on the line. He also has the physical attributes to be a decent lineman if Cable can coach him up. Perhaps the Seahawks will end up throwing him out there if one of the many position transitions don’t work out for the offensive line in 2016.