Free agent offensive tackle Ryan Clady visited the Seahawks on Friday, according to ESPN’s Field Yates (Twitter link).
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Seattle is the first reported team to show interest in the 30-year-old Clady since the Jets elected against exercising his 2017 option in mid-February. That came after Clady’s lone year in New York, where he played in only nine games (eight starts) before suffering a season-ending rotator cuff injury. Injuries have derailed the career of the four-time Pro Bowler, unfortunately, as the ex-Broncos standout has appeared in just 27 of a possible 64 regular-season games since 2013.
Last season was Clady’s first action since 2014, and he ranked as Pro Football Focus’ 62nd-best tackle among 78 qualifiers. Meanwhile, the Seahawks’ left tackle, George Fant, placed dead last, so an upgrade is clearly in order. After a season in which Seattle’s O-line finished 25th in Football Outsiders’ adjusted sack rate metric and 27th in sacks allowed, the club has already added one new offensive tackle in Luke Joeckel. He hasn’t fared all that well since the Jaguars took him second overall in the 2013 draft, though, and is coming off an injury-plagued season of his own.
He needs to fine a home and stay there till he retires at a cost that both can agree on ant like he needs the money
He needs to fine a spot and stay there till he retires