Seattle Seahawks Are Still Rebuilding the Line That Walter Jones Built

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Published: October 29, 2009

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... play this season comes as no surprise.

And it won’t be a surprise if he doesn’t play again after a remarkable 12-year run (1997-2008) during which he became one of the greatest linemen ever to play the game. 

If Jones retires before next season, he will be the Seahawks’ second no-brainer Hall of Famer and join Steve Largent in the shrine in 2015. But, as coach Jim Mora said, it’s not time for a career eulogy yet.

It is time, however, to figure out what the Seahawks are going to do about their offensive line going forward.

With Jones seemingly done, the Seahawks are down to one player remaining from the dominant unit that led them to the Super Bowl in 2005.

Steve Hutchinson, Robbie Tobeck, and Chris Gray are all gone. Sean Locklear is the only one left, and even he is not playing right now.

When team president Tim Ruskell signed Locklear to a five-year extension last year, the Seahawks put financial escalators in it in case Locklear ...

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