The need for another defensive tackle was hardly a secret. The Seahawks went down a training camp in a man from last year’s interior last year, with Al Woods going to the Jaguars for free agency.
In Seattle, there was a shallow group consisting of just Jarran Reed, Poona Ford, Bryan Mone, Cedrick Lattimore, and Demarcus Christmas. Within a few days of starting work on the field, both Reed and Ford were forced to sit out due to (as far as we know, not bad) injuries. Despite injuries from Reed and Ford, like the projection of Christmas, a second-year DT running with the first team in Reed’s absence, the Seahawks will certainly make a contribution for the regular season.
That process may need to be speeded up, depending on the status of Seattle’s two banged-up starters. As a result, the Seahawks brought PJ Washington on Sunday for a visit.
A seventh-round pick from the Lions in 2019, the former Arizona Wildcat was awaited by Detroit during cuts like a rookie. Johnson remained available for more than three months before the Chargers signed him to their training team, where he would remain for the rest of the season. A future contract, signed in January, tied him to LA until camp, until he waited until early August.
Johnson was a defensive tackle at 6’3 “and 321 pounds. Johnson would not offer much as a pass rusher inside, but could certainly do a job as a 1-tech – which Ford lined up. Although an agreement has yet to be reported between Johnson and Seattle, the team should be expected to continue seeking defense assistance until they find it, despite the timeline of Reed and Ford.
