BREAKING: Seattle Seahawks Sign Connor Williams | Seahawks News, Reaction & Analysis

[Music] the news you all have been waiting for Connor Williams is officially a member of the Seattle Seahawks as he has signed a one-year $6 million contract with3 million guaranteed welcome in to this breaking news edition of Seattle Seahawks today powered by Chad Sports Tyler Jones here with you with a full full reaction to this news of the latest signing by John Schneider and Mike McDonald we've been teasing it for the last week plus of Conor Williams coming to Seattle he had the visit uh within the last week or so passed his physical and then we were just stuck waiting is he coming to Seattle or not took a visit with the Baltimore Ravens this week and that looked interesting but it seemed more like that was just a negotiating tactic if you will now here we are and Conor Williams is headed to Seattle as reported by Adam Scher of ESPN tweeting out the following moments ago former dolphins and cowboy Center Conor Williams has reached an agreement on a one-year deal worth up to $6 million with 3 million guaranteed with the Seattle Seahawks the deal was negotiated and confirmed by Drew rosenhouse and Ryan Matha that's the news it is official folks this is why you subscribe to Seahawks today when this news broke me and the team we got our resources together as quick as we could to bring you a video here on the channel we're live as well with reaction to this news and it's the first of three times we're live this week folks going to be live again on Wednesday going to be live again for the watch party on Saturday for the first preseason game if you are a Die Hard Seahawk fan this is the channel for you you ain't alive you ain't subscribed sub it up folks youtube.com/ Seahawks TV for daily seat Hawks coverage you won't find anywhere else my takeaway from this this is a big win huge Begley for the Seattle Seahawks and now we can sit here and breathe a sigh of relief about this offensive line because this was such a huge concern for this SE clar's team entering 2024 you had question marks at The Tackle Spot is Charles cross going to finally develop can he stay healthy and look like the former top 10 pick is Abraham Lucas going to figure the knee out what about the interior how good is L and Tomlinson are you going to go with Bradford or Haynes how are they going to look do you trust Olu to get the job done and now you bring in one of the very best players at his position all right the Nerds at pro football Focus graded Conor Williams with an 86.5 overall grade making him the highest graded interior offensive lineman last year in the entire National Football League folks began his career as a second round pick out of the University of Texas previously playing with the Dallas Cowboys and the Miami Dolphins and then the numbers we mentioned the 86.5 grade well then this past season if you take it even a step further I know he had some injuries in uh including a turn ACL week 14 but in about 500 snaps he still managed to have just one sack allowed only allowed one hit on the quarterback four hurries and seven penalties and my guy will Scott is going to tell me Tyler he struggles with snapping the football I've already gotten texts from will Scott former Dolphins today host telling me this and I got to tell you the Pro Football Focus grades say that's not an issue everything else seems to be that that is fine with Conor Williams if snapping was a real issue like the fake news people like will Scott want to say it is he wouldn't be playing Center he'd be playing guard he wants to play center he's earned the right to play center and he will be the Seahawk starting center in 2024 and it's a great signing and it's a discount too a player of this quality for only $6 million I love it folks what what is your one-word reaction to the sing side and Conor Williams I'll give you my one-word reaction in a moment but what I hear from you guys first way in the comment section let us know what you think what is your one word reaction to the Seahawks bringing Williams in my one word is Overjoyed with this news this is a big effing deal folks that the Seahawks bring in a player this light in the ball game we got a preseason game on Saturday folks and you just signed one of the best interior offenses lineman and addressed your biggest flaw entering 2024 cuz you already took care of the run defense with what you did bringing in Byron Murphy with getting a new deal for Leonard Williams adding Jonathan henkins and all that that's addressed you're looking pretty dang good when it comes to the defensive line and the run defense but the offensive line oh brother this was full on panic mode if we're going to be honest with you of where this offensive line was at just a couple days ago we don't know when Abe's coming back hopefully sooner than later but is that knee issue going to be chronic who knows how well is Christian Haynes going to put it together I don't know he's a third round rookie Anthony Bradford jury still kind of out on from what we saw last year L and Tomlinson wasn't great last year with the Jets if we're going to be honest with you sure he was a pro bowler a couple years ago but I don't know and then there's Charles cross who hasn't even come close to looking like the top 10 pick that he was supposed to be a couple years ago and now everything just feels okay this is a moment where I turn to my brother next to me I'm going to pretend I have somebody next to me here and I just grabbed their neck and say it's going to be okay it's G to be okay that's what we're looking at with this Seahawks team now they've been trying to find the best combo at left Garden Center well Conor Williams is going to help you find that best combo now he's coming off the ACL urry but his agent Drew rosenhouse says hey he's ready for training camp he's ready to play week one the original talk with Conor Williams was that he would be a guy that you sign now and stash him away and come back midseason and be kind of like a a a player you traded for at the trade deadline except you're not giving up anything that's not the case now now you got a guy who says he's ready to go looking to play center not looking to play the offensive guard spot there's some possibilities for Olu doesn't mean he's going away by any means when he was drafted out of Michigan the talk was that he could play center or guard either one so he's still got a place on this team and then did I mention you got him cheap you got him cheap folks who would have thought 6 million for a player of this quality for one of the very best the NFL at his position and I always coming off the ACL but six million is a steal and some of y'all have been in my comment section the last couple of weeks and this is where I get the chance to say I was right CU I called this a long time ago folks and some of you sat here and didn't believe me and said oh they don't have the money they can't make it happen I said watch out they do I know they have limited cap space but they can do this sure enough they got him and they got him cheap they even got him cheaper than I thought they were going to get him for so Jo was right suck it to all the haters and the losers I told you it was going to happen it did happen Today's Show sponsored by game time game time is an authorized ticket Marketplace of Major League Baseball which makes getting tickets faster and easier prices on the game time app actually go down the closer gets to first pitch with last minute deals all in prices views from your seat their lowest price guarantee game time takes the guesswork out of buying MLB tickets save up to 60% off buying last minute for sports concerts comedy shows theater production and more maybe you want to go to a seah orks preseason game maybe you want to go to a Mariner game whatever it may be choose the event you want to go to they got the prices listed then you choose your seat see if you like that seat or not get the visual and then you're checking out 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got him locked up which was a big deal uh to take care of Julian love and get him in C battle for the long term you took care of that right that was a big deal and his agent is Drew rosenhouse Mike McDonald or uh Conor Williams rather his agent is Drew rosenal I think there was some coordination here to kind of pave the way for this to happen very fascinating to say the least Mike McDonald said this recently on Conor Williams let's get to it Conor was here they had a great VIs is it I think he's a great player but again there's a process with these things people being free agents coming off injuries things like that the timetable a little bit up in the air right now but we'll see where it goes and where does he fit in he's got positional flex but last year he did a great job playing Center so I think that's where you'd find him if he was here to kind of wrap this all up to put a bow on this show folks this changes the entire season for the Seahawks now now you go into 2024 and there's not a CL ing weakness all of a sudden the offensive line much improved the defensive line much improved the coverage linebackers much improved the secondary much improved you got really good receivers really good running backs you got Gino coming off back-to-back Pro Bowl campaigns now the SE the Seahawks are a serious football team they are a legit serious football team entering 2024 folks you gotta like that how would you grade the signing of Conor Williams I'll give you my grade here in just a second want to hear what you guys think a b c d or F I'll give you my grade here in just a second but want to hear from you first weigh in let us know my grade it's an A+ because of course it is you got a top level interior offensive lineman you filled a position of need and you got them on a cheap contract if you don't like it I mean I feel bad for your spouse because you must be hard to please I mean that's what it comes down to I mean this was a great deal no matter how you slice it A+ 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