Seahawks bring back guard J.R. Sweezy for third stint with team

J.R. Sweezy has not played since the 2020 season, but the former Seahawks draftee is going home. The Seahawks will give the veteran guard another chance, on per Field Yates of ESPN.com.

This will be Sweezy’s third Seattle stint. He arrived as a 2012 seventh-round pick and, after his Buccaneers free agent deal did not pan out, wound up back with his original team in 2018. The Seahawks let Sweezy walk in 2019, and he ended up starting two seasons with the Cardinals.

Sweezy, 33, caught on with the Saints in 2021 but did not make their 53-man roster. Despite Sweezy having missed two full seasons since 2016, the prior one because of injury, he has made 104 career starts. Sixty-four of those came with the Seahawks, who deployed him as a first-stringer during each of their Super Bowl campaigns.

Although Sweezy has been a regular starter everywhere he has been, this could be a depth addition. The Seahawks are fairly set at guard, employing 2021 trade acquisition Gabe Jackson and third-round pick Damien Lewis as starters. The team has some space for a swing backup, however.