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The Significance of Seattle Signing Brandon Frye

You might be surprised to read that Brandon Frye is a former Field Gulls superstar. Well, not Courtney Taylor big, but Frye was quite lauded before the 2007 draft. He was listed as one of my top ten offensive linemen at the 2007 NFL Combine because of his combined bench, short shuttle and 32 ½" vertical at 301. That list looks pretty good right now. Joe Thomas and Justin Blalock are young stars. Tony Ugoh and Allen Barbre are starters. Doug Free is the Cowboys backup for Flozell Adams at left tackle. Of the remaining players, only James Marten is as low as practice squad. The other four are on their teams' 53 man roster*.

That now includes Frye. I first saw Frye at right tackle, but his height and stoutness had me thinking guard by April of 2007. He was featured on my Sleepers list** because:

Frye didn't blow anyone away at the combine, but there is a lot to like about his recent performance at Virginia Tech. Like a 705 pound squat, 34" vertical, a 4.31 shuttle and a 29/38 on the Wonderlic. Frye is projected to slip into the second day on many draft boards, because, in large part, questions about his technique. Perhaps time will prove me wrong, but while I think technique is undervalued for skill position players, I think it's overvalued for lineman. Frye seems like a bright guy, and his body is NFL ready. If things play out like many have predicted, some smart team is going to get a very good right tackle or guard in the second day.

Houston drafted him in the fifth round but Frye was later released. Miami signed him, and he was worked into their guard rotation at the end of 2008. Miami has cut him and the Seahawks have now signed Brandon Frye and cut Kyle Williams. Williams is headed to the practice squad. Frye is now much what he was then. He's a powerfully built, athletic and agile lineman that creates huge explosion off the line and can move well in space. He gives Seattle another Mansfield Wrotto - another high upside guard that needs a lot of work on his technique. The Seahawks zone blocking scheme, with its emphasis on agility, open field blocking and quick decision making, should bring out the best in Frye.

I can't help it. I am excited. This is sort of homecoming. I hope Frye sticks and becomes somebody as a Seahawk. In this post-Brian Russell era, it's nice to be reminded that Field Gulls spends about 90% of its resources championing young players and only about 5% ripping veterans. The other 5%? Profantiy, pretention and carousing.

*I'll have to dust that formula off prior to the 2010 NFL Combine.

**That Adrian Peterson sure sucks, eh?

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Your 2007 Peterson comments may turn out to be right.

He sure doesn’t suck, but you never said he would. You said he’d be injury-prone and he may still be.

If AP goes Tom Brady on us and misses the entire year then goes Marcus Tubbs and can never find his way back on the field, is he then a bust? Or worth that seventh overall pick in ’07?

by torx on Sep 7, 2009 2:20 PM PDT reply actions  

Bust.

The injury concerns were known.

by John Morgan on Sep 7, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Brandon Frye is really another Floyd Womack to us

Frye is versatile and if any of our gaurds or tackles go down, I could see him step in and do his thing. I liked the signing of Frye but I’m sad to see Kyle Williams get cut. He looked pretty good in the pre-season.

by Seahawksfan23 on Sep 7, 2009 2:22 PM PDT reply actions  

Yeah Kyle Williams is Practice Squad Eligible

But I really would have liked him on the 53 man roster. There’s something about him I like. Maybe it’s because he went to USC. haha

by Seahawksfan23 on Sep 7, 2009 2:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

I daresay that Frye chap sounds like a delightful pickup.

Now, if you’ll excuse me I believe it’s time to get shitfaced by a fine alcoholic beverage.

by BrianL on Sep 7, 2009 2:23 PM PDT reply actions  

I like the roster moves a lot better this year than last year

which makes me, probably, more encouraged about the state of things than I ought to be. Here’s hoping we don’t get more panic moves after the first game — that’s when I started to think the ship was going down . . .

by The Ancient Mariner on Sep 7, 2009 2:57 PM PDT reply actions  

Heh

So the significance of signing Frye is that it corroborates Morgan’s prescience?

Works for me. Keep up the good work!

by Mr Fish on Sep 7, 2009 3:00 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm excited to be going to a full 10% of profantiy, pretention and carousing.

I know that offensive line systems can make or break players but it’s hard to imagine that a player could start for a team one year and be cut without any real drop off in skills. Miami’s loss.

by Nate Dogg on Sep 7, 2009 3:51 PM PDT reply actions  

Uh...
[I]t’s hard to imagine that a player could start for a team one year and be cut without any real drop off in skills.

Duckett?

by thebyron on Sep 7, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Who would?

I mean come on. I lost faith in Courtney for a while now. He had his chance to shine and all he did was drop a bunch of passes and at times looked confused. It’s time for the insurance bussiness for him.

by Seahawksfan23 on Sep 7, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

We lost faith in him, but....

We have a pretty damn deep group of WR’s. We’re pretty talented at the position. I could think of several teams who’s talent at WR is worse than ours.

While he’s just barely not good enough to be a Seahawk, he could just barely BE good enough to be a Titan, etc

by StonerHawks on Sep 7, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why would they?

The guy may have looked good in college, but he’s done nothing in 3 years in the NFL, not even in pre-season. He was a 7th round pick, so the other teams apparently weren’t that impressed with his college career either.

He’s done.

by lordtd on Sep 7, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Why did Miami cut Frye?

I get that this is the sort of low-cost, high upside signing that can make Ruskell seem inspired at times. So the question is why did Miami cut ties? Is there an injury we should be concerned about?

"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin

by dcrockett17 on Sep 7, 2009 6:23 PM PDT reply actions  

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