Seahawks add veteran tackle Bobby Hart, waive WR Levi Wentz in roster move

The Seattle Seahawks signed veteran offensive tackle Bobby Hart and added him to the team’s 90-man roster, the team announced Monday. The transaction also came with a corresponding roster move, as the Seahawks waived wide receiver Levi Wentz. The move indicates a straightforward priority for Seattle right now: build depth and competition along the offensive line during the offseason.

Hart, 31, is known primarily for his work at tackle, a position that matters early in the development and evaluation cycle because it shapes pass-protection matchups and the offense’s run-blocking angles. Seattle’s decision to add an experienced blocker suggests the Seahawks want a reliable body in the mix for team drills and position work, not just a developmental project.

The Seahawks’ announcement framed the signing as an offensive line depth addition. Separate reporting also described Hart as a veteran with starting experience, underscoring why teams often turn to this type of move when they want additional know-how on the field during voluntary and mandatory practice periods.

For Seattle, the timing places the signing squarely in the middle of spring roster management. With the league’s offseason calendar approaching mandatory minicamp and the broader transition from offseason programs into sharper team evaluations, adding a tackle with professional experience can help the coaching staff create clearer comparisons between incumbent linemen and any younger options.

Wentz’s waiver is the other half of the roster decision. As a wide receiver, Wentz’s status becomes the practical answer to what Seattle is choosing to emphasize elsewhere on the roster. Waiving a receiver to make room for a veteran offensive tackle is a reminder that the Seahawks’ internal depth chart priorities are shifting toward building stability on the line, even as wide receiver groups continue to develop.

Around the NFL, these kinds of offseason additions rarely end the competition on the offensive front. Instead, they tend to raise the floor for the unit during practice, create more meaningful repetitions for starters and second-team players, and give coaches extra flexibility for how they evaluate combinations of linemen and pass-protection schemes.

The immediate question for Seahawks fans is how Hart fits into Seattle’s tackle rotation during offseason workouts, and whether the signing changes the pace of evaluation for other linemen competing for reps. Meanwhile, Wentz’s next destination will indicate how other teams view his potential role on their own depth charts.

Hart’s signing is now on the record with the Seahawks’ official announcement, but the long-term impact will depend on what happens when the team’s lineup finally takes shape. Until then, the move is best understood as an offseason depth and competition measure: adding experience to the tackle position while clearing space elsewhere on the roster.