The Seattle Seahawks added some competition to the offensive line this season through free agency and the NFL draft. Coach Pete Carroll joined 710 ESPN Seattle’s Brock and Salk show Thursday and discussed the new look of the line.

“We just have all kinds of flexibility,” Carroll said. “When you get down to a seven or eight guy rotation on the roster for game day we need flexibility.”

The Seahawks are starting Phase Two of the offseason program and for now, Luke Joeckel is practicing at left guard and left tackle, Rees Odhiambo at left guard and left tackle, and George Fant at left tackle.

“Luke (Joeckel) is kind of the focal point right now,” Carroll explained. “This guy has all the talent in the world. Luke is playing left tackle and left guard for us. Knowing that he can start for us in both places and that he is going to be an improvement for us in both places.”

Justin Britt is expected to serve as the team’s starting center after a successful transition last year. That leaves Germain Ifedi, Oday Aboushi, Mark Glowinski and second round draft pick Ethan Pocic to compete for spots on the right side.

Ifedi is working out at right tackle and expected to start this season, so it looks like the primary competition will come down to Aboushi and Glowinski for the starting right guard position.

“Aboushi has been very flexible, we will see him at right guard to start out with and we will see how that fits together with Glow,” Carroll said. “So that competition is on.”

But don’t count out Pocic to challenge the veterans on the right side of the line.

“The guy who has the most flexibility in his background is Pocic, we are going to start him on the right side and see how that works out, knowing that we might move him around,” Carroll said. “He’s played guard and tackle and (has) had a lot of time at center.”

A lot will change between now and the start of the season, including the Seahawks depth chart. Rookie minicamp is slated to begin next Friday, May 12.