After a pair of road games, the Seahawks wrap up preseason play at Lumen Field Saturday night with a game against the Cleveland Browns, and fans will get a look at starters on both sides of the ball, Mike Macdonald announced on Thursday.

"The plan is you'll see a lot of starters to start the game," Macdonald said. "How many reps and all that it kind of on a per person type basis. But the plan is to see a good amount of the guys. We got a couple nicks and bruises here. We'll hold some guys out so there's some guys you might not see that you might expect. For the most part, most of the starters will start the game. Geno (Smith) included."

More on that, and other things to watch when the Seahawks host the Browns at Lumen Field:

1. How do the starters look in their final tune-up, especially on offense?

Seattle's starting defense has played all of two series this preseason, forcing a pair of quick three-and-outs against the Chargers two weeks ago, while the starting offense has not played at all aside from a few young players battling for starting jobs on the offensive line. That will change Saturday, Macdonald said, with most of the healthy starters expected to get at least some playing time. While it's very possible the front-line players see only limited time, it will be informative to see what they're able to get done while on the field.

This will be the first public look at Geno Smith and the offense in offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb's new scheme, though they'll no doubt keep things relatively vanilla, and for the defense it's a chance to show their continued growth after that unit, as Macdonald put it, took a step back in last week's game, though without the starters on the field.

"Offense, we just hadn't had a chance to get everybody out there and operate, especially at our home field," Macdonald said. "Go through all those things and there's something to putting the pads on and actually going out and moving the ball before we do it for real. Defensively, we only got six snaps in the first game so (this is) an opportunity to go out there and put some more good film on tape and have some confidence going into the first game."

2. Does Anthony Bradford or Christian Haynes make a strong final statement in the right guard competition?

Most of the starting spots are settled at this point, but one that needs to be settled "quickly," as Macdonald put it, is the competition at right guard between Anthony Bradford, who started 10 games as a rookie last year, and Christian Haynes, a third-round pick in this year's draft.

Bradford got most of the work with the first-team offense for most of camp, but beginning last week, Haynes has started to work in with the No. 1 offense more and more. Haynes has also gotten time at left guard when usual starter Laken Tomlinson has gotten some veteran rest days, and Haynes also started last week's game there with most of the starting lineup not on the field.

The competition is on between those two, but it also remains cordial even as they battle it out for a coveted starting spot.

"People on the outside looking in, they might think, 'He don't like him,' but it's a job; everybody's cool, everybody's trying to feed their family," Bradford said. "It's no hard feelings, it's not like he did something to me or I did something to him. We're cool.

"He's a good player, for sure. Being a rookie coming in, he's been so calm, willing to take criticism from the older cats, really just being coachable. He's a good player, I like him a lot. That's my boy."

3. Does anyone make or break their roster hopes on special teams?

When it comes to building a 53-man roster, some of the final spots aren't won because of what a player does on offense or defense, but because of how he plays on special teams. For example, being the fifth or sixth-best receiver on a team might not win you a spot on the roster if the seventh-best receiver is also a special teams standout who can cover kicks and punts, block on returns or even bring value as a returner himself.

With that in mind, when it comes to settling any final battles for roster spots, the real moments of truth for those players very well will come on special teams and not on offense or defense, especially because kickoffs and punts are harder to replicate in practice settings and can only be fully evaluated in these three preseason games. And with that truth can come something of a conflicting mindset for players. On one hand, this last game is a huge opportunity, but on the other hand, if player hasn't already put enough good things on tape and is counting on a big preseason finale to help his chances, he may end up overtrying and making mistakes.

"I think it's, both things are true," special teams coordinator Jay Harbaugh. "Every opportunity matters. The last game matters, the first game matters, and every practice does too. The games probably matter more, but at this juncture, you have a pretty good sense of how people are going to play. Both things are true, every game is important, and this one matters because it's the one that's right in front of us. But there's a cumulative body of work that guys are going to be judged by, and this is just the very next one which makes it the biggest one. They're kind of competing ideas, but the guys who think about it the other way, like, 'Oh, it's time to turn it on,' they're in trouble."

Macdonald too is eager to see what unfolds on special teams as players fight for spots on the roster.

"There's a lot of depth questions to be had special teams wise in the defensive backfield, so it may not be that exciting for you guys, but for us as coaches it's an opportunity to go out there and earn yourself a job in this league whether it be with us or another team," Macdonald said. "We'll talk about it with the guys over the next couple days but there is so many examples of people earning a spot in this third preseason game. Everybody's on their own timeline to earn themselves an opportunity to play professional football, which is an awesome blessing so I'm excited. It's not easy to have this opportunity to make your dreams come true so it's going to be a fun night."

4. Are the final receiver spots settled, and if not, who can make a strong final statement?

The Seahawks like their depth at a number of positions, but one of the deepest might be receiver, which features not only an elite trio in DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, but also a lot of talent and depth behind those three. Jake Bobo, a breakout star at this time last year as an undrafted rookie, seems assured of a spot on the team, but after that there are a ton of good players fighting for what is likely just one or two spots on the 53-man roster, a group that includes Laviska Shenault Jr., who has also been the top kick returner in the preseason, Dareke Young, Easop Winston Jr., Dee Eskridge and Cody White. Of that group, Winston, a WSU product who spent last season on the practice squad, has arguably been the most productive in camp and the preseason, but there's more at play than just what happens on offense.

As mentioned above, when it comes to the final roster spots at each position, special teams play is critical, and while that would seem to favor the likes of Shenault and Young, Winston has gotten some work on returns and coverage teams and, combined with his standout play in camp and the preseason, could very well still be in the running for a spot on the team. Eskridge, meanwhile, will be looking to make a good impression after missing last week's game with an injury.

5. How is the linebacker depth, which just added rookie Michael Barrett, looking heading into the season?

With Jerome Baker missing time with a hamstring injury, and with Jon Rhattigan missing time in recent weeks, the Seahawks have had their inside linebacker depth tested in camp. They addressed that on Thursday acquiring rookie Michael Barrett, a seventh-round pick out of Michigan, in a trade with the Panthers. Macdonald said Thursday he didn't know yet if Barrett will play Saturday, but whether or not he does, this game will be a final shot for the likes of rookie Tyrice Knight, who has been starting in place of Baker at weakside linebacker, Rhattigan and Patrick O'Connell to demonstrate what the Seahawks have at that spot behind presumed starters Tyrel Dodson and Baker.