RENTON – All through Seahawks training camp, Oday Aboushi and Mark Glowinski battled for the starting-right-guard spot.

Glowinski emerged victorious and started Seattle’s first two games. But in those two games, the line allowed six sacks and 17 quarterback hits, and the offense struggled.

Not all of that was on Glowinski. The Seahawks (1-2) were adjusting to the loss of left tackle George Fant, who suffered a season-ending knee injury during the preseason.

Still, coach Pete Carroll switched things up for Sunday’s game at Tennessee, giving Aboushi the start at right guard to see what he could do.

The Seahawks lost Sunday, but the offensive-line performance was encouraging enough that Carroll said Wednesday that Aboushi will start again when the Seahawks host the Indianapolis Colts (1-2) on Sunday night.

The Titans sacked Russell Wilson once and hit him 10 times, but that was an improvement over the first two games.

Aboushi “did a very nice job in pass protection, covered up his guys,” Carroll said. “He had one or two rushes that he would want to have back, but just did a really consistent job.”

However, the biggest difference between Aboushi and Glowinski’s play was communication.

“He brought a communication level that helped (right tackle) Germain Ifedi,” Carroll said of Aboushi. “I thought they worked together really well. He’s been around four to five years now, in the league, and you can tell. The communication across the right side was really sharp, and it just seemed to make us better.”

Ifedi, the Seahawks’ first-round draft pick in 2016, played guard for Seattle last year but has moved to right tackle. So having a five-year, 27-game veteran such as Aboushi next to him has been helpful, he said.

“Oday has had a really cool impact on me since he got here,” Ifedi said. “He’s a veteran voice, and he always keeps it real with me. He tells me when I can be better and more effective. He really gets it, he sees a lot of it and he allows me to play really free over there.”

Aboushi signed a one-year deal with the Seahawks in March. He spent his first five seasons with the Jets and Texans, making 18 starts during that span at right or left guard.

Still, coach Pete Carroll switched things up for Sunday’s game at Tennessee, giving Aboushi the start at right guard to see what he could do.