Seattle Seahawks: Breaking Down Individual Performances from Game 6 win vs. Arizona
Jer'rel Coleman
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1. Geno Smith had 2 scoring throws and a 113 QB Rating (he ranks 11th in the league so far in this category) but showed much room for improvement, as he should’ve been intercepted by Kyzir White. Fox had a graphic showing Geno is third in the league in completion percentage and sixth in yards/attempt without pressure.
He started the game 7 of 7 for 83 yards and was under little pressure. Late in the third, he was pressured and threw a terrible INT in the red zone to a player making his NFL debut, then fumbled a snap for his second turnover.
2. Rookie center Olu Oluwatimi’s development continued. He blocked one defensive lineman, then picked up a blitzing linebacker on the same play to help Walker pick up 5 yards on first.
3. Arizona was dead last in pressure percentage coming in but got to Geno twice and intercepted him. They also had the fourth-worst rushing total against coming in, but Walker ran below his career yards per carry average (although he was still solid, going over 100 on the ground at 4 ypc).
Let’s hope the Seahawks’ offensive line gets healthier quickly after seeing a sloppy, herky-jerky offense that belies the potential of Seattle’s deep arsenal of varied and dynamic playmakers.
4 Tyler Lockett made a handful of clutch catches, at least two of which came on third down. 12s should appreciate how special a player he is while he’s still tapping his toes in Lumen Field.
Arizona had an interior offensive line combo sporting flags of Mexico (Hernandez), Denmark (Froholdt), and Puerto Rico (Colon). Pretty cool.
5. Jamal Adams was flying around and made a few nice tackles for minimal gains on the opening drive. He did miss a tackle of a scrambling Dobbs, but that is nothing to be devastated about.
The cameras showed “The Prez” wrapping his knee in ice on the sideline, but he may have caused a few ball carriers to have to do the same after the game, collecting 6 tackles (5 solo).
6. The Seahawks’ defense looked confident and ferocious, only giving up 25 yards (compared to Seattle’s 121) in the opening quarter. Their secondary locked down the airways all game (under 150 yards passing against and 8 different Seahawks with a pass deflection).
Arizona didn’t even have one possession that went for longer than 26 net yards. This is an exciting young defense with tons of potential in their development.
7. Did anybody recognize former Seahawks safety Joey Blount out there causing a forced fumble on kickoff? He was on the squad mere months ago but is on the ground floor of a rebuild. I’m sure if he and L.J. Collier had both been out there, they’d look to get as much revenge as they could exact wearing Cardinal colors.
8. Without Nwosu, this Sunday is the Seattle Seahawks chance to rotate Derrick Hall, the newly re-signed Frank Clark, and maybe even (practice squad elevation) Levi Bell across from the rotation of Mafe and Taylor to see what you’ve got. Worst case, Seattle Seahawks GM John Schneider will get a small window to consider trading for reinforcements before Tuesday’s trade deadline.
Next week the Seattle Seahawks host Cleveland at Lumen Field.