Seattle Seahawks: Reasons for optimism in 2022
A couple of secondary pieces for the new legion boom
Coby Bryant and Tariq Woolen are a couple of rookie cornerbacks who the Seattle Seahawkwant to team up with last season’s rookie revelation Tre Brown as the start of a new dominant defense. Both of these players need some work to be NFL-ready.
While not on that level yet, they both have many of the necessary tools to be highly successful at the NFL level. Bryant and Woolen will open the season as the second-string corners. Sidney Jones IV and Artie Burns are the starting cornerbacks as Brown works his way back from a knee injury.
Seahawks CB situation to open 2022:
Sidney Jones
Coby Bryant – Rd 4 rookie
Artie Burns
Tariq Woolen – Rd 5 rookie
John Reid
Michael Jackson— Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) August 30, 2022
The Pacific Northwest Mafe
The Buffalo Bills’ fan base is known as the “Bills Mafia.” The Seattle Seahawks fan base is called the “12’s”. However, they might be getting a new nickname. The Seattle Mafe (I will do whatever it takes to get this nickname to stick). Ok, maybe all of the Seahawks fans won’t be called it, but there should be at least a Mafe Section at Lumen Field.
Mafe is another rookie who with great potential. He is a bit of a project regarding his projected all-around game at the NFL level. However, he should be able to come in be a situational rusher to start the season. And if Nwosu doesn’t pan out, then Mafe can earn more snaps.
The future bell-cow running back
Kenneth Walker, out of Michigan State, was met with a lot of frustration and confusion by fans when the Seattle Seahawks drafted him in the second round. Sort of similar to Eskridge, many 12s felt the team should have drafted a QB, another offensive lineman, a cornerback, or just about any other position. Because at the time, Seattle had Chris Carson and Rashaad Penny.
Well, this selection by GM John Schneider shows that he knew more about what was going on with the team than any fan or reporter did. Carson has retired from football due to a neck injury. A very good and smart decision.
It also means Walker now projects backup to Penny. That is, whenever he returns from his hernia injury. Walker is a bit similar to Penny in that neither really offers anything as a receiving back. Then again, Walker doesn’t have an NFL injury history like Penny either.
Pete Carroll says there's no timetable for RB Kenneth Walker III's return from a procedure that was, or wasn't, a hernia procedure. https://t.co/tp3i5oV7gL
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) August 22, 2022
The glass is always half full
So there you have it, the reasons for optimism for the upcoming 2022 NFL season. How many of these players will contribute to wins? The betting odds have the Seattle Seahawks winning just five games this season. Head coach Pete Carroll has never won less than six during his Seattle tenure.
The Seahawks open the 2022 season at home against Denver and their former quarterback. You can bet Lumen Field will be rocking from the opening kick. Also, most of this defense knows Russell. So, if you’re a betting person, it’d be a good idea to take Seattle in Week 1 with the upset. Let’s not let Russ ride.
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