Seattle Seahawks Training Camp Battles to Watch
Wide Receiver
D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett give the Seattle Seahawks one of the top receiving duos in the league, but it gets thin after that. Freddie Swain was the number three receiver last season and has good athleticism, but most of his production came from defenses forgetting he exists.
Russell Wilson finds a wide open Freddie Swain downfield for a Seahawks touchdown! #Seahawks pic.twitter.com/XgG59IiGql
— Pro Football Culture (@proftblculture) January 9, 2022
Seattle’s 2021 2nd-round pick, Dee Eskridge, missed a large portion of the early season with a concussion, but even after returning in Week 9, he failed to impress.
Seventh round pick Bo Melton is better than his college numbers show. In four years at Rutgers, he played with seven different starting quarterbacks so finding a rythem was challenging. Melton has blazing speed and even if he doesn’t play much receiver this year he will contribute on special teams.
Marquise Goodwin looked okay with Chicago last season and might be able to carve out a career as a safety blanket.
The Seahawks’ other 2022 seventh rounder, Dareke Young, is an impressive physical specimen, but there are questions as to whether or not he’s too raw to make an NFL roster at this time.
Penny Hart is also in the mix.
The Seattle Seahawks’ training battles at receiver will be interesting to watch because if either of the top two guys goes down, they’ll be in trouble. Expect to see a number of two tight-end sets from Seattle now that they have Noah Fant and Will Dissly. This will limit how often they have to play their third receiver.
Dareke Young considered a sleeper in this draft with his physical size, speed and dual-threat ability (WR and experience at RB).
— Mikaela Mattes (@mikaelamattes) April 30, 2022
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