Seattle Seahawks Week 5 Takeaways vs. LA Rams
Chris Phillips
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Offensive Line
As previously stated, the Seattle Seahawks offensive line played well on the night as a whole. Starting left tackle, Duane Brown had a bad play that negated a Tyler Lockett touchdown. Outside of 12s, how many fantasy footballers are cussing out Brown? GM John Schneider has to be pretty pleased with his offseason offensive line acquisition of Gabe Jackson as the interior played well against Donald.
Secondary
I wrote about how dangerous the Los Angeles wide receiver duo Robert Woods and Cooper Kupp are in the opponent preview. Last week the Seattle Seahawks secondary played well against San Francisco. Leading fans to wonder if that play is legit or a mirage? TNF shows that it’s the latter.
Granted, safety Quandre Diggs made a great pick on Matthew Stafford’s throwaway. Outside of that single play, Stafford carved up the secondary. Stafford is the best opposing quarterback the Seahawks faced this year, and Seattle’s defensive backs can’t handle that type of QB play. The Seahawks’ secondary did limit Kupp but seemed to forget all about Woods. Woods had his best game of the year.
D.J. Reed started the game playing very well and breaking several plays. Then wasn’t heard from in the second half. Sidney Jones IV also wasn’t heard from in the entire game. This unit is a problem and one that doesn’t look like it may be fixed this year. If that’s the case defensive coordinator, Ken Norton Jr. will have his work cut out on calling a defensive game with a unit that can cover.
Control with two feet in. @qdiggs6 comes down with a huge red zone INT! #Seahawks
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