My full report on "Seahawks".
QB- Wilson, Jackson, Pryor, All played very well last night and each showed certain things they are good at. Wilson looked pretty much like he did last year and the concern with him is taking so many shots like he did last night. If the offense is going to be predicated on him scrambling around all year Wilson might not finish the season. Pryor was really impressive and showed some good decision making. He has some physical tools. If Wilson does go down the Seahawks should feel good about there back up quarterback situation at this juncture. OVERALL GRADE: A-
RB- Not much to really evaluate here as Lynch is "out of shape" and Turbin looked like Turbin which is nothing special. Christine Michael didn't have a whole lot of creases to hit but once again made a costly mistake in pass blocking. At this point Michael doesn't appear to be anything close to an every down back IMO. Obviously some more evaluating needs to be done here with more snaps. I'm far from impressed to this point. OVERALL GRADE: C
WR- Nothing great here but nothing horrible either. I was kind of waiting to see the so called "seahawk speedy receivers" go vertical in passing game but I was kind of let down. They didn't make any great plays but they didn't drop any balls either. This is a group that will have to make many big plays this year for deficiencies in other areas. OVERALL GRADE B-
OL- Clearly a serious issue moving forward for this team. The rookie Justin Britt got over powered and beat repeatedly. His foot work is too slow at this stage to play Tackle in the NFL. There are too many other guys that got beat here to mention them all. The Seahawks couldn't run the ball and Seahawk QB's were under constant pressure whether it was 1st quarter or 4th. Moving forward they will need to get guys healthy and build some cohesiveness. So in some ways I give the unit a pass due to guys hurt. Won't be hard to improve on this grade though. Peppers and Matthews will be licking there chops. OVERALL GRADE: F
D-Line- I have talked about this for last four months on this forum and it appears it has come to complete fruition. This should be the Seahawks biggest concern. The D-line showed no real quick twitch up front that you are used to seeing watching Seahawks in past pre-season or regular season games. Peyton Manning was eating "hot dogs" in the pocket and Brock Osweiler was too for the most part. This confirms earlier postings that they are in serious danger of not being able to disrupt with 4. I can only imagine what Aaron Rodgers will do with that kind of time and our "weapons of mass destruction". There run defense was horrible as well showing no real push. In fact they were pushed all over the field by the "Denver Broncos". Yes, the Denver Broncos and it could of been a lot worse. Denver's run game averaged 5 yards a carry and had several long runs called back on questionable holding calls. Once again I can only imagine what our Eddy Lacy will do with 1 on 1 match ups against Seahawk DB's. Unlike the offensive line, no pass here. OVERALL GRADE: D
LB- Once again a lot of injuries here and some of there starters probably wont be back for week 1. The guys that did play handled there own and played consistently. Nothing to flashy but solid play and sure tackling. They did a good job in Denver's short passing game and holding short receptions to short gains. OVERALL GRADE: B
DB's- Seattle's secondary remains in tact other then Kam Chancellor who is recovering from hip surgery. They played a very loose cover 3 and came up and made sure tackles on Denver receivers. This secondary thrives on QB being disrupted and QB making bad decisions and bad throws. To take away disruption from defensive line is like cutting off one of there hands. They become "glorified back stops". They will sit back there all day long and not give up the big play. OVERALL GRADE: B plus
Special Teams- The Seahawks showed and remained to be solid on special teams. The real question here is who is going to return punts for them. They have some time to figure that out. OVERALL GRADE: B
Overall: The Seahawks better get healthy fast to have any chance against us. Especially on the offensive line. Even with that happening they are still going to have a big issue at right tackle. The defensive line has gone from a major position of strength to "average" IMO. It's still early but all signs thus far have pointed to a major drop off here. The Seahawks don't have the same talent level across the board in the back half of there roster and it showed. They are still the Super Bowl champs and wont be an easy out for anyone but they looked very beatable. A so called finesse team Denver beat the Seahawks at there own game. I am only feeling better about our chance Sept. 4th. And for people that want to point to this game as just a pre-season game, this game had a little more of a feel then just a "pre-season game".
OVERALL GRADE: B-