The Seattle Seahawks made some adjustments to their huge receiver group, to place it mildly. DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett are gone, whereas Cooper Kupp, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, and rookies Tory Horton and Ricky White III are in. Jaxon Smith-Njigba is all however assured to be the No. 1 choice at receiver after being Seattle’s chief in targets and receptions final season, whereas Kupp is the presumptive No. 2 (or, at greatest, 1b).
Professional Soccer Focus ranked each receiving corps within the NFL, together with tight ends and operating backs. The Philadelphia Eagles took the highest spot with the duo of A.J. Brown and Devonta Smith, in addition to operating again Saquon Barkley and tight finish Dallas Goedert. As for the Seahawks? They’re a methods down the listing within the bottom-half of the league.
20. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
The Seahawks’ receiving corps will look a lot totally different in 2025 after they moved on from D.Okay. Metcalf (commerce) and Tyler Lockett (free company). Jaxson Smith-Njigba may very well be in for an enormous 2025 season (83.5 PFF receiving grade in 2024), and the workforce added veteran Cooper Kupp this offseason. Kenneth Walker III has additionally earned back-to-back single-season PFF receiving grades above 71.0. Throw in Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who appeared nice in Klint Kubiak’s system final season (each now in Seattle), and it’s an honest group for Sam Darnold to throw to.
As for the remainder of the NFC West, the San Francisco 49ers rank fifth however with the caveat that Christian McCaffrey and Brandon Aiyuk each had their respective 2024 seasons minimize brief by accidents. The Los Angeles Rams are eighth and led by Puka Nacua, whereas the Arizona Cardinals are 18th. In different phrases, the Seahawks are backside of the NFC West.
I do know I’ve dangled rage bait into the water hoping to get a chunk, however I don’t assume this can be a fully unreasonable rating. A little bit decrease than anticipated? Positive, however I’d say the hole between twentieth and sixteenth (Jacksonville Jaguars) will not be huge.
Huge receiver goes to be fascinating to observe due to the overhaul. Whereas JSN seems to be an rising famous person, actually everybody else on this squad is a query mark or rookie potential. Cooper Kupp can nonetheless produce however can he keep on the sphere? MVS just about does one factor and has a historical past of terrible drops. Jake Bobo is clearly headed for Canton so he doesn’t issue into the equation. Horton is a rookie coming off damage and White is hardly a lock to make the workforce as a seventh-rounder.
At tight finish, Noah Fant has been no higher than respectable in three seasons with the Seahawks, A.J. Barner has proven early promise as a move catcher, and Elijah Arroyo is promising however he’s a rookie. Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet are succesful receiving backs however not essentially environment friendly targets. On the plus facet, PFF likes the operating again rotation rather a lot.
Seattle’s protection tasks to be an excellent if not nice unit and its retained most of its starters from 2024. All the offense is in “show it” mode and it applies to the gamers and new assistant teaching workers. They might want to earn league-wide respect to make these rankings look foolish. I don’t assume it’s outrageous to have tempered ideas on Seattle’s offense till the upside (and there’s a number of it) is realized.
