The Seattle Seahawks picked up a much-needed win against Arizona. We look more closely at key individual performances from the 20-10 victory.
The 6-Player Spotlight
Two points each for these half dozen Seattle Seahawks ballers who showed out for the 12s.
1. Wide Receiver Jake Bobo earned the highest grade of any Seattle Seahawks player from Pro Football Focus this week, with an elite 88.5. Bobo made a big third down catch down the sideline, a beautiful toe-tapping TD in the corner of the end zone.
The rookie also broke tackles for another third down conversion. He is a tough receiver and run blocker with a bright future in this league.
2. Kenneth Walker was tearing up yards on the ground in the first quarter before slowing down a bit in the second. It wasn’t all sunshine. K-9 dropped a swing pass and was stuffed at the goal line twice in a row in the third quarter.
Later, the Seattle Seahawks super soph broke a 9-yard run and absolutely TRUCKED Starling Thomas. He busted some plays in the 4th to bounce back and go over 100 rushing yards and steamrolled Marco Wilson for good measure.
3. Stone Forsythe earned a higher grade from Pro Football Focus than any Seattle Seahawks offensive lineman not named Charles Cross (and he may have been better than Cross. Forsythe had some nice run blocks starting in place of starting right tackle Abe Lucas. Despite mostly playing on the left this year, he helped the offense move more fluidly.
4. It was another good showing from inside linebacker Jordyn Brooks. He made a statement with his hits and closing speed in a near-dominant and demonstrative attacking performance.
Brooks looked like a young Bobby Wagner out there, leading the defense with 9 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, including 0.5 sacks, and 1 pass deflection. It may be more accurate to say he looked like a young K.J. Wright from the will linebacker position, entering “Flow State,” as the Seattle Seahawks legend himself put it.
5. Boye Mafe‘s coming out party continued. The second-year Seattle Seahawks edge rusher from Minnesota flew in to make a nice run stop for minimal gain to force a third down, had a QB pressure, and a sack when he beat Paris Johnson. It was his fourth straight game with a sack.
He made a huge misstep with his questionable swat to Josh Dobbs’ head that negated Devon Witherspoon’s interception (which was a total bummer). He could’ve added another sack before the half, but he jumped to swat a pass instead of making a run at the quarterback.
6. Nose Tackle Jarran Reed had pressure on the QB on a third down stop of Arizona but couldn’t stay upright. He and Dre’Mont Jones later combined on a nice run stuff. Reed also made a big sack on fourth down of the Cardinals’ final drive.
