The Seattle Seahawks lost again last night, taking their third straight L of the season and their sixth straight against the division rival San Francisco 49ers. There weren't a whole lot of silver linings from the loss, but at least a handful of players did stand out in a positive way. Let's see what we can learn from their Pro Football Focus grades for Week 6.
Here are a few takeaways from this week's PFF grades for the Seahawks.
LT Charles Cross tops Seahawks offense
The highest-graded player for Seattle's offensive unit this week was starting left tackle Charles Cross, who continues to have a breakout third season. Cross came in at 82.7 overall, with an 82.2 grade in pass blocking and a 79.0 in run blocking. For the year PFF's grades have Cross ranked as the fifth-best offensive tackle in the league. Nobody else on offense posted a grade of 70.0 or better, though. Tight end Noah Fant (69.3) came in second place, followed by wide receiver DK Metcalf (three catches on 11 targets) for some reason at 68.2.
At the bottom of the team's grades on offense was rookie right guard Christian Haynes, who only played eight snaps but posted a 43.3 overall grade. Among Seattle's offensive starters the lowest grade of course went to right tackle Stone Forsythe, who had a 53.3 overall grade, including 49.9 in pass blocking and 54.3 in run blocking.
CB Devon Witherspoon leads Seahawks defense
Technically, defensive back Coby Bryant earned a better grade than Witherspoon (82.9 overall), but he was only out there for eight snaps as well, so the gold medal goes to Spoon this week on defense. Witherspoon earned a 76.7 overall grade against the 49ers. His rating was boosted mostly by a high mark in coverage at 76.2. He also earned a solid 73.0 grade in tackling. Spoon finished the game with five tackles.
Most of Seattle's defense performed pretty atrociously, though. Nine different players finished with an overall grade lower than 50.0. That includes Julian Love, Tre Brown, Boye Mafe, Cameron Young, Johnathan Hankins, K'Von Wallace, Dre'Mont Jones, Rayshawn Jenkins and rookie cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett (27.8 overall) at the bottom.
Special teams leader is *checks notes* Dee Williams
As for the third phase of the game, PFF came in with a real doozy of a take. Despite having an awful game, undrafted rookie return specialist Dee Williams posted the highest grade for the Seahawks on special teams at 90.8 overall. We're honestly wondering if PFF got Williams confused with Laviska Shenault Jr., who scored a touchdown on a 97- yard kickoff return. In any case, this is probably the last time we'll draw attention to whatever PFF is doing on special teams. On to Atlanta.
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