The Seattle Seahawks look pretty strong in the standings, holding a two-game lead over the rest of the NFC West heading into Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season. As a whole their defense has been elite thus far, at least according to most advanced stats. Offensively, it's been a bit more hit and miss, especially at the line of scrimmage.
Let's see what we can learn by examining how everybody has performed so far, both individually and compared to the other 31 teams around the league. Here are the current Pro Football Focus grades and positional rankings for every player who's seen significant playing time so far.
Seahawks offensive PFF grades, rankings
QB Geno Smith: 83.9 - ranks 7th
RB Kenny McIntosh: 77.5 - ranks 11th
RB Ken Walker: 75.1 - ranks 13th
RB Zach Charbonnet: 64.4 - ranks 53rd
WR Tyler Lockett: 71.8 - ranks 27th
WR DK Metcalf: 70.0 - ranks 34th
WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba: 67.8 - ranks 45th
TE AJ Barner: 64.4 - ranks 20th
TE Noah Fant: 59.2 - ranks 36th
OT Charles Cross: 88.7 - ranks 1st
G Laken Tomlinson: 63.7 - ranks 37th
C Connor Williams: 61.8 - ranks 21st
G Anthony Bradford: 46.1 - ranks 66th
OT Stone Forsythe: 64.7 - ranks 37th
Seahawks defensive PFF grades, rankings
DL Leonard Williams: 80.0 - ranks 5th
DL Jarran Reed: 67.9 - ranks 23rd
DL Johnathan Hankins: 58.4 - ranks 65th
DL Byron Murphy II: 56.5 - ranks 72nd
OLB Boye Mafe: 75.6 - ranks 21st
OLB Derick Hall: 72.3 - ranks 27th
OLB Dre'Mont Jones: 56.0 - ranks 82nd
LB Tyrel Dodson: 70.0 - ranks 20th
LB Jerome Baker: 66.7 - ranks 29th
LB Tyrice Knight: 52.6 - ranks 60th
CB Riq Woolen: 80.8 - ranks 5th
CB Devon Witherspoon: 70.8 - ranks 27th
CB Tre Brown: 67.3 - ranks 37th
S Julian Love: 90.6 - ranks 1st
S Rayshawn Jenkins: 81.0 - ranks 10th
Seahawks specialist PFF grades, rankings
K Jason Myers: 82.1 field goals - ranks 5th
K Jason Myers: 15.2 kickoffs - ranks 37th
P Michael Dickson: 79.1 punts - ranks 6th
KR Laviksa Shenault: 57.6 kickoffs - ranks 49th
KR Dee Williams: 62.1 kickoffs - ranks 19th
PR Dee Williams: 47.9 punts - ranks 35th
Seahawks PFF grades and rankings by team
Overall grade: 87.5 - ranks 1st
Offense grade: 75.8 - ranks 8th
Passing grade: 79.0 - ranks 7th
Pass blocking: 53.2 - ranks 29th
Receiving: 71.1 - ranks 11th
Run grade: 81.4 - ranks 6th
Run blocking: 71.3 - ranks 9th
Defense grade: 82.5 - ranks 1st
Run defense: 67.0 - ranks 8th
Tackling grade: 61.6 - ranks 7th
Pass rush grade: 67.6 - ranks 14th
Coverage grade: 89.9 - ranks 1st
Special teams: 96.9 - ranks 2nd
What we learned
The biggest takeaway is that according to PFF this is the best team in the league right now, and if you can't be happy with that despite some clear flaws, we can't help you. Individually, it's wonderful to see left tackle Charles Cross finally breaking through in his third year - and to do it at such a high level is a pleasant surprise. It's a shame the rest of the offensive line is so far behind him right now.
On defense, free safety Julian Love deserves to be in the All-Pro conversation this year. It's also a little bit odd to see the team's pass rush grade so average when they're leading the league in pressures. Dre'Mont Jones is the biggest disappointment here, especially considering what they're paying him. Hopefully he can turn it around, but don't be surprised if he winds up a salary cap casualty next March, even if it comes at a high dead money cost.
It's difficult to evaluate the new kickoffs and Seattle's seeming struggles in the return game there, we'll have to give the league more time to settle on that one before we make any definitive judgments about what Dee Williams and Laviska Shenault are doing.
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