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Seattle opened the second half with the ball. They had most of their starting offense in the game, except with Webb replacing Sowell at LT. Webb wasn't tested much, but looked good when he played.
The Dallas defense kicked off the 2nd half with only 2 starters remaining in the game, DE Jack Crawford and LB Anthony Hitchens.
On the very first play, C-Mike ripped a 20 yard run around the right tackle. As much as I'd like to give Seattle credit, this was just epicly bad defense by Dallas, with the DE crashing into the tackle-guard gap and the linebackers forgetting to fill the vacated outside area. Jermaine Kearse had a nice block on a DB that might have helped add yards to the run.
Michael's next run after that was also a big gainer, this time a cutback to the left. It was a huge hole he ran through, but it again came down to bad play by the linebackers and Michael making an extremely fast diagnosis and cut.
The Dallas pass D wasn't much better, and by the end of the 3rd quarter Seattle had scored 17 more points. One of the TDs was aided by a roughing the kicker penalty, and Boykin had to mostly Tebow his way down the field to score. Anyway, there was a massive dropoff by Dallas' defense in the second half due to the starters being out.
Seattle's second string OL might be better at most spots than Seattle's 2015 starting OL was. Hunt is clearly better than Lewis. Evans is slow as hell but he has tremendous power and polish. Terry Poole has emerged as a viable backup tackle. Rees Odhiambo held his own this week. Will Pericak has looked competent.
I'm at the point now where I think Hunt is probably an NFL player. He needs to face 1st stringers before we'll know for sure, but he is starting to look very comfortable now against 2nd and 3rd string competition. He just plays polished, mistake free football. And while he's hardly an elite athlete, he's more effective on 2nd level blocking than you'd expect. In the run game he's competent. In the pass pro aspect he's been excellent, though hardly tested. He's clearly earned a roster spot as Seattle's #2 center, and for good reason.
George Fant is getting better each week and I think he has a chance to make this roster. He's far ahead of where Gilliam was in year 1, and his tools are pretty exciting. Fant weighs nearly 300 pounds while running the forty in 4.84 seconds. He has a Sparq rating that is 98.6th percentile. We're talking JR Sweezy type freakishness. I couldn't find his arm length but he appears to use arm length and arm strength to his advantage. Maybe it's just crappy competition making him look good this week, but he actually looked like a real offensive lineman in week 3 and not just an athlete.
CJ Procise had a positive debut for Seattle, looking like a RB version of Golden Tate. He doesn't have the explosive speed you'd have hoped for, but he runs like a human gyroscope. He doesn't break a lot of tackles, but he's really good at sliding or spinning off tackles to fall for the extra yardage. He's a little awkward as a runner and doesn't to know how to juke anybody, but his vision was better than I expected. He looked different to me in Thursday's game than he did at Notre Dame, and I think that's a good thing (less reliance on speed, more reliance on vision). It's disappointing that he never caught a pass in the open field, but he showed enough as an athlete and runner that he's a certain and deserving lock for the 53 man roster.
On defense...
Quinton Jefferson looks like a physical specimen. It's hard to believe he's only 290 pounds, he looks huge. And he's quick too, that first step of his looks elite at times. Sometimes players look different in the NFL than they did in college and Jefferson seems to be one of those guys. In college he reminded me of Rocky Bernard, finesse and super quick. So far in the NFL, he feels more like Cory Redding, big and quick, but struggles a bit to finish with a sack. Jefferson is worth giving reps at 3-tech to see if he develops into an ace interior pass rusher, but if all else fails I think he'll have a very solid NFL career at 5-tech or as a 3-4 DE, just like Redding did.
I got Simon and Tye Smith mixed up on my initial review. Smith had a busted coverage that allowed an easy reception for significant yardage. It seemed like he was getting picked on a bit, and he doesn't look to be at his best in zone or when giving a cushion. I like him in straight up press-bail coverage though. I'm a little disappointed in Smith that he seems to have taken a step back from what he showed as a rookie. And he just seems undersized to the naked eye. Simon too has taken a step back. And Browner should never be trusted at CB again. Burley is a bit of a nondescript backup. I'm a bit nervous about our depth at CB right now.
Brock Coyle took advantage of the lower tier competition and had an active game.
Seattle did an awful lot of corner blitzes in this game, particularly with the backups. Those blitzes worked to perfection and that's great, but if you are calling 5+ corner blitzes in a single game it is more or less an admission that the typical pass rush methods weren't quite what you were hoping for.
The Dallas defense kicked off the 2nd half with only 2 starters remaining in the game, DE Jack Crawford and LB Anthony Hitchens.
On the very first play, C-Mike ripped a 20 yard run around the right tackle. As much as I'd like to give Seattle credit, this was just epicly bad defense by Dallas, with the DE crashing into the tackle-guard gap and the linebackers forgetting to fill the vacated outside area. Jermaine Kearse had a nice block on a DB that might have helped add yards to the run.
Michael's next run after that was also a big gainer, this time a cutback to the left. It was a huge hole he ran through, but it again came down to bad play by the linebackers and Michael making an extremely fast diagnosis and cut.
The Dallas pass D wasn't much better, and by the end of the 3rd quarter Seattle had scored 17 more points. One of the TDs was aided by a roughing the kicker penalty, and Boykin had to mostly Tebow his way down the field to score. Anyway, there was a massive dropoff by Dallas' defense in the second half due to the starters being out.
Seattle's second string OL might be better at most spots than Seattle's 2015 starting OL was. Hunt is clearly better than Lewis. Evans is slow as hell but he has tremendous power and polish. Terry Poole has emerged as a viable backup tackle. Rees Odhiambo held his own this week. Will Pericak has looked competent.
I'm at the point now where I think Hunt is probably an NFL player. He needs to face 1st stringers before we'll know for sure, but he is starting to look very comfortable now against 2nd and 3rd string competition. He just plays polished, mistake free football. And while he's hardly an elite athlete, he's more effective on 2nd level blocking than you'd expect. In the run game he's competent. In the pass pro aspect he's been excellent, though hardly tested. He's clearly earned a roster spot as Seattle's #2 center, and for good reason.
George Fant is getting better each week and I think he has a chance to make this roster. He's far ahead of where Gilliam was in year 1, and his tools are pretty exciting. Fant weighs nearly 300 pounds while running the forty in 4.84 seconds. He has a Sparq rating that is 98.6th percentile. We're talking JR Sweezy type freakishness. I couldn't find his arm length but he appears to use arm length and arm strength to his advantage. Maybe it's just crappy competition making him look good this week, but he actually looked like a real offensive lineman in week 3 and not just an athlete.
CJ Procise had a positive debut for Seattle, looking like a RB version of Golden Tate. He doesn't have the explosive speed you'd have hoped for, but he runs like a human gyroscope. He doesn't break a lot of tackles, but he's really good at sliding or spinning off tackles to fall for the extra yardage. He's a little awkward as a runner and doesn't to know how to juke anybody, but his vision was better than I expected. He looked different to me in Thursday's game than he did at Notre Dame, and I think that's a good thing (less reliance on speed, more reliance on vision). It's disappointing that he never caught a pass in the open field, but he showed enough as an athlete and runner that he's a certain and deserving lock for the 53 man roster.
On defense...
Quinton Jefferson looks like a physical specimen. It's hard to believe he's only 290 pounds, he looks huge. And he's quick too, that first step of his looks elite at times. Sometimes players look different in the NFL than they did in college and Jefferson seems to be one of those guys. In college he reminded me of Rocky Bernard, finesse and super quick. So far in the NFL, he feels more like Cory Redding, big and quick, but struggles a bit to finish with a sack. Jefferson is worth giving reps at 3-tech to see if he develops into an ace interior pass rusher, but if all else fails I think he'll have a very solid NFL career at 5-tech or as a 3-4 DE, just like Redding did.
I got Simon and Tye Smith mixed up on my initial review. Smith had a busted coverage that allowed an easy reception for significant yardage. It seemed like he was getting picked on a bit, and he doesn't look to be at his best in zone or when giving a cushion. I like him in straight up press-bail coverage though. I'm a little disappointed in Smith that he seems to have taken a step back from what he showed as a rookie. And he just seems undersized to the naked eye. Simon too has taken a step back. And Browner should never be trusted at CB again. Burley is a bit of a nondescript backup. I'm a bit nervous about our depth at CB right now.
Brock Coyle took advantage of the lower tier competition and had an active game.
Seattle did an awful lot of corner blitzes in this game, particularly with the backups. Those blitzes worked to perfection and that's great, but if you are calling 5+ corner blitzes in a single game it is more or less an admission that the typical pass rush methods weren't quite what you were hoping for.
