2013 Most Improved Seahawk nominees.

[Cartire]

Doug Baldwin will bounce back and have a great season.

+1. He seems to want it so badly , that I am sure he will be in great shape and health.
I look at him as Burleson 2.0 for RW

I dont know if Baldwin really regressed last year or if it was just Rice and Tate finally stepping up to their roles. I mean, Baldwin was a huge factor in the win over the Patriots with his 40 yard bomb catch followed up by another great bomb for a TD.

And of course his 2 TD's against the 9ers with that long juggling catch (in the rain).

And of course he was injured the first 4 games of the season.

I wouldnt mind him getting more, but as the number 3 guy, hes right where I expect him to be. Having a bigger season most likely means a regression by either Rice or Tate.

And that doesnt even include the Harvin factor.

 

[Blitzhawk]

This may seem odd, but I am going to say Golden Tate. He really broke out and started showing a ton of big time "highlight" type plays last year. I think w/ the addition of Harvin to Rice and Lynch combined w/ the developement of 'His Majesty, Wilson' da Tater is going to just explode for unbelievable numbers. He will be the forgotten one that the mediots are sitting there at the end of the season wondering how the heck he got all those yards and td's.

 

[mjwhitay]

KJ Wright - he makes the pro bowl this year.

Honorable mention: Sidney Rice. He's gonna benefit most from Harvin. Look what he did in Minnesota with Favre. They had AP, so they weren't throwing every play. He scores 12 TDs this year.

 

[JKent82]

I'm far too excited right now thinking about it. Just got done watching the Rain City Redemption video so I'll start off with our favorite little guy with an attitude.

Doug Baldwin works to hard and cares too much, injury free, 3rd year and second with Russell. I think it's gonna be a big year for him even with limited snaps and Percy showing up. Russell got a lot better with the short passes at the end of the year and I think him and Doug are gonna connect often.

I'm excited for Walter Thurmond to show up and compete with Antoine. Our dime sets could feature 4 near starting caliber corners, if Thurmond can step up, and that's without counting Jeremy Lane and his continuing development. Speaking of Jeremy Lane he's probably 1b for the corners, I just don't think he'll get enough playing time for us to see the improvement, though maybe his special teams will stand out even more than last year.

If James Carpenter and JR Sweezy can play like we think they can, look out. The amount of nasty in that line would finally match Marshawn. Okung, Carpenter, and Unger locking down the left side with Sweezy and Giacomini beating up anybody near them would be a site to see. Hopefully Sweezy can keep learning the pass blocking game, the two guards have to be able to keep lanes open for Russell.

And last but not least Korey Toomer. We've seen the Seahawks take mid round linebackers and mold them into pro bowl caliber players, and from the early press, maybe Toomer will be the first late rounder Ken Norton Jr turns into an NFL starter.

 

[kearly]

Bobby Wagner. He's already an elite level pass defender for his position, and he certainly racked up tackles, but there are still a lot of holes in Wagner's game. When Seattle drafted Wagner, I compared him to a LB version of Earl Thomas. Rookie Earl Thomas was a playmaker. He was also a mistake maker. Ditto Wagner. In year two, Thomas made fewer plays, but was much better overall despite that because Pete had coached the mistakes out of him. I see something similar for Wagner this season. I think his numbers might dip just a little, but he'll tidy up the mistakes and be much better in run support.

If he does that, he'll deserve a pro-bowl nod; whether he actually makes one or not.

Russell Wilson will improve, but that's too easy.

Doug Baldwin was so much better in 2011 than in 2012 that you'd have to believe he'd bounce back. I'm not sure how though- it's tough to make a dent as a 4th WR.

I'd mention KJ Wright but I hate that he's being moved from SAM to WILL. Anyone think that Leroy Hill was amazing last year? Because that's pretty much what Wright at WILL is going to feel like.

That, plus I don't really see the use for Wright anymore other than for enforcing the line of scrimmage. Bradford, Toomer, Lotulelei, and Wilkins are almost as big as Wright and run .20 seconds faster in the forty (that's a shit-ton faster). Wilkins and Bradford in particular strike me as having exciting potential that exceeds Wright's. In a best case scenario, they could be a lot like a faster version of David Hawthorne.