Grading the Seahawks (Almost Quarter of the Season)

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Quarterback

Sam Darnold has almost been more than the Seahawks could have hoped for through four games, completing 70 of 100 passes and averaging a whopping 9.1 yards per attempt while displaying the kind of mobility that the team thought would make him a perfect fit for the offense of new coordinator Klint Kubiak. As this is written, Darnold is ranked first among all QBs this week by Pro Football Focus.

The only thing stopping him from a perfect grade so far is wondering if there was anything he could possibly have done to prevent the fumble at the end against the 49ers (maybe nothing, but Darnold himself allowed there might have been).

Grade: A-minus.

Running back

The Seahawks running numbers are not great — their average per game of 110.8 yards is 16th while the yards per carry of 3.6 is 26th and down from 4.2 of last season.

But in general, it seems as if the issues are more up front and involving the overall operation more than with the play of running backs Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet. Walker, ranked fourth by PFF, is averaging 4.2 yards per carry (58-244) a half-yard better than his 3.7 of last season. Charbonnet is at 2.5 (39 for 96) but has seemed to have even less room to run.

Grade: B-minus.

Receiver

Jaxon Smith-Njigba is rated No. 2 among WRs heading into the weekend by Pro Football Focus and on pace for 1,709 yards. His lowest receiving game of 79 against the Cardinals is better than the highest of his rookie season in 2023 (63). In other words, he’s become the WR1 the Seahawks envisioned when taking him 20th overall in 2023.

Cooper Kupp’s numbers (15-162) may not be to the level many expected. But he’s shown he can still come up with the clutch catch when needed and the guess here is he ends up having a few big games before the season is done.

Tory Horton (6-74, 2 TDs) has shown flashes and big-play potential with the hope consistency will come.

Grade: B-plus.

I'm trying not to copy and paste the entire article (to follow the rules here) so if anyone wants to see the rest of the grades, just click on the link here and go read the rest :

https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seahawks/grading-the-seahawks-at-the-almost-quarter-pole-of-season-analysis/