Historically Blessed at WR

[Aircrew]

Anyone else notice that our beloved Seahawks have been consistently blessed, since their birth, at the Wide Receiver position? At the same time, there are teams that just can't put a good WR corps together to save their asses *cough*Patriots*cough*. Don't believe me? I'll go down the list:

• Steve Largent
• Brian Blades
• Paul Skansi
• Tommy Kane
• Ricky Proehl
• Joey Galloway
• Bobby Engram
• Darrell Jackson
• Golden Tate
• Tyler Lockett
• Jermaine Kearse
• Doug Baldwin
• DK Metcalf
• JSN

When it comes to us drafting or trading for a receiver, I never have the angst as compared to other positions. Regardless of who's making the decisions, the Seahawks just seem to hit a lot more often than they miss at that position.

 

[keasley45]

Anyone else notice that our beloved Seahawks have been consistently blessed, since their birth, at the Wide Receiver position? At the same time, there are teams that just can't put a good WR corps together to save their asses *cough*Patriots*cough*. Don't believe me? I'll go down the list:

• Steve Largent
• Brian Blades
• Paul Skansi
• Tommy Kane
• Ricky Proehl
• Joey Galloway
• Bobby Engram
• Darrell Jackson
• Golden Tate
• Tyler Lockett
• Jermaine Kearse
• Doug Baldwin
• DK Metcalf
• JSN

When it comes to us drafting or trading for a receiver, I never have the angst as compared to other positions. Regardless of who's making the decisions, the Seahawks just seem to hit a lot more often than they miss at that position.

Nice post.

i would have loved to see what Derrick Mayes could have done if he'd been able to fulfill his potential. Dude had hands like glue, but never seemed to be 100% 'on'. Lost potential...

I'd say we have been equally as blessed at Safety.

KEasley
ERobinson
KHamlin
EThomas
KChancellor
JLove - has potential

 

[Aircrew]

Nice post.

i would have loved to see what Derrick Mayes could have done if he'd been able to fulfill his potential. Dude had hands like glue, but never seemed to be 100% 'on'. Lost potential...

I'd say we have been equally as blessed at Safety.

KEasley
ERobinson
KHamlin
EThomas
KChancellor
JLove - has potential

You know, I hadn't considered our fortune at Safety but you're absolutely right. One HOF'er there and 2 more inbound.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Great post, some damn great ones over the years.
Darryl Turner was a hell of a WR, but his issue was drops. He'd make some great catches but then drop wide open touchdowns. Feast or Famine was our name for him. It was maddening. Dude was a flat-out burner too.

 

[IndyHawk]

That list is missing Golden Tate!

 

[Aircrew]

That list is missing Golden Tate!

He's there!

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Koren Robinson had all the talent in the world. He just had too many demons going on.
Blades was my favorite player for a long time. Dude was so solid and could take a hit over the middle.

 

[Aircrew]

Koren Robinson had all the talent in the world. He just had too many demons going on.

Yeah, I almost included him just based on numbers and raw talent, but overall what a huge disappointment. Same goes for Deion Branch, who put up good numbers for the Hawks but we just gave up too much for him and didn't deliver based on value. Here's the top 25 receiving leaders for anyone interested:

1	Steve Largent	1976	1989	200	WR	140		819		13089	16.0	100	74		4.1	65.4	17
2	Tyler Lockett	2015	2024	155	WR	78	923	650	70.4%	8489	13.1	61	74	9.2	4.2	54.8	8
3	Brian Blades	1988	1998	156	WR	72	599	581		7620	13.1	34	80		3.7	48.8	11
4	Doug Baldwin	2011	2018	123	WR	63	722	493	68.3%	6563	13.3	49	80	9.1	4.0	53.4	2
5	Darrell Jackson	2000	2006	96	WR	59	790	441	55.8%	6445	14.6	47	80	8.2	4.6	67.1	9
6	D.K. Metcalf	2019	2024	91	WR	50	693	418	60.3%	6029	14.4	46	84	8.7	4.6	66.3	9
7	Bobby Engram	2001	2008	109	WR	46	598	399	66.7%	4859	12.2	18	60	8.1	3.7	44.6	12
8	Joey Galloway	1995	1999	71	WR	48	585	283	48.4%	4457	15.7	37	81	7.6	4.0	62.8	5
9	John Williams	1986	1993	123	FB	71	212	471		4151	8.8	16	75		3.8	33.7	18
10	Koren Robinson	2001	2008	69	WR	32	463	244	52.7%	3567	14.6	14	90	7.7	3.5	51.7	5
11	Sam McCullum	1976	1981	91	WR	35		232		3409	14.7	21	72		2.5	37.5	3
12	Deion Branch	2006	2010	51	WR	18	342	190	55.6%	2347	12.4	15	65	6.9	3.7	46.0	1
13	Sherman Smith	1976	1982	82	RB	56		211		2342	11.1	10	64		2.6	28.6	22
14	Mike Pritchard	1996	1999	62	WR	21	327	169	51.7%	2288	13.5	8	61	7.0	2.7	36.9	3
15	Golden Tate	2010	2013	58	WR	22	264	165	62.5%	2195	13.3	15	80	8.3	2.8	37.8	6
16	Jermaine Kearse	2012	2016	69	WR	21	271	153	56.5%	2109	13.8	11	60	7.8	2.2	30.6	2
17	Jimmy Graham	2015	2017	43	TE	18	265	170	64.2%	2048	12.0	18	45	7.7	4.0	47.6	2
18	Tommy Kane	1988	1992	57	WR	18	70	142		2034	14.3	9	63		2.5	35.7	2
19	Dan Doornink	1979	1985	92	RB	31		197		1940	9.8	11	80		2.1	21.1	14
20	Paul Skansi	1984	1991	100	WR	20		163		1911	11.7	10	32		1.6	19.1	4
21	Daryl Turner	1984	1987	59	WR	18		101		1872	18.5	36	80		1.7	31.7	0
22	Nate Burleson	2006	2009	46	WR	16	245	136	55.5%	1758	12.9	15	45	7.2	3.0	38.2	8
23	Itula Mili	1998	2006	114	TE	16	253	164	64.8%	1743	10.6	13	49	6.9	1.4	15.3	3
24	Sean Dawkins	1999	2000	32	WR	16	216	121	56.0%	1723	14.2	12	45	8.0	3.8	53.8	1
25	Christian Fauria	1995	2001	103	TE	15	254	166	65.4%	1683	10.1	7	30	6.6	1.6	16.3	5

 

[Sperrydogg]

Anyone else notice that our beloved Seahawks have been consistently blessed, since their birth, at the Wide Receiver position? At the same time, there are teams that just can't put a good WR corps together to save their asses *cough*Patriots*cough*. Don't believe me? I'll go down the list:

• Steve Largent
• Brian Blades
• Paul Skansi
• Tommy Kane
• Ricky Proehl
• Joey Galloway
• Bobby Engram
• Darrell Jackson
• Golden Tate
• Tyler Lockett
• Jermaine Kearse
• Doug Baldwin
• DK Metcalf
• JSN

When it comes to us drafting or trading for a receiver, I never have the angst as compared to other positions. Regardless of who's making the decisions, the Seahawks just seem to hit a lot more often than they miss at that position.

Joe Jurevicous
Nate Burleson
Sidney Rice
And C’mon JAKE BOBO!!!

 

[Aircrew]

Joe Jurevicous

Agreed, I really liked what Joe brought to the team in his time here. Another guy that was more of a special teamer but had a handful of nice catches was Ricardo Lockette.

 

[Sperrydogg]

Anyone else notice that our beloved Seahawks have been consistently blessed, since their birth, at the Wide Receiver position? At the same time, there are teams that just can't put a good WR corps together to save their asses *cough*Patriots*cough*. Don't believe me? I'll go down the list:

• Steve Largent
• Brian Blades
• Paul Skansi
• Tommy Kane
• Ricky Proehl
• Joey Galloway
• Bobby Engram
• Darrell Jackson
• Golden Tate
• Tyler Lockett
• Jermaine Kearse
• Doug Baldwin
• DK Metcalf
• JSN

When it comes to us drafting or trading for a receiver, I never have the angst as compared to other positions. Regardless of who's making the decisions, the Seahawks just seem to hit a lot more often than they miss at that position.

What about Deion Branch? He was goodish… just not for us

 

[Sperrydogg]

Agreed, I really liked what Joe brought to the team in his time here. Another guy that was more of a special teamer but had a handful of nice catches was Ricardo Lockette.

Wasn’t Joe in our first Superbowl

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Joe J. was awesome. Too bad we couldn't keep him around. Very solid, polished receiver.

 

[Sperrydogg]

Jerry Rice

 

[Sperrydogg]

TJ Houshuomama

 

[Sperrydogg]

Steve raible… I don’t know I never really saw him play

 

[pittpnthrs]

And C’mon JAKE BOBO!!!

Damn right.

Good post, but I disagree with one point. Every NFL team has at least one stud WR on the roster. It's the easiest position to fill. If a proposed team like the Patriots, have a weak WR corps during a season, that means they are trying to develop somebody and they will most likely get help next season through FA.

 

[sutz]

Jerry Rice

Bite your tongue! That whole situation was a fustercluck.

 

[sutz]

One thing that the raw list doesn't show is how the best WRs we've had over the years have overlapped in time. They found a good one before the previous one retired, so there has been continuity in there where the work ethic and teamsmanship has been handed down since the beginning times. It's how we still see a bit of Largent in all of our better WRs over the years.

 

[TheLegendOfBoom]

The love for Jake Bobo is inflated here….

I like Bobo too but Bobo has not made an impact this year, I’m sorry…..but that’s the truth.

The guy is seemingly a good dude but let’s not say he’s anything more than a 4th or 5th weapon on the Seahawks offense…