Grading Seahawks position units after roster cuts

Special teams

Punter: Michael Dickson

Short take: Dickson, as we all know, is a ridiculous freak of nature when it comes to punting a football. In preseason, he punted 17 times for a crazy average of 48.6 yards-per-punt. His average hang-time was a bit north of four seconds for each punt.

This came after the Seahawks took Dickson in the fifth-round of the 2018 draft. In 15 years this is going to look like a brilliant move. Because this will be after Dickson has pinned teams back so often, or changed field position so often, that he has helped Seattle win an untold amount of games.

Dickson is simply very good.

Grade: A+

Kicker: Sebastian Janikowski

Short take: Janikowski had a rough last preseason game missing two extra-points. This was completely out of character for Janikowski as he never missed more than two in any full season in his career. He’s missed a total of six extra-point attempts in 563 career attempts, so there’s that.

There are several reasons to assume the kicker missing those extra-points is no cause for negative overreaction. First, Janikowski is a proven quantity and a kicker who might be in the Pro Football Hall of Famer one day. Two, he isn’t Blair Walsh but seeing Janikowski miss those extra-points simply gave 12s horror flashbacks to last year. Three, Janikowski hadn’t missed any extra point attempts this preseason up until game four.

Janikowski will be fine. Don’t worry.

Grade: B

Long-snapper: Tyler Ott

Short take: Ott can hold a ball and snap it back to a punter or holder. He is solid and that is all you want and need in a long-snapper.

Grade: B