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Grading each rookie for Seahawks through first 10 games of 2018

By Lee Vowell

SEATTLE, WA - OCTOBER 07: Punter Michael Dickson #4 of the Seattle Seahawks punts the ball in the first half against the Los Angeles Rams at CenturyLink Field on October 7, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WA - OCTOBER 07: Punter Michael Dickson #4 of the Seattle Seahawks punts the ball in the first half against the Los Angeles Rams at CenturyLink Field on October 7, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) /
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The As

One of these players is an obvious A. You know who I am alluding to but more on him in a second. The other A might be a little bit more surprising but the statistics are beginning to back my grade up.

Tre Flowers

Guess who is the second highest graded cornerback for the Seahawks in 2018, according to Pro Football Focus. It’s not Shaquill Griffin. Slot corner Justin Coleman ranks the highest, but his impact is more limited than the outside corners. The second highest rated corner is rookie Flowers.

And Flowers has gotten better as the season has gone on. It isn’t too crazy to think that eventually Flowers will be better than Griffin. Griffin still needs to get better, as does Flowers. But the outside corners might form the bases of the Legion of Boom 2.0.

Flowers gets an A because he was forced into a starters role and has gotten better and is already a solid starter. He will only get better from here.

Future success probability of helping the team: I cannot go beyond 100 percent so…

Michael Dickson

What? You thought Dickson would have a grade less than an A? (Of course you didn’t.) Dickson, like Flowers, has basically gotten better as the season has gone on, which doesn’t seem humanly possible.

The punter currently leads the NFL in net yards-per-punt. Sure, he kicks the ball long but he kicks it high too. And he may already be the best directional punter in the league. Plus, he has his one great non-punting moment already.

Next. What about next year's draft class?. dark

Dickson will be the punter, barring injury, for the Seahawks for the next ten years. He will help them win games. Dickson will make several Pro Bowls. And he will be even better than he is right now. And that is a scary prospect.

Future success probability of helping the team: Seriously? The answer is infinity.

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