Three questions Seahawks must answer in 2019
By Lee Vowell
Which receiver is going to catch passes from Russell Wilson other than Tyler Lockett?
Every 12 knows that Doug Baldwin‘s career might be over. Baldwin won’t say, of course. Maybe he doesn’t even know for sure. But if Baldwin does retire due to a multitude of injuries over the last year, he will be greatly missed.
In 2018, the Wilson to Tyler Lockett connection resulted in a perfect quarterback-rating. This doesn’t happen with just any quarterback and receiver so it shouldn’t be expected again in 2019. What should be expected, though, is for Lockett to get a lot more targets. His career high was in 2017 at 71. Even in his injury-riddled season in 2018, Baldwin had 73 targets. Lockett needs more.
Seattle, however, needed a third viable option at receiver even before there was a thought Baldwin could retire. Now the Seahawks might need a second option after Lockett. Seattle took three receivers in the NFL draft. The one Seattle may rely on most is D.K. Metcalf.
We’re limited to what we can record at #Seahawks rookie minicamp so I can’t show you the 5-6 easy TDs freakish WR D.K. Metcalf had just today. This is what he did afterwards, though, which is just as encouraging. Easy to get into hyperbole with this guy, but he could be special. pic.twitter.com/mXtmBe7tjL
— Rob Rang (@RobRang) May 4, 2019
Metcalf has been very good in rookie mini camp this weekend and is physically imposing. But will that translate into success during actual NFL games? For Seattle to have a great offense in 2019, it better.