Seahawks: early depth chart predictions can be very wrong
Of course, it’s far too soon to predict the Seahawks depth chart for 2019. Based on what I’ve seen from a national site, my roster can’t be much worse.
The Seahawks roster will see a lot of changes between now and their opening game on September 8th when they host the Cincinnati Bengals. Some starting gigs are obvious, of course. No one predicts newly acquired Geno Smith or second-chance hopeful Paxton Lynch will dethrone the NFL’s new payday king Russell Wilson as the starting quarterback. Now, who gets the backup job, that’s the interesting thing.
Before I go to each position, a couple more notes. The Seahawks quarterback job may be locked in, but we may see some surprise starters at other positions. As you’ll see, making these predictions isn’t easy, not even for the big boys in sports writing. Not easy at all. I’ll take a look at the depth chart created by cbssports.com. You’ll see exactly what I mean.
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CBS Sports made some pretty egregious mistakes here. I’m sure they’ll be corrected soon, and mistakes happen. I know that all too well. But really, CBS? You only list one wide receiver slot, not two? And manage to leave out Tyler Lockett entirely? I may be wrong, but I’m pretty certain he was at least good enough to be listed somewhere on the depth chart. My bad – there he is on special teams. Only special teams. You’d think the guy with the perfect rating would jog a few memory cells.
Sadly it doesn’t end there for CBS. They also only listed one defensive end slot, and completely forgot the Hawks used their first-round pick on L.J. Collier. I wouldn’t question if they had predicted, say, Quinton Jefferson would get the start over Cassius Marsh – which they did at that sole defensive end slot. But they also managed to forget the Seahawks signed a guy named Ziggy. They did include Al Woods, who was signed a week after Ezekiel Ansah, so it isn’t a matter of an update. And by the way: Woods wasn’t signed to play third-string. Just sayin’.
I will say I’m thankful they remembered K.J. Wright is on the team. Unfortunately, they see Wright playing the strongside linebacker and Barkevious Mingo as the starting weakside backer. Consider this: the Hawks drafted two linebackers in Cody Barton and Ben Burr-kirven, have cheaper holdovers Jacob Martin, Austin Calitro and Shaquem Griffin, and re-signed Mychal Kendricks. Mingo probably won’t be on the roster at all. He certainly won’t be playing in K.J.’s spot.
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Yeah, sorry for dumping on CBS Sports. Kind of. I mean, that’s a LOT of mistakes. Somehow they forgot there are eleven starting positions on each side of the ball, not ten. I may have once forgotten the Seahawks started in the AFC – yeah, mea culpa – but I’ve known there are eleven players on each side of the ball since I was about five years old. My own predictions will be coming soon, so you’ll have the joy of shredding my thoughts.