Seahawks offensive grades: The o-line stunk versus Bengals

The Seahawks may have won on Sunday against the Bengals, but the offense struggled overall. Here are the grades for the offense week one.

The Seahawks won in week one! Yoo-hoo! But a lot of worrisome stuff happened. Like what the heck was going on with the offensive line? It sucked. Russell Wilson had a great quarterback rating but he also had no time to throw. It was not a great week for the offense. Here are their grades:

Quarterback – Russell Wilson

Wilson‘s QBR, mentioned above, was crazy good. It was 134.6. But how? This tells a person the lunacy in QBR. Sure, Wilson was pretty good on Sunday…when he had time. Which was seldom. Wilson did complete 14 of 20 passes with one clear drop by Tyler Lockett on a play that could have, for all intents and purposes, ended the game. He got sacked four times, one of which could be blamed on him. Otherwise, it is difficult to judge Wilson with as much pressure as he was under.

Grade: B

Running backs

Chris Carson got crappy blocking. He also fumbled once. But what the heck was Carson supposed to do on most of his runs? Was he behind the Seattle line of 2017? It seemed that way. Rashaad Penny did little except for a 20 yard run that was called back for a penalty. Carson did catch 6 passes, though, and that could be a sign of things to come.

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Grade: B-

Receivers/tight ends

Well, D.K. Metcalf was really good in his debut, despite his two penalties, and then there was everyone else. Metcalf gets an A. The rest get a D. Tyler Lockett…brother, where art thou? He got two targets, sure. But he also didn’t seem to be able to bail Wilson out when needed. Maybe I should have said, Doug Baldwin…where art thou?

Overall grade: C+

Offensive line

The line was terrible. Seattle gained 233 total yards and had the ball for 24 minutes and 10 seconds. Blame the offensive line, which was supposed to be good. If they aren’t better the rest of the year, Seattle misses the playoffs.

Grade: Is there anything lower than an F?