Seahawks offensive grades versus Cardinals: Chris Carson shines

The Seahawks offense produced just 20 points against a bad Cardinals defense in week four. But was that good enough for good grades?

The Seahawks offense didn’t produce 40 points against the Cardinals. They were not explosive or have huge plays, but they were systematic and did what they needed to win the game 27-10. Plus, Seattle’s offense succeeded where we thought it might: Chris Carson and Will Dissly.

Here are the grades for Seattle’s offense in week four.

Quarterback

Russell Wilson didn’t have too many chunk plays on Sunday. His longest pass was to Jaron Brown for 32 yards. But once again Wilson was Wilson. He was on-target and didn’t throw an interception. Wilson has just four of those in his last 18 games. Overall, Wilson was 22 of 28 for 240 yards and a touchdown. He was sacked four times but hardly any of those can be blamed on him.

Grade: A-

Running backs

There was no Rashaad Penny again as he missed his second straight game with a hamstring injury. The pressure was all on Chris Carson to prove he was still a number one running back while also proving he could go a game without fumbling. Carson did just that running for 104 yards and catching four passes for 41 yards more. C.J. Prosise also had a nine yard touchdown run.

Grade: A

Receivers/tight ends

I am going to start with the bad news here. Rookie D.K. Metcalf has all kinds of potential but he caught just one pass for 6 yards on four targets. So far in 2019 he has been targeted 23 times and caught just 10 of those targets. He needs to be better, but he is still learning his way.

Now for the good news. Jaron Brown looked like a player with three catches and 50 yards. Tyler Lockett was only targeted four times but caught all of them for 51 yards. Tight end Luke Willson caught both his targets.

But the star of the receiving group, as expected, was Dissly. The Cardinals stink covering tight ends. Seattle tight ends had 9 receptions for 83 yards against Arizona. Dissly had 7 of those receptions for 57 yards a touchdown. He’s good.

Grade: B

Offensive line

The weakest part of Seattle’s unit was the line. On the positive side, Seattle kept the ball for 33 minutes and 24 seconds compared to the Cardinals 26 minutes and 36 seconds. The Seahawks also kept the ball for nearly 8 minutes on their last touchdown drive of the game which basically put the contest away. But the line allowed Wilson to get sacked four times and averaged just 4.3 yards per carry.

Grade: C