Grading each Seahawks rookie through the 2019 bye week
By Lee Vowell
The Incompletes and the F
The F
I hate to judge NFL players harshly. Me? I am about 5 foot 9 inches and weight 165 pounds. If I stepped onto an NFL field or, heck, even a high school field, I would need to prior to doing so up my life insurance policy. But the Seahawks don’t seem to do well with first round choices lately and L.J. Collier is an example of that.
Lots of pundits thought Seattle chose Collier too highly and they are right, at least so far. Collier has been a healthy scratch multiple times. He has appeared in just six games and recorded 2 tackles. It does take a bit of time, mostly, for defensive ends to become really good in the NFL and Collier already had a steeper learning curve than most due to how he was coached and who he played in college. But 2 tackles and being a healthy scratch? One might rightly wonder if he was a wise pick.
Prior to the season I thought Collier would get 50 tackles and 5 sacks, so unless he suddenly turns into Aaron Donald I will be way off.
The Incompletes
Some Seahawk rookies haven’t had any kind of chance at all. John Ursua showed promise in preseason catching the ball and moved a bit like Doug Baldwin. But he hasn’t played yet.
The same goes for Phil Haynes. In training camp he looked like an imposing run-blocker but then he got hurt. Haynes might still be great one day, but so far he hasn’t been able to show anything.