Seahawks: 10 most important questions to be answered in 2020

5. Will Quinton Dunbar play?

Dunbar has been the talk of the offseason for the Seahawks. On March 24th it was announced that Washington had traded Dunbar to Seattle for a fifth-round pick. This was a fantastic deal at the time for the Seahawks as they only traded a fifth-round pick for a corner, a position the Seahawks desperately needed to improve, who had a Pro Football Focus rating of 87.6 last season. Dunbar ranked second among NFL CB’s in PFF’s player rating behind Richard Sherman.

Then on May 14th of this year news broke that the Miramar, Florida Police Department had issued an arrest warrant for Dunbar in connection to an alleged armed robbery. Dunbar turned himself in, posted bail, and pled not guilty. Dunbar’s attorney also says that he has affidavits from witnesses who say that Dunbar was not involved in the alleged robbery.

Then on July 10th news came out that the victims and the witnesses were both paid off to change their stories. However, Dunbar’s lawyer then denied the report and said that the victims are trying to take advantage of Dunbar and his alleged accomplice, Giants cornerback Deandre Baker.

If Dunbar can play this season, this DB group has potential. Legion of Boom Potential? no. But alongside returning starters Griffin, Diggs, McDougald, and Flowers as a slot CB, Dunbar has the potential to be the final piece of the puzzle to create one of the best DB groups in the NFL.

A great example of how important Dunbar will be to Seattle is last season’s playoff game against the Packers. Davante Adams faced a plethora of different Seahawks DB’s as Pete Carroll did not want to keep Shaquill Griffin on him full time.

With Dunbar on the roster, the Seahawks don’t have to worry about inexperienced players like Ugo Amadi facing a dominant WR again, and can be confident with their three starting CB’s (Dunbar, Griffin, and Flowers). The Seahawks now just have to desperately hope that everything works out on the legal front and Dunbar can be ready to go for the 2020 season, which for right now does not seem promising.