Seattle Seahawks MVPs through the bye week of 2020
By Lee Vowell
The Seahawks have started 5-0 and these players are a huge reason why.
The Seattle Seahawks are one of the best teams in the NFL. This is nothing new to 12s. Since Pete Carroll came to Seattle in 2010, the Seahawks have made the playoffs in eight of ten seasons. But through six weeks of 2020, Seattle remains one of the three unbeaten teams in the league. Seattle has a talented roster and several players performing at a high level.
I will get into the MVPs for the offense (c’mon, you know who it is going to be), defense, rookie of the year and biggest surprise in just a bit. But let me start with some honorable mentions for the offense and defense. I will begin with the offense.
Honorable mentions – offense
Chris Carson
The worst part about Chris Carson is he is a free agent after 2020. Seattle will have several decisions to make about who to try to re-sign. Carson versus Shaquill Griffin is one. And Carson is playing better than Griffin so far in 2020. He’s on a pace to best his career-high in receptions (he has 21 this year on 23 targets compared to 37 catches in 2019) and have 1,373 yards from scrimmage.
D.K. Metcalf
Metcalf is on pace for 1,587 yards receiving and 16 touchdowns on just 70 catches. He leads the league with a 22.5 yards per catch average. Metcalf is going to be very very good for a very long time in Seattle.
Honorable mentions – defense
I am going to keep this short because you 12s have seen the defense and it hasn’t been pretty.
K.J. Wright
Wright is on a pace to best his career highs in passes defended (he has 5 so that would make for 16 and his career-best is 11) and interceptions (Wright should have 4 already but I won’t go there). Wright has been as good as Bobby Wagner which means Wagner has slowed or Wright is in a contract year (he is) or both.