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Seattle Seahawks at Washington Football Team: Players to watch for

By Reuben Gasee

LANDOVER, MD - JANUARY 06: Marshawn Lynch #24 of the Seattle Seahawks is tackled by the Washington Redskins during the NFC Wild Card Playoff Game at FedExField on January 6, 2013 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD - JANUARY 06: Marshawn Lynch #24 of the Seattle Seahawks is tackled by the Washington Redskins during the NFC Wild Card Playoff Game at FedExField on January 6, 2013 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) /
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GLENDALE, ARIZONA – SEPTEMBER 20: Defensive end Chase Young #99 and inside linebacker Jon Bostic #53 of the Washington Football Team line up during the NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on September 20, 2020 in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinals defeated the Washington Football Team 30-15. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, ARIZONA – SEPTEMBER 20: Defensive end Chase Young #99 and inside linebacker Jon Bostic #53 of the Washington Football Team line up during the NFL game against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on September 20, 2020 in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinals defeated the Washington Football Team 30-15. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

Washington’s defensive line

A big reason why Washington is doing better than anticipated this season is because of their defensive line that’s arguably the best in the league.

It starts off with their dynamic rookie pass rusher in Chase Young who they selected second overall in the past draft. Before the draft, all the talk around Young was how he could change the direction of a franchise and that he’s considered a generational talent. Well, he’s come just as advertised so far recording 35 tackles (26 solo) with nine of those going for a loss of yards, 5.5 sacks, three forced fumbles with one recovered and a touchdown which he got last week.

They have a veteran pass rusher in Ryan Kerrigan who has 95.5 career sacks to his name with 5.5 of those coming this season. The surprising part is that Kerrigan isn’t even a starter as he only played in more than half of defensive snaps three times this season.

Their other starting defensive lineman in Jonathan Allen, Daron Payne and Montez Sweat who was Washington’s first round pick in 2019 have combined for 11 sacks so far this season.

As a team, Washington has a combined 40 sacks which is tied for the fourth-most in the league with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Washington’s defensive line will attempt to cause as much havoc as they can for Russell Wilson and the Seahawks offense.

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