Seahawks strength of every position grouping entering the pre-season

Strength of Seahawks roster #9: Cornerback

This group is the exact opposite of the receivers and linebackers. They had two incredibly talented top-end players with lots of uncertainty behind them. The cornerback room has lots of known entities without any specific player standing out.

DJ Reed played lights out at the end of last season. His completion rate allowed was better than Marcus Peters, Marlon Humphrey, Stephon Gilmore, Malcolm Butler, and Shaquill Griffin. However, the team has not named him a starter. He is clearly the surest thing of the cornerbacks. However, he doesn’t appear to be cornerback one.

Ahkello Witherspoon was the Seahawks big-name addition. He looks like a Seahawks corner. Long, lanky, and agile corner with good ball skills. Many pegged Witherspoon to the Seahawks in the draft process. He has had an up and downs in his career thus far. Most of this was due to the litany of injuries he has faced. However, if the Seahawks can keep him healthy, there is a LOT of potential here.

Behind these two are Tre Flowers, Ugo Amadi, Tre Brown, Damarious Randall, and Pierre Desir. All of them have had success thus far in their careers or experience in the Seahawks defense (outside of rookie Tre Brown).

None of these players will make a fan go-wow. However, these are some solid backups with enough familiarity they could slide in and start in a pinch. This group thanks to the lack of sure-fire starters but has loads of depth, winding up at number 8 on my list.