Seahawks need to get DK Metcalf his touches at the right time

Seahawks and DK Metcalf should have lit up Washington

Let’s check some numbers and see just how tough that pass defense was. Against Washington, DK Metcalf recorded one catch for 13 years on his four targets. After that game, Pete Carroll said, “sometimes the coverage gets in the way of it, and you have to go other places and make the right decision there.” Let me remind you, this is the same vaunted defense that allowed the following:

Player                             targets     catches    yards    TD

Keenan Allen                13                    9          100         0

Mike Williams              12                    8            82          1

Sterling Shepard         10                    9            94          0

Cole Beasley                13                  11           98           0

Emmanuel Sanders    6                     5            94           2

Cordarelle Patterson  6                     5            82           3

Calvin Ridley                13                   7            80           0

That’s just from the former Football Team’s first four games. If you think their pass defense improved tremendously by the time they faced the Seahawks, umm…I don’t know what to tell you, but here are the stats from the games bracketing that contest:

D.J. Moore                    7                     5            50          1

Robby Anderson        6                     5             30         0

Hunter Renfrow        10                   9            102       0

Not to cast any aspersions, but I’m sorry; you’re going to tell me the defense that couldn’t stop D.J. Moore and Robby Anderson shut down your 6’4″ 245 lb speed god? No, it’s on you to figure out how to get him the ball. Also, you might trust that if you give him more than four chances, he’s going to come down with the ball on a least a few of those.