Two Seahawks are dominating their positions in PFF's grades through two games

The Seattle Seahawks handled their business in their first two games. They needed to defeat a Denver Broncos team struggling offensively and a New England Patriots team on the road to have any chance at having a winning record. They accomplished that.

In Week 3, Seattle will take on a Miami Dolphins team that will be without quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Seattle needs to win that one as well, even though the Dolphins do have excellent offensive weapons for backup quarterback Skylar Thompson. Still, a 3-0 start in the NFC West would help Seattle get closer to the dream of winning the division.

Many Seattle players have received great grades from Pro Football Focus (paywall alert!) to begin the season. Quarterback Geno Smith ranks third at his position. Julian Love is second among all safeties. Leonard Williams is fifth among interior defensive linemen. Devon Witherspoon is 11th among cornerbacks.

Seahawks Charles Cross and Riq Woolen have received dominant grades through two games from Pro Football Focus

Two Seahawks are first in the respective positions, and one has some distance between him and the second-place player.

Riq Woolen is first among cornerbacks, barely leading Cam Taylor-Britt of the Cincinnati Bengals. Woolen has allowed completions only four times on nine targets. Even better, those four completions were only for 31 yards and just two yards after the catch. He also has an interception and a pass defended, His quarterback rating allowed is an extraordinarily low 13.9.

The hope for Woolen entering the season was that he would get back to the physicality he played with in his rookie year of 2022. That appears to be happening and he has only missed one tackle attempt so far. There is a lot of season left, to be sure, but Woolen seems ready to be great again.

Woolen's status pales in comparison to how well Charles Cross is doing among his fellow offensive tackles. Cross leads all tackles by five grade points. There is a bigger difference between Cross and second place than there is between second place and number nine.

Through two games, Cross has yet to allow a quarterback pressure in 87 pass-block snaps. He was also a dominant run-blocker in Week 1 against the Broncos. While much of the rest of the Seahawks offensive line has struggled, especially the interior of the line, Cross has played at an All-Pro level.

He is in his third season so this should be the year he takes a leap to be one of the best left tackles in the NFL and he is doing that. If he continues shutting down opposing edge rushers throughout the remainder of the season then that should give Geno Smith enough time to lead the offense to being better than the last two years. That should mean a playoff spot for Seattle.

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