Seattle Seahawks midseason MVP appears abundantly clear

Mike Macdonald's first year as the Seattle Seahawks head coach hasn't gone exactly as the team would have liked. Seattle is 4-5, but the issue is that looks dreadful as the team began 3-0. The Seahawks have lost five of their last six games and Macdonald seems to have no immediate fix.

Few players for Seattle have played consistently well this season. After the first few games, cornerback Riq Woolen seemed back in Pro Bowl form, but he has digressed a bit and was beaten for a walk-off touchdown by the Los Angeles Rams in Week 9. Fellow cornerback Devon Witherspoon has not taken the second-year jump that some had hoped.

Quarterback Geno Smith was very good early in the season, but giving him the team's midseason MVP honor would be laughable after his three-interception game against the Rams. Smith leads the league in interceptions for the season. He has still mostly been good, but one Seahawks player has been great on almost every down.

Left tackle Charles Cross is the Seattle Seahawks midseason MVP for 2024

The clear choice for best Seattle player midway through 2024 is left tackle Charles Cross. After two decent, but far from great years to begin his career, Cross has blossomed this season. Through the first nine games, he has been credited with giving up just one sack, according to Pro Football Focus (paywall alert). Other than Week 4, Cross has not allowed more than three total pressures in any other game. He has given up just three quarterback hits in 2024.

Seattle's offensive line is a real mess, but a lot of that is due to the right side of the line, and not Cross's side. Many times, elite pass rushers will choose to line up on the right side because they stand a far better chance of getting to quarterback Geno Smith than they do trying to beat Cross. Cross has been so good that the dismal play on the right side is magnified further.

Cross is under contract for the next two seasons after 2024 (the final year is a team option that surely the Seahawks will pick up). He will be a pillar on the left side for likely much of the next decade. Now Seattle just needs to address the mess that is the rest of the O-line.

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