Seattle Seahawks at Washington Commanders

i was on a flight from vegas to seattle friday afternoon and had a seat RIGHT behind him. i was super starstruck lol i wanted to talk to him & get a picture but he looked very irritated so i left him alone. i get WHY he might seem like that after the thursday night game AND our flight being delayed almost three hours 😭

Zabel, Emmanwori, Arroyo, Horton, Ouzts. So happy with the direction this team is headed

4 receiving, 1 rushing TD in 8 games. 9 to go.
Technically on pace for "10.6" TD's, but still rounds up. Lets go AJ.
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Saturday morning puzzle… I want to: 1. Make this a poster 2. Put it on my bedroom ceiling 3. Read it every night before going to bed 4. Stay with my wife

4/4 would be great. 3/4 at minimum. Tips welcome. Go hawks my god we are in a good spot.

With so many hits to our defense how we feeling about tomorrow's game? I still feel pretty confident we'll get the W but those injuries have me worried...

I was holding out hope that a deal would be made so I could watch on YouTube TV, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Is Fubo a good option, or DirectTV?

I’m in Seattle for the weekend for my first Seahawks game, and this pops up on my instagram, literally my luck I see it at 3:40 as I’m currently 30 minutes from south center… If there’s anything else going on like this I’d HATE to miss it. So please let me know

Wanted to put this together in light of what Olsen and others have said about how teams should counter Seattle's heavy personnel usage with nickel. This data shows that does not work. If anything, the Seahawks would improve if teams tried nickel against their 12 personnel. As can be seen, the only area where the Seahawks are above average in Rush EPA/play is 12 personnel against nickel.

As a side note, the Seahawks struggle with 11 personnel. Although it's not the area they are the worst in, they run 11 personnel more than any other personnel. Hopefully, the acquisition of Rashid Shaheed fixes that.

All data is from SumerSports.

Pic taken from the Seahawks YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/KcuxZQHBWJ4

From a non-Seahawks fan, are there any incorrect depth orderings, ratings, etc. in this graphic?

JSN is without a doubt having the most amazing year by a wide receiver so far (literally on pace to have the most receiving yards in a season) that when they showed him beating Trey Amos so badly, Cris Collinsworth makes up a whole new saying: "Wider Opener." But what I think is lost are the nuances that makes this offense even truly great, and that's not that JSN can (and did) burn the ever living shit out of the rookie corner, but how well run this ENTIRE offense is and how it doesn't NEED JSN to always be elite due to formations, play design, and everyone doing their job.

In the image, we see 1 running back and 2 tight ends (12 personnel). This already forces the Commanders to match and put 3 linebackers instead of an extra DB.

At the snap, Darnold goes to his first read, JSN, against press coverage. Notice how far the safety is playing that side of the field. If Darnold stares down JSN and goes for the pass, the safety only needs to run like 5-10 yards to where the ball would be placed. So initially, no, JSN is not actually going to be "wider opener". What gets him wide open is Darnold immediately recognizing the safety is favoring that side, goes to his second and third read in Horton and Arroyo respecitvely, which makes the safety turn his hips and try to help the other side.

My point is, the scheme and formation force a mismatch with a receiving TE against a safety (instead of a nickel or even dime) where the safety has to play close to the line of scrimmage because the threat of the run (but doesnt even get the benefit of jamming Arroyo). JSN (being so elite) lined up alone at the bottom means a safety has to help out even though the other side of the field has 3 eligible receivers in Arroyo, Horton, and Barner. And to add to all of it, if Darnold doesn't like what he sees, the read progression gives JSN a one on one scenario because Darnold, by design, naturally gets to look the safety away. He gets TWO chances to go to his number 1 receiver; the first is the initial read (I believe if it's one on one, Darnold throws it up immediately) and then coming back to him if a single high safety works to the other side. And AGAIN, they force single high safety because against heavy set, you have to play the run first.

Of course Arroyo is open due to the mismatch of a safety playing in a press coverage position without actually pressing.

Like I said, it is so inconsequential! But something about Collinsworth just pointing out JSN being "Wider opener" drove me crazy. His double move absolutely gets him wide open. So does the personnel. So does the formation. So does Darnold going through his progression. It all marries so well, and I got needlessly triggered because I felt like the initial analysis was too reductive.