Team Spotlight: Seattle Seahawks (1 Viewer)

[Maurile Tremblay]

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I'll start off by posting my projections to get us going. The idea is for others to post their own projections as well, or to comment on the projections posted by others.

I'm generally a lot higher on Justin Forsett and lower on LenDale White than most people are.

Overall

533 pass attempts for 328 receptions, 3482 yards, 20 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions; 432 rushes for 1827 yards and 11 touchdowns.

QB

Matt Hasselbeck: 267 of 433 passing for 2833 yards, 17 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions; 37 rushes for 140 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Charlie Whitehurst: 61 of 100 passing for 649 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions; 9 rushes for 32 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Mike Teel: 0 of 0 passing for 0 yards, 0 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

RB

LenDale White: 76 rushes for 286 yards and 2 touchdowns; 9 receptions for 56 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Leon Washington: 115 rushes for 513 yards and 3 touchdowns; 37 receptions for 279 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Justin Forsett: 153 rushes for 686 yards and 4 touchdowns; 37 receptions for 286 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Julius Jones: 19 rushes for 74 yards and 0 touchdowns; 5 receptions for 33 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Louis Rankin: 8 rushes for 31 yards and 0 touchdowns; 2 receptions for 13 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Quinton Ganther: 4 rushes for 15 yards and 0 touchdowns; 1 receptions for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Owen Schmitt: 4 rushes for 15 yards and 0 touchdowns; 1 receptions for 6 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Ryan Powdrell: 4 rushes for 15 yards and 0 touchdowns; 1 receptions for 7 yards and 0 touchdowns.

WR

T.J. Houshmandzadeh: 61 receptions for 679 yards and 4 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Golden Tate: 44 receptions for 572 yards and 3 touchdowns; 2 rushes for 13 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Deion Branch: 37 receptions for 455 yards and 3 touchdowns; 1 rushes for 6 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Deon Butler: 16 receptions for 203 yards and 1 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Ruvell Martin: 9 receptions for 119 yards and 1 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Sean Morey: 0 receptions for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Ben Obomanu: 17 receptions for 228 yards and 1 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Reggie Williams: 0 receptions for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns; 0 rushes for 0 yards and 0 touchdowns.

TE

John Carlson: 23 receptions for 245 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Chris Baker: 28 receptions for 282 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Cameron Morrah: 1 receptions for 10 yards and 0 touchdowns.

 

[Dawg Pound 69]

Carlson should be closer to his 2008 stats than his disappointing 2009 stats. Between Burleson's departure and Branch's age/injuries, Hasselbeck will be dumping it to the TE often.

 

[Honda]

I'm trying to be a believer in these but Forsett gets twice the carries of Lendale? White's only going to get 5 carries a game?

 

[MJD_Mafia]

Housh really that low? Tate's ramp seems too high.

 

[Hooper31]

TEJohn Carlson: 23 receptions for 245 yards and 2 touchdowns.Chris Baker: 28 receptions for 282 yards and 2 touchdowns.Cameron Morrah: 1 receptions for 10 yards and 0 touchdowns.

I think your TE numbers are very wrong here. I can't fathom any set of circumstances (other than major injury) where Baker has half the targets/receptions as Carlson for the coming season.

 

[Bradford4Prez]

If you're going to project the TE, you should have included Anthony McCoy.

 

[MG345]

Carlson should be closer to his 2008 stats than his disappointing 2009 stats. Between Burleson's departure and Branch's age/injuries, Hasselbeck will be dumping it to the TE often.

You realize Carlson's 2009 stats, weren't much lower than his 2008 stats?No way Carlson catches less than 50 balls next year.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Chris Baker is a much better blocker than Carlson. I think Baker will definitely get a substantial number of snaps. The question is whether he'll eat into Carlson's reps, or whether he'll work as the blocking TE in two-TE sets, leaving Carlson free to get into the pattern.

If they do the latter, I need to bump up Carlson's projections. (I read a quote yesterday or the day before indicating that they would indeed be using two-TE sets frequently.)

 

[MG345]

Chris Baker is a much better blocker than Carlson. I think Baker will definitely get a substantial number of snaps. The question is whether he'll eat into Carlson's reps, or whether he'll work as the blocking TE in two-TE sets, leaving Carlson free to get into the pattern.If they do the latter, I need to bump up Carlson's projections. (I read a quote yesterday or the day before indicating that they would indeed be using two-TE sets frequently.)

Was it this quote?

Seahawks | John Carlson could see time in slotComment (0)Tue, 04 May 2010 13:42:48 -0400Seattle Seahawks TE John Carlson could move into the slot more in two-tight end sets, reports Danny O'Neil, of The Seattle Times. The team's new offense will be using the two-tight end sets frequently, and TEs Anthony McCoy and Chris Baker would fit a better profile for a blocking tight end. Carlson showed his receiving skills during practice Sunday, May 2.

Believe me, they know what they have in Carlson, and will not waste his talent like Knapp & Mora did last year. With the dearth of real WRs they have on the team, Carlson will get a lot of targets this next season, on a much more consistent basis. Projecting him at <30 is just crazy, imo.