Sea Thoughts
Over at the Seaside Joe daily Seahawks newsletter, I’ve been ranking each position among the four NFC West teams and assigning a point value system to all. If you subscribe to the newsletter already, then you may not get any new information in this. If you’ve found Seaside Joe through substack today, then you can sign up for a DAILY Seahawks newsletter by clicking here.
So far we’ve gone over QB-RB-WR-TE and this weekend I’ll go over the offensive line positions. I assign 4 points to first place, 3 points to second place, 2 to third, 1 to fourth. I also give a bonus point for ‘best depth’ and subtract a point for ‘worst depth’.
Here is the updated rankings:
QB Starters:
1. Seahawks - Russell Wilson
2. Rams - Matthew Stafford
3. Cardinals - Kyler Murray
4. 49ers - Jimmy Garopppolo
Depth:
1. 49ers (Trey Lance, Nick Mullens, Josh Rosen, Nate Sudfeld, Josh Johnson)
2. Rams (John Wolford, Bryce Perkins, Devlin Hodges)
3. Seahawks (Geno Smith, Alex McGough, Danny Etling)
4. Cardinals (Colt McCoy, Chris Streveler, Cole McDonald)
RB Starters:
1. Rams - Cam Akers
2. Seahawks - Chris Carson
3. 49ers - Raheem Mostert
4. Cardinals - James Conner
Depth at the position:
1. 49ers (Trey Sermon, Jeff Wilson, Wayne Gallman, JaMycal Hasty, Kyle Jusczcyk)
2. Rams (Darrell Henderson, Xavier Jones, Raymond Calais, Jake Funk)
3. Seahawks (Rashaad Penny, Travis Homer, DeeJay Dallas, Alex Collins, Patrick Carr)
4. Cardinals (Chase Edmonds, Eno Benjamin, Jonathan Ward, Tavien Feaster)
Top-2 WR Starters:
1. Seahawks - DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett
2. Rams - Cooper Kupp, Robert Woods
3. Cardinals - DeAndre Hopkins, A.J. Green
4. 49ers - Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk
Depth at the position:
1. Rams (DeSean Jackson, Van Jefferson, Tutu Atwell, Trishton Jackson, Jacob Harris, Ben Skowronek)
2. Seahawks (D'Wayne Eskridge, Freddie Swain, Penny Hart, John Ursua, Tamorrion Terry)
3. Cardinals (Rondale Moore, Christian Kirk, Andy Isabella, KeeSean Johnson)
4. 49ers (Mohamed Sanu, Travis Benjamin, Richie James, Jalen Hurd, Kevin White, Marqise Lee)
TE Starters:
1. 49ers - George Kittle
2. Seahawks - Will Dissly
3. Rams - Tyler Higbee
4. Cardinals - Maxx Williams
Depth at the position:
1. Seahawks (Gerald Everett, Colby Parkinson)
2. Rams (Brycen Hopkins, Johnny Mundt)
3. 49ers (Ross Dwelley, Charlie Woerner)
4. Cardinals (Darrell Daniels, Ian Bunting)
Current Standings:
1. Seahawks - 15
2. Rams - 12
3. 49ers - 8
4. Cardinals - 5
Arizona is in a deep hole already and it may be difficult to climb out of it, especially since we know that the 49ers have areas coming up where they’ll likely gain ground on the top two teams. Can Seattle stay out in front?