Seattle Seahawks

Power Run (Gap) — Dictate physically. Duo, power, counter.
Team fit 84.0 A− · Read the full guide →

Single High — +1 in the box. Beat our man coverage.
Team fit 86.5 A− · Read the full guide →

Not a contender's roster, not a doormat's — the story is in the details below. The face of it is Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR, 99).

Reality check: the defending champions are 4-3 after holding Patrick Mahomes to 165 yards and Kansas City to a field goal in a 20-3 win. Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker left for Kansas City as the league's rushing leader — Seattle held him to 36 yards in his return. Relitigated, and answered.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba (WR, 99) is the headliner. 99 medium route running — owns the intermediate middle, the hardest area to defend; 98 spectacular catch — the spectacular-catch trait — throws into coverage are not automatically bad ideas; 98 release — beats press at the line before the route even starts. Game-planning against this team starts with him and works backward.

Sam Darnold (84) at quarterback is serviceable rather than special; the stars around him are asked to make him right. The line has a star of its own: Quenton Nelson (LG, 95), the kind of blocker whole run concepts get built behind.

Devon Witherspoon (CB, 91) sets the terms. 93 acceleration — zero to full speed in a blink — the first three steps are already gone; 91 speed — real speed that has to be accounted for. He is the problem the other sideline has to solve first.

And he has company at the top: Leonard Williams (90) also rates 90+, giving this roster 2 defenders at that level.

Jason Myers (82) kicks — 95 leg, 92 accuracy. Michael Dickson (85) punts — 96 leg, 96 accuracy. The return game has a genuine weapon: Rashid Shaheed (89 return, 95 speed).

Offense: Velus Jones Jr (HB, 68 OVR). Read the ratings page twice: the overall says 68, the speed says 94. Overall is about the whole job; that speed is about one job, and he can already do that one as well as most starters.

Defense: Nehemiah Pritchett (CB, 74 OVR) — a 94 speed buried at 74 overall. Speed is the one trait that plays at any overall — it travels to any package, any formation, any Sunday.