What The Seahawks Said Following Their Win Against The Chief

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a look at what the Seahawks said following their meeting in Week 16 against the Kansas City Chiefs.“We’re Going For It” & Other Takeaways From Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll’s Monday Press ConferenceNews and notes from Pete Carroll's Monday press conference following a Week 16 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.Seahawks Sign Pete Carroll To Contract Extension Through 2021 SeasonThe Seahawks signed head coach Pete Carroll to a multi-year extension on Monday afternoon.Seahawks Injury Updates From Pete Carroll Heading Into the Final Week Of The Regular SeasonSeahawks head coach Pete Carroll provided a number of injury updates as Seattle heads into the final week of the regular season.Seahawks extension worth $11 million per year , NFL reaction.Seahawks extend contract for coach Pete Carroll through 2021 | The News TribuneThe Seahawks approached Pete Carroll about a new contract last week. 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The Seattle Seahawks signed the head coach to a multi-year extension through 2021 on Monday afternoon.Dolphins owner says team won't pursue Jim Harbaugh - NFL.comDolphins owner Stephen Ross told The Miami Herald on Monday that he will not attempt to steal Jim Harbaugh away from Michigan, where the coach has led the Wolverines since 2015.Case Keenum: No one likes losing, we want to win for Vance Joseph – ProFootballTalkThe Broncos' season has rapidly gone south, and with it the futures of coach Vance Joseph and quarterback Case Keenum. Joseph appears certain to be fired, and Keenum likely won't be back as the starting quarterback next season. Keenum is, unsurprisingly, unhappy about that.Phillip Lindsay to have MRI on injured wrist , wants to play in Broncos finale – ProFootballTalkDenver Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay will spend at least part of his Christmas getting an MRI on his injured right wrist. Lindsay was injured in the third quarter of Monday night's 27-14 loss to the Oakland Raiders when his wrist got bent backward as he was hit by Raiders safety Erik Harri...Week 16 SNF rating surges 40 percent vs. last year – ProFootballTalkIt was a memorable Week 16. And a watchable Week 16. The prime-time game on NBC between the Chiefs and Seahawks, a contest featuring plenty of playoff implications, generated an overnight rating 40 percent higher than last year's Week 16 night game on NBC, via SportsMediaWatch.com. Regular readers are well aware that we are slowly working our way through grading each of the nine draft picks the Seattle Seahawks made in 2018 using the benefit of a season of hindsight. We have already made it two thirds of the way through the grading process, having already finished looking at the selections of First round running back Rashaad Penny,Third round defensive end Rasheem Green,Seventh round quarterback Alex McGough, Sixth round defensive end Jacob Martin,Fifth round tackle Jamarco Jones andFifth round Pro Bowl punter Michael Dickson.Now we move to the third of four fifth round selections the Seahawks held in 2018, and take a look at linebacker Shaquem Griffin. Hopefully I don’t have to go into great detail about the fact that teammate Shaquill Griffin is his twin brother, and the two are back playing together once again after the 2017 season represented the first season they did not play on the same team. Having been teammates first at Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg, FL and then together at the University of Central Florida for four years, where Shaquem redshirted for the 2013 season while Shaquill did not. (Author’s note: Just in case you were wondering how competitive high school football in Florida is, as Juniors in 2011 at Lakewood the Griffin twins were teammates with Dante Fowler of the Los Angeles Rams on a team that went 7-4 according to MaxPreps.)Getting back to Shaquem’s 2018 performance for the Seahawks , however, he did not get nearly the playing time on defense as some might have expected, but did play a significant role on special teams. The Hawks used Shaquem extensively on special teams, and by the end of the season only six other Hawks had accumulated more special teams snaps. On those special teams snaps he recorded five tackles, while adding another four tackles on defense, three of which were solo tackles with the last one a small assist coming from Rasheem Green. And that brings us to the discussion of Griffin’s play on defense. Shaquem was a tackling machine for the Hawks defense during the preseason, wracking up 26 tackles, including a total of 17 in the two games against the Oakland Raiders and Indianapolis Colts, however, it wasn’t all good. That tweet from Field Gulls’ own Matty F. Brown came on the day the Seahawks played against the Denver Broncos in a disappointing season opening loss, which was the only game of the season in which Shaquem started. In fact, it wasn’t just the only game he started, it ended up as the game in which he saw the majority of the defensive snaps he played all season. Here’s a table showing his defensive snap count by game over the course of the 2018 season. Shaquem Griffin 2018 defensive snap count log by gameWeekOpponentDefensive SnapsWeekOpponentDefensive SnapsNow, it doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to be able to analyze that data. Most anyone should be able to figure out that a player who was healthy and active for all 16 games and recorded 41 defensive snaps while starting Week 1 and subsequently went on to finish the season with a total of 50 defensive snaps likely didn’t play very well in that Week 1 start. Obviously the data does not shed any light on the why , and that’s what the tape is for, which is why it’s fantastic to have someone like Matty around so that he can watch the tape and I can simply piggyback off his phenomenal work. In any case, as a fifth round pick Shaquem’s ability to come in and be a special teams contributor is significant. Maybe through experience and development he can address the pursuit angle issues that showed up, and perhaps he can one day develop into a starting linebacker at the NFL level. Even if he does not however, he has already proven that he can certainly fill a role as a core member of special teams units, while serving as depth at the linebacker position. Thus, even if he never develops into a starting caliber linebacker, there’s nothing wrong with a fifth round pick developing into the next Mike Morgan, D.J. Alexander, Heath Farwell or any other depth linebacker across the NFL who is also a special teams standout. Griffin has shown he can be a contributor in the NFL, and going forward he should have plenty of opportunity to develop more of his game. Where does that leave the Seahawks grade for the pick?

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