Tag: Coby Bryant

Seahawks to ‘figure out’ where third-year DB Coby Bryant fits best

Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald says the team has to figure out where Coy Bryant feels most comfortable.

The Seahawks have a lot of talented and versatile pieces on the back end of their defense heading into 2024. One name that may get lost in the shuffle is that of Coby Bryant, their fourth-round pick from the 2022 NFL draft.

In college Bryant was one of the game’s best boundary corners, earning the Jim Thorpe award for his senior season. However, in the NFL he’s had a difficult time finding a home at one position. So far, the Seahawks have tried him on the boundary, in the slot and at safety.

Perhaps new head coach Mike Macdonald will be able to figure out where he fits best. Here’s what he had to say about Bryant last week at the league meetings in Orlando, per Mike Dugar at the Athletic.

“We’ll figure out where Coby feels most comfortable at and where he’s playing his best football for us and let him go compete and try to earn himself a really significant role…”

Bryant has struggled in coverage, posting a 38.7 grade last season – which was the worst mark on the team not counting zombie Frank Clark. While it was better than his rookie year, he still allowed a 92.9% completion rate as the nearest target and a passer rating of 100. Bryant will have to clean that up going forward or he may find himself relegated to a special teams only role.

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Seahawks 53-man roster tracker: QB, LB elevated from practice squad

Our 53-man roster tracker is updated.

The Seattle Seahawks announced a couple of practice squad elevations on Saturday ahead of today’s game against the San Francisco 49ers. Recently re-signed third-string quarterback Sean Mannion has been elevated as a contingency in case starter Geno Smith is unable to play. Smith is listed as questionable with elbow and groin injuries. The Seahawks also elevated linebacker Patrick O’Connell, who gives them some extra depth in case Jordyn Brooks is inactive – he is also listed as questionable.

Here’s the team’s updated 53-man roster by jersey number (Dec. 10).

Seahawks 53-man roster tracker: Leonard Williams in, Cody Thompson out

Here’s the updated 53-man roster by jersey number going into tomorrow’s game against the Cleveland Browns.

The Seahawks are serious about making a deep postseason run this year. Just hours after their home win over the Browns, Seattle pulled off a trade that should help them get there. The front office has sent a 2024 second-round pick and a 2025 fifth-rounder to the Giants in exchange for Leonard Williams, one of the top interior pass rushers in the league.

To make room for Wiliams, the Seahawks have waived wide receiver Cody Thompson. Our roster tracker is now updated (Oct. 31).

Seahawks Week 6 injury report: Two cornerbacks ruled OUT

Seahawks Week 6 injury report: two CBs ruled OUT

The Seattle Seahawks have completed their final practice of the week before they head out to the Queen City.

Seattle will look to keep up their winning ways against a quality Bengals team that might have found their footing for 2023. But they will do so without a pair of defensive backs.

The good news is, it seems the bye week came at the right time. The Seahawks have been decimated by injuries early on, and the time off seems to have helped aid in the healing process.

Below is the full injury report from Friday:

Behind Enemy Lines: Week 4 Q&A with Seahawks Wire

With a Week 4 matchup between the New York Giants and Seattle Seahawks on tap, we go behind enemy lines for a chat with Seahawks Wire.

The New York Giants (1-2) and Seattle Seahawks (2-1) will square off on Monday night in a Week 4 matchup at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The Giants opened the week as 1-point home underdogs but that spread has only gotten worse. They are +1.5 as of this writing.

With this matchup on tap, Giants Wire took the opportunity to hold a Q&A with Seahawks Wire managing editor Tim Weaver.

3 Seahawks are the lowest-grades safeties in the NFL according to PFF

Diggs could be talking about any number of people, but our best guess is that he’s upset with the folks over at Pro Football Focus.

Seahawks free safety Quandre Diggs seems to have a bone to pick with some unnamed people who judge players despite not knowing assignments and game-planning.

Here’s what he shared on Twitter yesterday morning.

Diggs could be talking about any number of people, but our best guess is that he’s upset with the folks over at Pro Football Focus, who have graded him out horribly so far this season.

According to PFF’s current grades, Diggs is at 30.1 overall with a poor 48.4 grade in run defense and an atrocious 37.0 mark in coverage. Diggs isn’t alone in this department, either. In fact, two of his teammates have also gotten extremely negative grades from PFF in 2023.

Julian Love is currently graded out even worse than Diggs in coverage at 30.7. That makes him the only NFL safety who’s rated worse than Diggs with 11 or more snaps this year.

Coby Bryant also has a putrid grade, and these three are the three lowest-graded safeties in the league through two weeks:

via PFF
via PFF

So, do the Seahawks have literally the three worst safeties in the NFL right now? Of course not. This is clearly about something Seattle’s defense is doing.

Perhaps the problem is that the team’s lack of a pass rush up front is putting a lot of pressure on the back end of their defense in general. In Week 1 against LA in particular Seattle played a lot of soft zone concepts, leaving their DBs out to dry as Matt Stafford shredded them over and over while rarely getting so much as a whiff of pressure. Things were better in Week 2 against the Lions, but clearly PFF doesn’t like what they’ve seen so far.

Not everyone agrees with their analysis, though. For what it’s worth, according to Pro Football Reference Diggs has only been targeted twice this year and hasn’t allowed a catch. They also have him credited with only one missed tackle, while PFF has him with four. We wouldn’t presume to understand modern coverages, but they can’t both be right.

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Here are the top and bottom five grades on both sides of the ball for Seattle this week according to the Pro Football Focus grades.

The Seahawks may be 1-0 in our hearts, but they’ve started off the 2023 season with an 0-1 record after getting creamed by the Rams yesterday. The worst of it came on the back end of their defense, where a secondary that was supposed to be this unit’s strength was whooped by Tutu Atwell and Puka Nacua in the absence of Cooper Kupp. However, they did get some strong performances from their linebacker corps, both inside and out.

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Three Seahawks defenders attempted to draw the team logo

Love has since shared his regret over the drawing.

Some professional football players are incredibly talented human beings all around. There are even some real artists around the league. Christian McCaffrey plays piano and the Eagles offensive line has a Christmas album, to name a few. We can probably count out these three Seahawks defenders from having a future in painting, though.

Yesterday Mina Kimes shared a screenshot from Instagram of three drawings – one from Coby Bryant, another from Dre’Mont Jones and one from Julian Love – all trying to capture Seattle’s team logo. Observe.

Sadly, it seems that Jones was the closest to the mark, here. At least Bryant got the general shape of the logo right, but there really aren’t any redeeming qualities for Love’s angry duck having an orgasm.

Love has since shared his regret over the drawing.

As for their day jobs, Jones and Love will both be in the starting lineup come Week 1. Meanwhile, Bryant has moved from slot corner to safety, so he’ll be backing up Love, Quandre Diggs and Jamal Adams when he returns.

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Seattle got good news from its first preseason game of the year on this score, as Bush balled out in the Seahawks’ 24-13 win over the Vikings on Thursday night. On film Bush was stout against the run and it seems the analysts at Pro Football Focus agree. Bush posted the highest overall grade on the team this week, aided by a high mark in run defense.

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Coby Bryant talks big hit while rocking Legion of Boom t-shirt

One of Seattle’s top rookie standouts from last season, defensive back Coby Bryant, is certainly trying to bring the boom back

The Seattle Seahawks are clearly focusing on rebuilding their secondary back to a fearsome, hyperphysical force. It’s partly why they opted to draft cornerback Devon Witherspoon at No. 5 overall instead of defensive tackle Jalen Carter.

One of Seattle’s top rookie standouts from last season, defensive back Coby Bryant, is certainly trying to bring the boom back. He had a huge hit (which was flagged) in the first quarter, but it brought the juice to the 12’s.

After the game, Bryant discussed his play, all while wearing a classic Legion of Boom t-shirt.

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