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Seahawks Highlights: Underrated CB D.J. Reed shares his top plays of 2021

Seahawks Highlights: Underrated CB D.J. Reed shares his top plays of 2021

The Seattle Seahawks had a shaky cornerback situation coming into the 2021 season. It’s no accident that things began to come together for the group after a few weeks when they shifted D.J. Reed over from the left corner spot to his more natural postion on the right side.

Reed balled out for the rest of the year, posting two interceptions, 10 passes defensed and 62 solo tackles. For his efforts, Reed earned the highest Pro Football Focus grade of the season for Seattle’s defense among those players with 100 snaps or more. On Wednesday night, Reed shared a highlight reel on Twitter featuring his top plays of the year.

Reed is set to become a free agent in a few weeks. He should be high on the team’s list of players to re-sign.

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Seahawks: Their 12 highest graded players by PFF from win over Lions

Here are the team’s 12 highest-graded players from Pro Football Focus this week.

The Seahawks and their fans are happy to get back into the win column, even if it was only against the Lions.

Sharing in the spirit of celebration, here are the team’s 12 highest-graded players from Pro Football Focus this week.

Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett ‘unlikely’ to be activated for tonight’s game vs. Rams

The Seahawks will probably have to go without their most consistent offensive playmaker this week.

The Seahawks will probably have to go without their most consistent offensive playmaker this week. According to a report by Brady Henderson at ESPN, wide receiver Tyler Lockett is unlikely to be activated off the team’s reserve/COVID-19 list in time for tonight’s game against the Rams.

Lockett and running back Alex Collins were the first players put on Seattle’s reserve list this week. In the days since, seven more names have joined them. Losing Lockett is a huge deal for the Seahawks’ passing game, which has had issues integrating D.K. Metcalf over the last several weeks. Meanwhile, Lockett has been red hot – totaling 278 yards and three touchdowns over Seattle’s last two games – both wins in large part thanks to No. 16.

The Rams have had COVID-19 issues of their own, which is why this game was postponed to begin with. LA’s luck has turned in a good way in this department, though. At one point 29 players were on their list but most of the important names have been activated, including Odell Beckham Jr., Jalen Ramsey and Von Miller.

Hopefully the Seahawks will get at least a few of their own key pieces back, especially cornerback D.J. Reed.

Seattle has until 1:00 p.m. pacific time to make roster changes.

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Seahawks CB D.J. Reed shares reaction to getting placed on COVID-19 list

If Reed can’t go against the Rams, it will be a massive blow for Seattle’s defense.

The Seahawks are getting the shaft. The COVID-19 outbreaks on the Rams, Browns and Washington put the NFL in a difficult position this week, but there’s no question that Seattle, Las Vegas and Philadelphia are suffering through no fault of their own.

Not only will the NFL not push back the Seahawks’ Week 16 game against the Bears. Now, Seattle is going through a COVID-19 outbreak of its own. Today, six players were placed on the reserve list, bringing the team’s total to eight. The most notable of the names was cornerback D.J. Reed, who shared this reaction to the news on Twitter.

The Seahawks secondary has done an excellent job so far of competing despite season-ending injuries to Tre Brown and Jamal Adams. Very few teams are four-deep at cornerback, though and Reed’s play on the right side has been outstanding since Week 5.

If Reed can’t go against the Rams, it will be a massive blow for Seattle’s defense. Heading into Week 15, Reed has allowed just an 83.8 passer rating in coverage. He also has the highest PFF run defense grade on the team.

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Seahawks place 6 more players on reserve/COVID-19 list, bringing total to 8

Six more players have been placed on Seattle’s COVID list, bringing the total to eight.

Life is not fair and then you die. As if anybody needed another reminder during this pandemic, the Seattle Seahawks are getting a classic example this week thanks to the league office.

The NFL has already postponed this week’s game between Seattle and the Los Angeles Rams until Tuesday afternoon due to a COVID-19 outbreak on LA’s roster. Just as the Rams are starting to get healthier, now the Seahawks are getting sicker. Six more players have been placed on Seattle’s COVID list, bringing the total to eight. Here is a quick review of who’s currently out for the Seahawks.

Seahawks players, fans vent frustrations over Rams game getting postponed

Here’s what the Seahawks and their fans are tweeting about the news.

The Seahawks naturally are unhappy about Sunday’s game against the Rams getting postponed until Tuesday. There are legitimate player safety and public health issues at stake, but LA is getting the advantage considering how many players are on their reserve/COVID-19 list compared to Seattle’s. While we’re at it, the Raiders and the Eagles have legitimate gripes as well for having their games rescheduled over outbreaks in Washington and Cleveland.

Since the news came out, many NFL players have been sharing their frustrations on Twitter. including several in Seattle. Here’s what the Seahawks and their fans are tweeting about the news.

Seahawks, Cardinals Week 11 inactives: D.J. Reed, Kyler Murray ruled out

Fortunately, their division rivals are shorthanded coming in due to a rash of injuries.

The Seattle Seahawks are on the ropes as they head into today’s critical matchup with the Arizona Cardinals. Today is the definition of a must-win game. Fortunately, their division rivals are shorthanded coming in due to a rash of injuries. Kickoff is in about 90 minutes, so let’s get to the inactives lists, which include big names on both sides.

Here are lists for both teams.

Seattle

CB D.J. Reed
DE L.J. Collier
DT Robert Nkemdiche
OT Jamarco Jones
QB Jacob Eason
C Dakoda Shepley

Arizona

QB Kyler Murray
WR DeAndre Hopkins
RB Jonathan Ward
S James Wiggins
G Justin Pugh

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Seahawks: 6 notes from Pete Carroll’s post-Week 8 Monday press conference

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll just finished his regular Monday press conference, following his team’s 31-7 win over the Jaguars.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll just finished his regular Monday press conference, following his team’s 31-7 win over the Jaguars.

Here are a few notes from the media that were on the call.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll considering cornerback changes vs. 49ers

According to a report by Jeremy Fowler at ESPN, coach Pete Carroll is mulling a different rotation against the San Francisco 49ers

Cornerback has been a major problem for the Seattle Seahawks defense during the 2021 season. D.J. Reed is playing out of position on the left side, Tre Flowers has gotten beat by every receiver he’s covered so far and both have pointed to confusion and questions about the scheme. We might see a change, though.

According to a report by Jeremy Fowler at ESPN, coach Pete Carroll is mulling a different rotation today against the San Francisco 49ers. That could mean expanded roles for two new cornerback that the team acquired just before the regular season began: Sidney Jones and Bless Austin.

Through three games, Jones and Austin have only seen the field on special teams. There’s a risk that comes with playing defenders who don’t have live experience with the system, but it’s hard to imagine that those two could perform any worse than Flowers and Reed have to date.

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