On Saturday, Georgia football CB signee Kelee Ringo trained with 49ers CB Richard Sherman and Seahawks WR D.K. Metcalf.
Perhaps the most notable prospect from Georgia’s 2020 No. 1 recruiting class is cornerback Kelee Ringo out of Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Ringo (6-2, 205) was rated as the No. 1 CB, No. 1 player in Arizona and the No. 4 player in the country in 2020. In his senior season, Ringo had 31 tackles, 4 TFL, 3 INTs, and even scored 13 touchdowns on offense.
On Saturday Ringo put his young talent to the test against some of the best players in the NFL in a training session with 49ers CB Richard Sherman, WR Josh Gordon and Seahawks WR D.K. Metcalf.
We can only imagine how much information Sherman, Gordon and Metcalf were able to pass on to the young CB. If Ringo was able to cover Gordon and Metcalf, he should have no problem with SEC receivers. Other than maybe George Pickens in practice.
With Ringo’s combination of size, speed and a knack for the ball, he could possibly be one of the best Georgia defensive backs ever.
710 ESPN Seattle’s John Clayton reports that Seahawks quarterback is recruiting free agent wide receiver Antonio Brown to the team.
710 ESPN Seattle’s John Clayton reports that Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is recruiting free agent wide receiver Antonio Brown to the Emerald City.
Clayton said the Seahawks have prioritized other positions, but are open to adding another pass-catching target for Wilson, and another potential advantage is Brown’s friendship with Seahawks backup quarterback Geno Smith.
“It’s pretty clear the Seahawks want to run the ball even more this year,” Clayton said. “They have loaded up at tight end and tried to stay big along the offensive line. But it’s not out of the question for the Seahawks to add another wide receiver. According to sources, Wilson would love to add Antonio Brown. Brown is also close with backup QB Geno Smith, whose one-year contract with the Seahawks was finalized Wednesday.”
However, Brown was run out of town by three teams in a remarkably short amount of time due to disorderly conduct and behavior, and Seattle already has two star wide receivers in Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf. It seems unlikely that the Seahawks will pursue Brown, but anything is possible in the NFL.
NFL analyst Nate Burleson listed his top-five breakout candidates at wide receiver, and Seattle Seahawks star DK Metcalf was number one.
NFL Network analyst and former Seattle Seahawks receiver Nate Burleson has made it exceptionally clear he is a big, big fan of wide receiver DK Metcalf.
Burleson, who played for Seattle from 2006-2009 and now is a commentator on ‘Good Morning Football’ and ‘The NFL Today’, predicted back in February that Metcalf would have 1,200 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns next season. He followed that up in April by saying Metcalf is just scratching the surface of what he can accomplish in the NFL.
Now, Burleson listed his top-five breakout candidates at wide receiver, and as you can probably guess, Metcalf is number one.
Here are @nateburleson's Top 5 Breakout WRs in 2020⤵️
Metcalf is followed by Deebo Samuel of the 49ers, CeeDee Lamb of the Cowboys, Will Fuller of the Texans and Henry Ruggs III of the Raiders.
While some may think there’s some favoritism going on here (Burleson is also from Seattle) there is certainly some legitimacy to the idea of Metcalf breaking out in 2020.
For starters, he was awesome as a rookie, racking up 900 receiving yards and seven touchdowns on 58 receptions. He is heading into year two more familiar with Russell Wilson, and with the expectation he could be moved around the formation more.
Tyler Lockett is still in the mix, and the team added a few more weapons in Greg Olsen and Phillip Dorsett, as well as three pass-catching rookies, but that only makes it more difficult for teams to defend Metcalf, as they are less likely to double-team him.
A 1,000 yard season and a potential Pro Bowl berth are both realistic possibilities for the hulking receiver in year two, and Burleson is not along in expecting big things from Metcalf when the season gets going.
The Seattle Seahawks have a lot of players who are familiar with the Pro Bowl. Here are three who could make it for the first time in 2020.
The Seattle Seahawks have been well-represented in the Pro Bowl, the NFL’s postseason All-Star event, over the past few years.
While Russell Wilson and Bobby Wagner are candidates to be selected for the Pro Bowl nearly every single year, there are still a handful of Seahawks who have yet to make a Pro Bowl appearance, despite strong performances in the league.
The COVID-19 crisis could very easily cause the Pro Bowl to be suspended for the upcoming season, which could rob some very deserving candidates of a shot at recognition.
Time will tell how the league eventually decides to handle their All-Star event, but if it does end up occurring, here are three Seahawks who have a good chance of being selected for the first time in their NFL careers in 2020.
The strength of schedule for receivers considers both wide receivers and tight ends but not running backs. The usage of wideouts and tight ends varies from team to team so they should be considered together. As there are only a handful of relevant fantasy tight ends each year, considering them alone would result in much greater inaccuracy.
Receivers are also the least impacted by the schedule strength. The top receivers from each offense will always garner greater coverage. And those are mostly controlled by the quality of the opposing cornerback. Wide receiver vs. cornerback is the only 1:1 matchup of all fantasy players and defenses. So take this only as a minor consideration in valuing a player.
Total Points
For fantasy contests and such, only total points matter so below are the total points for each passing offense derived from their schedule against the averages allowed in 2019 by those defenses.
Weekly Play
Three different views are below. Week 1 to 16 is the full season fantasy strength of schedule. “The Dorey Rule” says to draft like the season only lasted the first six weeks for a hot start. Finally, Weeks 14 to 16 represent the most common fantasy playoff weeks. “Good” games were when they faced one of the top 22 venues from last year; “Bad” was when they played in one of the worst 22. The middle 20 matchups were neither good nor bad.
Notable schedules
Allen Robinson/Anthony Miller (CHI) – The Bears have the best passing schedule across the board and that will benefit Robinson and Miller the most. There is an opportunity within that since the quarterback controversy between Mitchell Trubisky and Nick Foles naturally throws shade on the receivers. With this schedule, either quarterback should look better and that benefits Robinson and Miller the most.
Kenny Golladay/Marvin Jones (DET) – Golladay is already a hot commodity after his 11 scores in 2019 but Jones was injured for the last two seasons. The return of a healthy Matt Stafford already bodes well and the Lions schedule is one of the lightest for receivers. Aside from matchups with the Packers and Bears, the wideout duo should make even more noise this year.
Tyler Lockett/DK Metcalf (SEA) – The duo already combined for 1,957 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2019. Now they get to face the bottom third of soft venues in half of their games. A mature offense with one of the better quarterbacks in the league gets a schedule advantage over most of the league. And this offense focuses almost solely on those two starting wideouts.
T.Y. Hilton/TBD – After a downturn last year, it is easy to forget that Hilton’s last two seasons with Andrew Luck produced 1,448 and 1,270 yards respectively. Now Philip Rivers takes over and that bound to improve Hilton’s stats. Throw in a schedule with only four bad venues and he’s sure to improve. The rookie Michael Pittman battles Zach Pascal and Parris Campbell for the No. 2 role that should surprise given there is only one bad matchup over the first eight weeks.
A.J. Brown/Adam Humphries (TEN) – The Titans are a run-first team anyway, but the schedule isn’t going to make it any easier when they pass. Brown was red hot down the stretch of his rookie season and is clearly the only notable receiver there. He starts out with three of his first four matchups versus top defenses and doesn’t enjoy any soft secondaries over his final six games. Brown should still see the volume to produce fantasy value but the other receivers are more certain to feel the impact of this schedule.
Marquise Brown/Mark Andrews (BAL) – Hard to get excited by any receiver on a team with a historic volume of rushing and even with the stellar results of 2019, Lamar Jackson only threw for 3,225 yards. And the Ravens had one of the lighter passing schedules last year. Now they only face two of the softer venues and one of those comes in Week 16. The 39 touchdown passes were spread over the entire offense other than Brown (7) and Andrews (10). They’ll need those scores to return similar fantasy value against this far more challenging schedule.
Adam Thielen/Justin Jefferson (MIN) – An improved rushing offense saw the Vikings passing decline from 2018 and injuries further depressed the production. With Stefon Diggs gone, the rookie Justin Jefferson is expected to pair with Adam Thielen but no other team has fewer matchups against weaker defenses than the Vikings. Three of the final four games of the fantasy season face bad venues. Tough year for Jefferson to learn the ropes and Thielen to get back to his success of 2018.
Stefon Diggs/John Brown (BUF) – Overall, the Bills receivers go against an average schedule strength but that happens in a curious way. Over the first ten weeks, they face just two bad venues and yet enjoy six good ones. After their Week 11 bye, it all goes bad. Their final five games of the fantasy season – including all of the fantasy playoffs – pit them against the worst venues. Those final five are the Chargers, at the 49ers, Steelers, at the Broncos, and then at the Patriots. That’s not going to propel anyone into their fantasy playoffs.
2020 weekly grid
Average passing fantasy points allowed
Fantasy values were derived from 1 point per 10 receiving yards and six-point passing touchdowns.
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf joined the NFL’s digital rookie seminar along with 547 other players to give rookies advice.
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf joined the NFL’s digital rookie seminar along with 547 other players and gave rookies some advice, speaking from the experience he gained from his own debut season last year.
Metcalf stated that former Seahawks defensive back Mo Kelly told him to take things one day at a time and learn as much as he possibly could.
“I think Mo told us in our rookie meeting: ‘Don’t sit nowhere. Let everybody come in first and sit down. Then you find your seat last,'” Metcalf said via Rob Maaddi of the Associated Press. “So that really set the tone for the year and how to approach everything. Just wait my turn and soak up as much knowledge from the vets as I could.”
Metcalf also believes rookies should be conservative with their money and spending habits.
“The easiest way to manage that is just to know where your money is going and who has control of it,” he said. “Be proactive and know where your money is going, how you’re spending it, get a budget.”
Perhaps most importantly, Metcalf stated that criticism is natural because analysts will always find something to scrutinize no matter how gifted a player seems.
“I told some guys it’s a good thing and a bad thing, because what I learned last year about the whole draft process is people are looking for something bad to point out about you no matter what it is,” Metcalf said. “So the less opportunity teams had to nitpick anything you did wrong was a better position for you. But for the guys who didn’t get invited to the combine, who only had a chance to show what they could do at pro day, that’s the other bad part about it, so there’s two ways you can look at it.”
Metcalf himself will be expected to make strong contributions to the Seahawks offense as he attempts to take a significant second-year jump.
With moves still to be made, including some cuts and potentially some additions, it’s too early to make any concrete assumptions about the 2020 Seahawks roster.
That’s not going to stop us from taking a stab at it, however, with our first official post-draft 53-man roster prediction coming to you now.
The Seahawks have added so many versatile players to the roster that making predictions for some of these guys was a challenge, and this team will have to cut some pretty talented players from the roster in order to get things down to 53.
Here’s take one of what will be multiple attempts to predict what the roster will be on September 1, 2020.
Former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Nate Burleson stated that current WR DK Metcalf is only scratching the surface of his potential.
Former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Nate Burleson recently raved about current wideout DK Metcalf, who is coming off a strong rookie season and looks to be one of the NFL’s top wide receivers in 2020.
Burleson stated on the Talkin’ Seahawks podcast that teams who passed on Metcalf focused less on his physical traits and draft performances that emphasized his positive potential than they should have.
“You look at his frame, you look at his speed, you look at how strong he is and then you think about what he can do with great coaching,” Burleson said. “That’s where people didn’t really break him down.”
Burleson said the sky is the limit for Metcalf, who recorded 58 receptions for 900 yards and seven touchdowns in 2019.
“He’s literally just scratching the surface, which is scary,” Burleson said. “He’s humble, he’s hungry and he’s just a cool cat. I would love to see him have a breakout year. He’s going to be one of the best receivers in the league someday soon.”
Burleson also stated that Metcalf can be particularly unstoppable if he learns to execute in several different spots around the field, including the slot, to take advantage of potential mismatches.
“If DK can do that, he’ll be unstoppable,” Burleson said. “If you put him in the slot and put him against a nickel corner or a linebacker or a safety, it’s curtains for the defender.”
Seahawks fans will heavily anticipate Metcalf’s sophomore season. Like Burleson said, he is only scratching the surface.
Wide receiver David Moore beat the Seattle Seahawks to the punch when he posted on Instagram on Sunday that he had signed his restricted free agent tender. The team confirmed the signing on Wednesday afternoon.
Moore was originally selected by the Seahawks at No. 226 overall in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL draft out East Central University in Oklahoma. He spent the majority of his rookie year on the practice squad before emerging as a target in 2018, when he started seven games.
Last season for Seattle, Moore logged 17 receptions for 301 yards and two touchdowns.
Moore will continue to compete for the No. 3 receiver spot behind Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf likely battling with newly-signed receiver Phillip Dorsett.
The Seahawks may very well look to the NFL draft to add more weapons to quarterback Russell Wilson’s arsenal. The completely virtual event kicks off Thursday night at 5:00 p.m. PT and will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN, and the NFL Network.
The Seattle Seahawks plan to move star wide receiver DK Metcalf around the formation more in 2020 now that they know his capabilities.
The Seattle Seahawks are looking to utilize wide receiver DK Metcalf in numerous ways in 2020, following his breakout rookie season.
Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer stated that Metcalf will be moved around the formation more often, now that they are aware of his full range of abilities.
“The No. 1 thing that we know is that we can move him around and do different things with him,” Schottenheimer told NBC Sports Northwest. “He kind of got stuck at the ‘X’ receiver last year. This year we know we can move him around quite a bit more. There are so many more routes he can run. He’s proven he can get behind people.”
Schottenheimer said Seattle can attempt new plays that play more to Metcalf’s strengths, and that this has the potential to significantly benefit the offense in the near future.
“I just think the flexibility of moving him around and introducing some different route concepts that we can kind of get him up to speed on will complement the things that he’s already put on film,” Schottenheimer continued. “It will be an incredible, incredible advantage for us as we head into next season.”
A pivotal moment for Metcalf was his performance in the Seahawks’ wild-card game against the Philadelphia Eagles, in which he recorded seven receptions for 160 yards and a touchdown, setting the NFL postseason rookie record in the process.
“The night was stolen by D.K.,” Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said in his postgame press conference. “He just had a phenomenal night. Showed you what he’s capable of looking like. He’s had a great season in his rookie year, but to have a night like that, first time ever in the playoffs, it’s spectacular. He’s doing stuff that it’s hard to imagine anyone else doing. So we’re excited about that.”
With his tremendous debut season in the books, the sky is the ceiling for Metcalf as the Seahawks look to get him even more involved in 2020.
