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Tre Brown, Bruce Irvin questioning officials after Lions get screwed again

The NFL has no tradition they hold more sacred than screwing over the Detroit Lions.

The NFL has no tradition they hold more sacred than screwing over the Detroit Lions with poor officiating. The Seattle Seahawks benefitted from it earlier this season in their Week 2 win over Detroit, which was marred by horrific officiating from start to finish – much of it going against the Lions. Last night Detroit got the shaft yet again, this time from Brad Allen’s crew.

In case you missed it, it looked like the Lions had pulled off an upset over the Dallas Cowboys, becoming the first visiting team to win in Dallas this year. However, Taylor Decker’s touchdown was wiped out after officials claimed that Decker did not report as an eligible receiver.

The Lions got two more tries at their two-point conversion but couldn’t close the deal. We have since learned that Decker most definitely did report – but it appears that Allen simply ignored him and walked away while Decker was trying to inform him.

Even worse, Lions head coach Dan Campbell says he explained the entire play to officials before the game even started.

It’s an awful way for the Lions to lose such a critical game for playoff positioning. A lot of players are voicing their displeasure with the officiating, including current and former Seahawks. Here’s cornerback Tre Brown calling for refs to have to give press conferences after games.

And here’s Bruce Irvin (currently with the Lions) taking note of Detroit’s 0-6 record and lopsided penalty yardage in games that Brad Allen calls.

Unfortunately this is just the latest footnote in a long, sad history of Detroit suffering a disproportionate amount from NFL officials failing to do their jobs well.

If it’s not going to be the Seahawks, there’s no other team we’d rather see hoisting the Lombardi than the Lions.

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Here are 12 solid individual Pro Football Focus grades for Seattle this week.

Doom and gloom are the order of the day in Seahawks Country, where the team just suffered their most self-destructive loss of the Pete Carroll era. Following a brutal and largely self-inflicted loss by one point to the division rival Rams, it’ll be tough to find positives.

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2023 NFL mid-season All-Breakout Team

These players have gone from potential depth pieces to household names in the last two months- this is the 2023 NFL mid-season All-Breakout team

Every year, several players blindside us with amazing seasons. Peyton Hillis in 2011, Gary Barnidge in 2015, Terrelle Pryor in 2016 (the Browns have had a lot of one-year wonders)- they all come to mind.

These players, though, are hoping their standout seasons are more than just a shot in the dark. Here is the midseason All-Breakout team.

6 things to know about the Seahawks and Commanders for Week 10

Here are six things to know heading into this week’s game.

The Seahawks are hosting the Commanders at Lumen Field on Sunday afternoon in what should be a classic get-right game following their humiliating 34-point loss to the Ravens last week. For Seattle, beating Washington is never as easy as it should be on paper, though.

Here are six things to know heading into this week’s game.

Seahawks Week 10 injury report: only 4 players sit out of practice

Seahawks Week 10 injury report: only 4 players sit out of practice

The Seattle Seahawks are looking to get back to their winning ways against the Washington Commanders on Sunday. Unfortunately, they have another week of a lengthy injury report following their 37-3 smackdown at the hands of the Baltimore Ravens.

Things are looking a little better for Seattle on Thursday, as the did not practice list is down three players. Meanwhile, the full participation in practice category was filled to the brim.

You can see the full injury report from Thursday’s practice below:

Seahawks Week 8 injury report: 9 players full participants in practice

Seahawks Week 8 injury report: 9 players full participants in practice

As is the running theme this season, injuries have been a consistent concern for the Seattle Seahawks. Wednesday practice injury reports have been particularly brutal, and yesterday’s was no exception. A total of eight players did not participate at all.

Fortunately, they tend to get better as the week progresses, and this was the case for Thursday’s practice. On Thursday, the did not participate list was cut in half, and a grand total of nine players were full participants.

Below is the full injury report:

Seahawks Week 8 injury report: 8 players did not practice

Seahawks Week 8 injury report: 8 players did not practice

Another week, another lengthy injury report for the Seattle Seahawks. Wednesday practices have been rough this year, as several key players either did not practice or were limited.

On Wednesday, eight players did not practice, including the likes of Bobby Wagner, Tyler Lockett, and of course linebacker Uchenna Nwosu.

The good news is wide receiver DK Metcalf was a full participant, after missing the Week 7 game, as well as a pair of starting offensive linemen. Below is the full practice report:

Seahawks have the most zone-heavy defense in NFL this season

The Seahawks have lined up in some version of zone on 84% of their snaps

The Seahawks secondary is about as talented as any in the NFL this year. With Riq Woolen, Devon Witherspoon and Tre Brown at cornerback you’d figure that they would be playiung a lot of man defense. The opposite is the case, though. In fact, according to this chart no team in the league is playing more zone defense than Seattle this year.

The Seahawks have lined up in some version of zone on 84% of their snaps. Check it out:

While it doesn’t really mesh with their personnel, this doesn’t come as a surprise. Head coach Pete Carroll has always preferred a heavy zone scheme no matter who his defensive coordinator is or who’s playing on the back end. Maybe some day that will change, but it doesn’t seem likely after 13 years of this.

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Seahawks Week 7 injury report: offensive line still hurting

Seahawks Week 7 injury report: offensive line still hurting

Injuries have been a considerable storyline for the Seattle Seahawks this season. Ever since Week 1, the Seahawks offensive line has been battered with them, and it hasn’t gotten better. Here we are in Week 7, and the men up front are still ailing to a degree.

On Wednesday’s practice, every single starting member of Seattle’s offensive line either did not practice or were limited. The patchwork line has held up remarkably well up to this point, but struggled against Cincinnati.

It is only Wednesday, but this isn’t an optimistic start to the week.

Best and worst PFF grades for the Seahawks from Cincinnati game

Let’s not dwell on this week’s L and see what we can learn by diving into the Pro Football Focus grades.

All is not lost for the Seattle Seahawks, who are even better than we expected them to be heading into the 2023 season. While their record only has them at 3-2, the context is what really matters. Their loss in Week 1 to the LA Rams was disappointing, but not all that surprising given Sean McVay’s historic dominance in September.

Sunday’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals was also frustrating, but it’s more proof that this team can compete with the best the NFL has to offer. If you need more look no further than the fact that they beat the Detroit Lions – who we are about to put at the very top of our power rankings tomorrow morning.

So, let’s not dwell on this week’s L and see what we can learn by diving into the Pro Football Focus grades. Here are the top and bottom five player grades on offense and defense this week.