Report Card: Top Performers in Seahawks 31-21 Victory Over Cardinals

Staying sizzling into the month of November and persevering with to show doubters into believers, the Seahawks rattled off their fourth straight win through the use of three second half landing drives to complete off the Cardinals for a 31-21 win at State Farm Stadium.

Having fun with one other well-rounded recreation with loads of standouts shining on offense, protection, and particular groups, Seattle prolonged its lead within the NFC West by half a recreation over idle San Francisco and stays the No. 3 seed within the NFC. Listed below are my prime 5 grades and different notable performances from one other spectacular divisional victory in Glendale.

Shelby Harris

General Grade: 88.0 (Run Protection 88, Tackling 86, Move Rush 90)

Persevering with a torrid stretch of play the place he has been extremely disruptive defending the run and speeding the passer over the previous month, Harris made life depressing for Kyler Murray, significantly within the second half of Sunday’s win. Registering 4 quarterback pressures for the third time throughout Seattle’s four-game win streak, he produced one in every of 5 second half sacks by the Seahawks when he slanted exhausting inside from 2-tech alignment and exploded previous middle Billy Worth, promptly devouring Murray within the backfield for a drive-ending sack to open the fourth quarter. On two different events, his rapid inside stress pressured the quarterback to throw the ball away after vacating the pocket. As a run defender, he made a clutch sort out tripping up the speedy quarterback on a scramble that might have gone for vital yardage and netted solely six yards, forcing a punt two performs later after a Tariq Woolen move breakup on third down. Though his stat line reveals solely two tackles and he let a second attainable sack slip by his fingertips, his presence within the center helped create a number of alternatives for teammates in one other dominant effort within the trenches.

Noah Fant

General Grade: 86.5 (Receiving 92, Run Blocking 76*)

*Weighted for 10 run blocking snaps

As was the case for Harris, Sunday proved to be a wonderful day for veteran Seahawks similar to Fant who joined the workforce as a part of the Russell Wilson commerce, making that deal look much more lopsided midway by the season. Persevering with to grow to be an increasing number of snug catching passes from Geno Smith in Shane Waldron’s offense, he caught a season-high 5 passes for 96 yards, together with serving to put the dagger within the Cardinals late within the fourth quarter when he caught a brief move within the flats, slipped by a sort out try by Zaven Collins, after which rumbled 51 yards deep into opposing territory to arrange Walker’s second landing run. Previous to that explosive YAC-filled reception, he made three clutch third down catches within the first half, together with hauling in a contested catch from Smith with three defenders converging on him in protection for a 12-yard achieve on third and three and snagging an 18-yard double move. Together with amassing 71 yards after the catch, he helped chip in late within the recreation as a run blocker because the Seahawks demoralized their opposition with three consecutive landing drives.

Damien Lewis

General Grade: 85.5 (Run Blocking 81, Move Blocking 90)

Very similar to the remainder of Seattle’s offensive line on Sunday, Lewis had a mediocre first half as a run blocker and whereas he made a number of high quality blocks, he wasn’t essentially creating constant push off the road of scrimmage to assist open up lanes for Walker. However he was close to flawless in move safety all through the sport, successful a number of battles in opposition to J.J. Watt and Zach Allen alongside the way in which. On 41 move blocking reps, he allowed a single stress and one hit on Smith. Then, after halftime, he elevated his recreation within the run recreation division with Waldron dialing up a number of counters and energy runs that despatched him on the transfer as a pulling guard. Taking pictures out of his stance able to inflict punishment, he laid a number of good blocks pulling throughout the road of scrimmage, together with making a pivotal block peeling again to seal linebacker Tanner Vallejo on a 12-yard run on Seattle’s ultimate scoring drive. Displaying off of his underrated athleticism within the course of, the third-year guard retains getting extra snug on the left aspect and will have performed his most full recreation as a professional in Arizona.

Uchenna Nwosu

General Grade: 85.0 (Run Protection 88, Tackling 78, Move Rush 95)

Taking a look at Nwosu’s total stat line, one would suppose the veteran edge rusher dominated from begin to end. However shockingly, after racking up a pair of sacks and a further sort out for loss to go together with seven quarterback pressures, his recreation might have been even higher. On two completely different events within the first half, he had Murray in his grasp for a possible sack however could not end the play, together with permitting the magician to slide away from him for a 21-yard scramble on Arizona’s opening scoring drive. However the rising star greater than made amends within the second half, rocketing inside on a tackle-exchange stunt to sack Murray early within the third quarter and assist drive one other Cardinals punt. Later within the quarter, he shed a pair of blocks and managed to convey down Murray on a designed possibility run for a one-yard loss. Placing the ending touches on one other dynamic efficiency, he discovered his technique to the quarterback a second time on the Cardinals ultimate drive, bringing him all the way down to put an exclamation level on the Seahawks’ victory.

Ryan Neal

General Grade: 84.5 (Run Protection 90, Tackling 80, Protection 84)

Enjoying the perfect soccer of his profession and thriving in a scheme that enables him to finest make the most of his versatile talent set, Neal retains coming by with pivotal game-changing performs for a surging Seahawks protection. Coming off spectacular performances in wins over the Chargers and Giants, he acquired off to a different quick begin by flying up from his security spot and stuffing Murray on a designed quarterback run on the opening drive for a one-yard achieve and making one other run cease on James Conner two performs later. Then, with the Cardinals threatening contained in the two-minute warning, he hustled from his hook zone duty to chase Murray from behind and punched the soccer out of his arms, resulting in a Josh Jones fumble restoration to show the opponent away with no factors earlier than halftime. Whereas he had a considerably quiet recreation statistically with solely 4 tackles, his optimistic influence went properly past field rating numbers, as he performed lockdown protection permitting no catches on only one goal, serving to restrict tight finish Zach Ertz to only 5 catches for 40 yards.

Different Notable Performances

Although he did not have close to as a lot yardage as Fant, Will Dissly remained an vital think about Seattle’s offense with two first down receptions and stellar run blocking to obtain an 83.0 total grade. Racking up practically 80 yards after halftime with hard-nosed working and including three catches out of the backfield, Walker narrowly missed out on the highest 5 as a consequence of tough efficiency in move safety, incomes an 81.0 mark. Overcoming a foul decide six and some different lucky throws that weren’t intercepted, Geno Smith confirmed nice resiliency finishing 76 % of his passes with two touchdowns, salvaging a 77.0 grade. Receivers DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett scored 81.0 and 80.0 respectively combining to catch 10 out of 11 targets from Smith. Ending second behind Lewis, sort out Abraham Lucas loved a powerful recreation excluding permitting a sack within the third quarter, as he did not permit every other pressures and made a number of key run blocks within the second half to earn a 79.0 grade. Buoyed by a powerful 84.0 run blocking grade, Phil Haynes scored favorably (77.5 total) in a platoon position with Gabe Jackson. Permitting six whole pressures and in addition getting nailed for a false begin penalty, Charles Cross had one in every of his more durable video games in move safety as far as a rookie with a 71.0 grade.

Regardless of failing to file a sort out, sack, or quarterback hit, Poona Ford continued his latest resurgence with 4 pressures and stout play within the trenches for an 82.0 grade. Receiving one in every of his highest scores of the season so far, an lively Quandre Diggs produced a wonderful move breakup in protection and did not permit a single reception whereas locking down the again half of the secondary for an 80.5 grade. Whereas he allowed a landing to Ertz late within the fourth quarter and missed a sort out on Murray, Woolen impressed by not permitting any catches to DeAndre Hopkins and producing a clutch third down move breakup defending the perennial All-Professional for a 79.0 rating. Throughout from him, Mike Jackson turned in one other regular efficiency permitting 4 catches for simply 13 yards to earn a 78.0 grade. At linebacker, whereas Jordyn Brooks let Hopkins slip previous him in protection for a landing early within the first quarter, he racked up 12 tackles and in addition had the game-ending move breakup to obtain a 75.0 grade. Off the sting, Bruce Irvin had an uneven recreation as a run defender with two missed tackles but additionally produced 4 pressures and a sack as a rusher to internet a 74.0 rating.

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