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Jamie Sheriff is back playing edge for the Seattle Seahawks this season after being moved to linebacker last year, and he has a shot to be the speed rusher replacement for Boye Mafe.
Hawk Blogger interviewed him back in April of this year. At the beginning of the interview, he shares a question he asked Mike Macdonald recently about which players who didn’t get as many snaps last year figure to get more this season. Sheriff was the first name Macdonald brought up.
Once you see what Sheriff’s good at, Macdonald’s answer makes a lot of sense. He plays edge and has the goods in terms of verified speed that suggests some success at an NFL level. Speed testing from Sheriff’s Pro Day at South Alabama in 2024 showed an 85th percentile 10-yard split and a 90th percentile 20-yard split. His 1.63 10-yard split matches Uchenna Nwosu’s. He doesn’t have the longest arms or biggest hands, and is downright weak in both height and weight; but an 88th percentile bench press means he should have quite a bit of functional play strength. To be that fast at that weight, with that small of a frame, infers there’s a lot of muscle packed on.
One of the only positions the Seahawks could have a clear opening for players to compete for snaps at in camp is the edge, specifically speed rush help. One has to wonder if Sheriff was their backup plan for replacing Mafe's stlye all along.
Mafe was a 99th percentile athlete, but he costs the Cincinnati Bengals $20M per year now. Replacing him with an 81st percentile one in Sheriff for less than 5% of the cost won’t net the same level of production, but if he can even provide half, it’d be a masterclass.
This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: Seahawks have a Boye Mafe replacement at EDGE with Jamie Sheriff
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Hawk Blogger interviewed him back in April of this year. At the beginning of the interview, he shares a question he asked Mike Macdonald recently about which players who didn’t get as many snaps last year figure to get more this season. Sheriff was the first name Macdonald brought up.
Once you see what Sheriff’s good at, Macdonald’s answer makes a lot of sense. He plays edge and has the goods in terms of verified speed that suggests some success at an NFL level. Speed testing from Sheriff’s Pro Day at South Alabama in 2024 showed an 85th percentile 10-yard split and a 90th percentile 20-yard split. His 1.63 10-yard split matches Uchenna Nwosu’s. He doesn’t have the longest arms or biggest hands, and is downright weak in both height and weight; but an 88th percentile bench press means he should have quite a bit of functional play strength. To be that fast at that weight, with that small of a frame, infers there’s a lot of muscle packed on.
One of the only positions the Seahawks could have a clear opening for players to compete for snaps at in camp is the edge, specifically speed rush help. One has to wonder if Sheriff was their backup plan for replacing Mafe's stlye all along.
Mafe was a 99th percentile athlete, but he costs the Cincinnati Bengals $20M per year now. Replacing him with an 81st percentile one in Sheriff for less than 5% of the cost won’t net the same level of production, but if he can even provide half, it’d be a masterclass.
This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: Seahawks have a Boye Mafe replacement at EDGE with Jamie Sheriff
Continue reading...
