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The Seattle Seahawks offensive line did a respectable job keeping the Los Angeles Rams’ hellacious pass rush at bay in Week 11.
It’s important to remember these blocking grades from PFF are particularly hard to score well on. Roughly half of OL reach a 60+ grade in any given week, and a large part of their performance is dictated by the defensive line they’re facing, in which the grades don’t give credit to the quality of opposition. The Rams pass rush grade ranks 7th in the NFL this season while the Seahawks pass and run block grades rank 18th and 16th, respectively.
Charles Cross and Abraham Lucas are studs at offensive tackle, and when compared to their Los Angeles’ counterparts, they were far better. Rob Havenstein and Alaric Jackson turned in pass blocking grades of 19.9 and 59.5, Cross and Lucas had grades of 71.9 and 56.9. Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold held onto the ball longer than Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and made far more fatal mistakes but Cross and Lucas gave him chances to get the ball out. Neither team allowed a single sack despite both defensive fronts making life difficult- a clear sign of solid coaching at the position, where the Seahawks have struggled for decades until John Benton came in this season.
The Seahawks’ interior offensive line struggled, but context made this matchup even tougher on paper. Olu Oluwatimi made his first start at Center and was graded poorly at 49.4 but had as tough of a test as he could’ve. All four of the Rams interior lineman- Kobie Turner, Tyler Davis, Poona Ford, and Braden Fiske- were graded between 68.8 and 74.7 in the game.
Both starting guards for Seattle had worse grades than Oluwatimi. Grey Zabel had a 42.9 grade in 74 snaps before his frightening injury in the 4th quarter while Anthony Bradford received another low mark in a season full of them at 45.4. The lone bright spot among the guard room’s grades was Christian Haynes, who was called upon to make his season debut for the most crucial drive of the season after Zabel’s injury. He received a respectable 63.4 rating in 10 snaps, all pass blocking reps.
The Seahawks’ offensive line had a brutal battle to fight yesterday, but Week 12 will be an opportunity to build momentum back. They face a 1-9 Tennessee Titans team where the defense is carried by three solid interior defensive lineman- former all-pro Jeffery Simmons, sizable run stopper T’Vondre Sweat, and underrated former Ram Sebastian Joseph-Day. Regardless of the Titans’ league-worst record, they have the bodies to give Seattle fits in a single game. If the guard and center play improves on Sunday, they might not get tons of credit- but they can feel better about the position group going forward.
This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: Seahawks vs Rams: Seattle offensive line grades from Week 11
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It’s important to remember these blocking grades from PFF are particularly hard to score well on. Roughly half of OL reach a 60+ grade in any given week, and a large part of their performance is dictated by the defensive line they’re facing, in which the grades don’t give credit to the quality of opposition. The Rams pass rush grade ranks 7th in the NFL this season while the Seahawks pass and run block grades rank 18th and 16th, respectively.
Charles Cross and Abraham Lucas are studs at offensive tackle, and when compared to their Los Angeles’ counterparts, they were far better. Rob Havenstein and Alaric Jackson turned in pass blocking grades of 19.9 and 59.5, Cross and Lucas had grades of 71.9 and 56.9. Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold held onto the ball longer than Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and made far more fatal mistakes but Cross and Lucas gave him chances to get the ball out. Neither team allowed a single sack despite both defensive fronts making life difficult- a clear sign of solid coaching at the position, where the Seahawks have struggled for decades until John Benton came in this season.
The Seahawks’ interior offensive line struggled, but context made this matchup even tougher on paper. Olu Oluwatimi made his first start at Center and was graded poorly at 49.4 but had as tough of a test as he could’ve. All four of the Rams interior lineman- Kobie Turner, Tyler Davis, Poona Ford, and Braden Fiske- were graded between 68.8 and 74.7 in the game.
Both starting guards for Seattle had worse grades than Oluwatimi. Grey Zabel had a 42.9 grade in 74 snaps before his frightening injury in the 4th quarter while Anthony Bradford received another low mark in a season full of them at 45.4. The lone bright spot among the guard room’s grades was Christian Haynes, who was called upon to make his season debut for the most crucial drive of the season after Zabel’s injury. He received a respectable 63.4 rating in 10 snaps, all pass blocking reps.
The Seahawks’ offensive line had a brutal battle to fight yesterday, but Week 12 will be an opportunity to build momentum back. They face a 1-9 Tennessee Titans team where the defense is carried by three solid interior defensive lineman- former all-pro Jeffery Simmons, sizable run stopper T’Vondre Sweat, and underrated former Ram Sebastian Joseph-Day. Regardless of the Titans’ league-worst record, they have the bodies to give Seattle fits in a single game. If the guard and center play improves on Sunday, they might not get tons of credit- but they can feel better about the position group going forward.
This article originally appeared on Seahawks Wire: Seahawks vs Rams: Seattle offensive line grades from Week 11
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