Fantasy Fireworks: Breaking Down Seattle Seahawks 2024 Fantasy Projections

Fantasy Fireworks: Breaking Down Seattle Seahawks 2024 Fantasy Projections

it’s the 4th of July which means it’s time for fireworks going to be in the backyard we’re going to be shooting off fireworks from a fantasy perspective here on our Thursday edition of locked on Seahawks you are locked on Seahawks your daily Seattle Seahawks podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team Every Day greetings 12 this is Corbin Smith host of the locked on Seahawks podcast your daily Seahawks podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day glad to be joined here on the fourth of July by my co-host Connor Ben and tendi and a special thanks to all the TW out there whether you’re listening down in Reading California I apologize for the extreme heat that you’re dealing with down there or you’re tuning in from Brazil we greatly appreciate each and every one of you for making locked off Seahawks your first list in five days a week and hope you and your family have an outstanding Fourth of July in the spirit of fireworks we’re going to be talking about fantasy football today some projections from nfl.com we’re going to be looking at whether or not we agree with those projections on offense and the quarterback running back tight end and receiver position plus we’ll continue our 90 man countdown as we dip into the 30s we’re getting closer to the top 25 this episode is going to be brought your way by our friends at FanDuel make every moment more as the playoffs are officially over the Sports Stop sporting like we want them to but this summer FanDuel is hooking all customers with a boost or a bonus that’s right there’s something for everyone every day all summer long visit fanduel.com lockon to get started now for your lead story here on our fourth of July holiday episode we are nearing the start of the 2024 season which means it’s draft day and I’m not talking about the supplemental draft there actually isn’t going to be one this year the NFL has announced but your fantasy football draft which most football fans would agree is probably more important than the supplemental draft you probably have as much of a chance these days of making an impact on fantasy football as you do as a supplemental draft but I digress Draft Day is coming up we’re seeing all the projections coming out so in honor of the Fourth of July and talking fireworks let’s look at offensive fireworks fantasy projections from nfl.com and Conor we’re going to start at the quarterback position because of course you got to start first and foremost with the most important position in professional sports and we saw what Gino Smith did last year his touchdowns dipped from 30 in 2022 down to 20 but he cut his interceptions down a little bit which may surprise some people with the way the season started but he only had two picks his last six starts was playing really good football nfl.com does not seem to be quite as bullish on the idea that Gino Smith is going to have big numbers in Ryan rubs offense looking at the projections 3,773 passing yards 24 touchdowns which would basically be in the middle of the last two seasons and 11 interceptions which would be a slight dip upwards uh compared to a year ago and it would be right where he was at in 2022 in his comeback Player of the Year season yeah I think one of the big things that people are forgetting after this last year is that Gino also finished at least in PPR leagues as quarterback five in 2022 he was really effective just with the volume um passing yardage wise at at 4,000 nearly 4,300 yards passing the 30 touchdowns uh were huge for him in that regard but he also had 366 yards rushing in 2022 um adding a touchdown like he did in 2023 so you know one of the interesting things too with this is that you know Gino missed two games last year and when you adjust his stats up to 17 games he still finishes with over 4,000 passing yards and right around 23 touchdowns about 10 interceptions so I think if you get a full season out of Gino this just feels a little bit too low in terms of what he can be in Ryan Grub’s offense especially um if you know him and DK are able to get uh connect pretty consistently on those vertical routes and jsn breaks out and everything else there’s a lot more potential um you know maybe than there was in Shane Waldron’s offense last year and um I think Gino bounces back a little bit this has him finishing at qb2 24 um and you know unless you’re in a two quarterback League that means Gino’s mostly riding the bench um so I think he’s going to be a little bit higher than this probably somewhere in between um his 2022 and 2023 season but a little bit closer to 2023 uh or sorry 2022 um than he was in that projection and I’m bullish on him putting up the best numbers of his career in this offense and listen this is a prediction I made a month and a half ago and I’m going to keep sticking with it I think Gino Smith is going to surpass the 30 touchdown passes that he had to years ago and my rationale as we go through this exercise today when you just look at the amount of talent that Ryan grub is going to have to be able to scheme open and Jackson Smith and jiga the high expectations going into year two I still think Tyler Lockett is a very good receiver and he’s probably your number three receiver at this point with all those pieces if they can just get a little more consistency and Better Health up front that is going to be the key but I I think 4,000 plus passing yards and 30 plus touchdown passes is doable the interceptions we might see that go into the 12 13 range just because there’s going to be more shots downfield that’s just going to be what Ryan grub wants and that’s going to lead to a few more picks along the way but I think you’re G to see also a lot more of those explosive pass plays downfield and I think the Red Zone they’re going to be more effective which means more touchdowns hopefully for Gino Smith so I’m bullish on him doing much better than this and ranking 24th on nfl.com rankings rookie JJ McCarthy is just behind him I see no way that these two guys this year at least are in the same Department I don’t know that McCarthy’s even going to start to open the season it might be Sam Darnell time in Minnesota first so that’s the way I’m looking at this look it seems way too low for me let’s go to some of the players that are going to be in the back field taking handoffs from Gino Smith continuing our fantasy preview here and Ken Walker II third last year he missed the thousand yard Mark after rushing for over a th000 yards his rookie year nfl.com does not see him getting above that thousand yard Mark again this season getting a 970 seven rushing touchdowns 29 receptions so basically Conor they’re looking at Ken Walker II having eerily similar numbers to what he had last year I me this is almost identical to his numbers from 2023 yeah and and you know Corbin the one thing for me is that this is still the hardest position group to predict in my opinion just especially you know raw production fantasy however you want to look at it it’s the most difficult position for me to predict just because you know this is also projecting Zack shanet to see an uptick in production um and you know I think that that’s a realistic expectation just given the fact that we know Ryan grub likes to run between the tackles and uh that’s going to be something that we’re going to see a lot from this offense but Ken Walker last year was was rb19 the year before that he was RB 18 crossed a thousand yards uh rushing in 2022 but he fell short of that in 2023 but he did have over a th scrimmage yards last year and I think that you’re going to see that again uh this has him at RB 17 for 2024 um and that just feels like I think if Ken Walker finished at rb7 and with these numbers we’re not seeing much of an improvement um going into year three and I think that would disappoint a lot of fans overall just with what our expectations are for him from a talent perspective um I would think that he’s going to see a little bit more of a jump I think Zack shanet is going to see a little bit more of a jump but you know as you said uh before the show there’s only one football to go around and Ryan grum’s gonna have to figure out the best way to distribute that football yeah and the reason why I’m not g to push back as much of this projection do I think there’s a good chance Ken Walker gets past thousand yards yes I I think that there is a good chance especially if the passing game is huming the way that I think it’s going to be teams are not going to be able to stack the box that’s just going to be the way that goes it’s going to open up more running for Ken Walker the third but it’s the Zack shanet presence and we had Danny Kelly on the show early this week and he was kind of talking about how Zack shanet Compares more to Dylan Johnson who had thousand plus yards last year for Washington and Ryan grubs offense and I think when you look at shanet skill set he isn’t the Boomer bust Runner that that Ken Walker II third can be at times he is more that deliberate downhill Hammer I’m going to get the yards that are in front of me but he still has the ability to break break runs even if he’s not quite as explosive as Ken Walker the third he had almost as many 10 plus yard runs last year with a far smaller workload so they’re projecting 575 rushing yards that’d be more than a hundred more than what he had last year for rushing touchdowns and they’re picking him to have 33 catches more than they have for Ken Walker the third and that’s probably gonna be because he’s going to see more snaps on third down because he’s a better pass protectors so I I’m not going to push back at the idea that Ken Walker II third is not going to be able to put those kind of numbers up or is going to be able to put up more numbers than that just because of that Zack shanet handcuff that could be there where he might get a bigger percentage of the Reps and in the end the Seahawks may have a much more effective ground game overall but they’re not going to have a guy that’s can be in the top five or six in rushing then that’s not necessarily a bad thing especially in today’s NFL you want to have productive rushing and it doesn’t matter who’s going to give you those yards how you’re going to get those yards but it feels like shanet could be a guy that Ryan grub has confidence in it ends up giving him more opportunities maybe than some other offensive coordinators would in their respective schemes so it does feel like this could be a situation especially in the goal line situations maybe Ken Walker I third doesn’t get to Seven touchdowns because shanet could be the guy that comes in in short yardage because of his running style and so you could have a touchdown vulture on your hands there from a fantasy football perspective and I think those are all things that we have to consider when we are talking about the Seahawks backfield situation as we mentioned with the game the other day the player usage the back usage that is going to be a little bit of a mystery going into this season as well and we aren’t going to know where things St until the season actually begins in September coming up next we’re going to continue our fireworks fantasy display here going to the receiver and tight end positions what is nfl.com projecting for Tyler Lockett Noah Fant and Company we’ll get to those numbers here in a moment on our Thursday edition of locked on Seahawks this episode of Locked on Seahawks has brought your way by game time you shouldn’t have to think about skipping a mortgage payment when you want to buy tickets to your next big event game time is the fast and easy way to buy tickets for all the sports music comedy and theater near you they’ve got killer last minute deals Allin prices views from your seat in their best price guarantee game time takes the guest work out of buying tickets back in April my wife and I scored amazing seats to watch the Avalanche 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all the TW out there thank you as always for making locked on Seahawks your first list in five days a week especially on holidays we great appreciate we’re taking a deep dive into fantasy projections on offense a little bit of fireworks from a fantasy’s perspective today we’ve already looked at the quarterback position we discussed Zack shanet and Ken Walker the third of running back now we’re going to get to the position that really inspires the most excitement when you’re talking about fantasy and that is the receiver position and this may be a spot from individuals standpoint that fans maybe are going to be a little bit disappointed from the standpoint that you’ve got so many miles to feed that you might not have an elite fantasy receiver on this roster but at the same time you could maybe pick up two or three of these Seahawk receivers and together you could have a really formidable fantasy receiving core starting with DK metf who at least in my opinion is still going to be the leader of this group in terms of yardage and touchdowns I don’t know if he leads a team in receptions but I think the big plays that he generat rates and the fact that he has been a consistent threat in the end zone I expect those to hold true in Ryan Grub’s offense and that seems to be the way that things are shaping up with the projections as well only 74 catches but eight touchdowns equaling last year’s output yeah like like Danny was saying um on the show yesterday it’s um or on Tuesday uh you know DK is really going to fill that sort of Romo dun role that that grub had at Washington and then you’re going to jsn filling the role of probably a Jaylen McMillan just as a speedy elusive slot guy who can kind of attack that deep middle third of the field um also can kind of be the dump off guy if needed if if things aren’t looking good uh you know down the field for Gino um I don’t see DK getting pushed out of the top spot you know the constant discourse um with Seattle’s receivers specifically from a fantasy standpoint is none of them are are super relevant because none of them get the production to be a true wide receiver one right uh you know they’re not going to fill that role of a Tyreek Hill or a Jamar Chase or a Justin Jefferson DK is not GNA be that um and that’s okay because at the end of the day DK is gonna do what he needs to do in the offense he’s going to produce for Seattle but he probably is gonna finish right around which is what NFL has him projected as at wide receiver 17 that seems like a pretty good spot somewhere between 15 and 20 is where he has finished you look at the past uh three seasons and he was wide receiver 14 in 2021 wide receiver 16 in 2022 and in 2023 he was wide receiver 21 but last year was a pretty good year for wide receivers the big thing is I think jsn leap frogs Tyler Lockett and I don’t think there’s really any question about that um we’ve seen Tyler slowly uh sort of Decline and um I think that’s going to continue especially just with the usage uh that jsn could be getting in this offense overall um I still think that jsn cracks a thousand yards this year I don’t think that these projections I think these projections are too low for for Smith and jiga um I think he’s going to be a true number two wide receiver both from a fantasy perspective and from a raw production perspective yeah we’re in agreement on both of those things and I’ve already been on the record saying this on the show I’ve been on the record on my segment on KJR with Ian Fess that I think that Jackson Smith and jiga is GNA lead this team in receptions I I am sold on him in this offense and listen I don’t try to put too much stock in offseason programs but I just feel like this guy is way better than his rookie numbers showed last year and Danny Kelly was talking about this it didn’t feel like there was really a plan in to take advantage of the talent that Jackson Smith and jiga has and I don’t expect at all that Ryan Grub’s gonna have a problem with that he knows that a handle having three stud receivers did at Washington Jackson Smith and jiga I think thousand yards is very very doable for him and I could also see him getting 90 plus catches in this offense that that’s the type of threat that he is in this scheme all those chances in the middle they’re going to give him chance to make plays downfield too which we saw him do several times last year in a season that I felt like was solid but not great I’m really excited to see what he can do so 68 catches not even getting to 800 receiving yards seems way too low to me of all the projections we’re going to go through this is the one and maybe it ends up being that he doesn’t take that leag for it but I would be stunned if he doesn’t I really think that this kid is primed for a breakout year I just think these stats are way too low and that lends itself to Tyler Lockett and I still think Tyler Lockett is a really solid NFL receiver four straight thousand yard seasons just missed getting there again last year in a year that wasn’t quite up to his usual standards I would tend to be more in agreement with nfl.com projection here because I can’t see three receivers getting to 900 plus yards in this offense maybe Lockett gets into the 850 range and gets about 70 catches the touchdowns would be the area that I still maybe look at might be a little bit low they’re picking five here I could see jsn having a ton of catches a ton of yards but maybe only scoring five or six touchdowns I am confident in Tyler lockett’s ability still be able to take the top off a defense and he’s always been sneaky good in the Red Zone getting away from people it’s almost like Defenders lose him in the crowd and he’s scores a lot of touchdowns so five seems a little bit low for me I could see him being a less volume guy now at the stage of his career but still providing Effectiveness and efficiency catching touchdowns in this offense yeah I would go on the record and excuse me say that I think he’s gonna finish south of 800 yards and I think that that’s going to be a pretty hard line maybe he might even finish south of 700 yards and that’s purely just because if we’re expecting a larger sample size for for Noah Fant which I think a lot of fans are hoping for but it’s not obviously a guarantee um and we’re expecting jsn to jump up DK to have at least a thousand yards I just feel like Tyler ends up being the odd man out in this offense as crafty and as good as he’s been throughout his career um and this is just my opinion of course I just don’t think he’s gonna have quite the season that fans are expecting and and honestly there’s kind of that joke in fantasy football at least surrounding Tyler Lockett that you know he’s kind of that guy that somebody slots into their Flex spot and he ends up popping off for 30 points or whatever and suddenly winning the game and nobody expected it and Tyler lock has kind of been that guy throughout his career it’s you know all of a sudden he’ll have a you know a three catch for 40- yard game and the next game he has three touchdowns you just don’t know what to expect from him so he could prove me wrong truly I hope he does um but I think that we see a continued decline at least production-wise for Tyler and normally we would have just done the first three receivers but I think Jake Bobo at least warrants a brief look and it’s interesting because nfl.com has got him eclipsing his numbers from last year 25 catches 307 yards two touchdowns and I don’t know that you and I are in agreement on this but I could see Jake Bobo getting to those numbers and maybe getting more than two touchdowns just because of how crafty he is the soft hands Gino Smith has a very strong chemistry with him we saw his ability in the Red Zone on those couple touchdowns he scored last year and it felt like they kind of got away from using him in the second half I still think that there is a role here for Jake Bobo to be able to get you 25 catches 250 to 300 or so receiving yards and again maybe Tyler Lockett loses a few of his receptions in that regard but I just think Ryan grub holds Jake Bobo he he holds a lot of respect for him dating back to when Jake Bobo torched Washington’s defense with us CLA and he got a front row seat to that he knows the kind of player he is so again I’m not expecting a huge jump there’s only one football but I can see Bobo having a little better numbers than he did last year yeah I think he’s just kind of that utility wide receiver that um it’s going to be interesting to see what they what they do with them uh obviously if they want to run the ball they’re probably going to put him on the outside uh and and let him block a whole lot which you know I just don’t know how many targets he’s going to get I think the volume is going to be the biggest question Mark for him um and whether he can get to those numbers so I struggle to come to a a full decision on where I’m at on Jake Bobo right now um I’d like to see training camp and then we can go from there see kind of how many reps he’s getting you know where his role is fitting in this offense but um I think right now I’m gonna I’m gonna agree with you just in the sense that I think that that is kind of his ceiling and I could see it happen let’s go to the tight end position real quick and we’re only going to look at one player here because AJ Barn I believe was like 60 something on the fantasy projections he’s not a guy that was known for catching a lot of passes in college I don’t expect him to suddenly become a volume tight end catcher uh in the NFL at least is a rookie and Pharaoh Brown has never been that player Jack West over maybe has fantasy value if he makes this football team and finds a way to be on offense but for right now we don’t know if that’s gonna be the case Noah fan though you gave him 10 and a half million dollars per year at a two-year contract after scoring no touchdowns last year NFL do Tom has him fighting the end zone three times so they’re not looking at a massive jump though I mean that’s a significant improvement from having zero last year but 364 receiving yards 35 receptions to be frank with you this speaks that the fantasy Community is not keen on the idea that Noah fan is suddenly going to be significantly more productive because that would be less receiving y than he had last year you’re going to get more touchdowns which of course has more fantasy value but again we’re just looking at all the these different players the Seahawks have to get the football to and it’s hard to Envision that there’s going to be a major Improvement in how many receptions and Targets in general that no a fan is going to get in this offense and we know tight ends were involved at Washington at the same time though it does feel like there’s a little bit it’s a little bit more skepticism on my front that they’re going to be able to and I don’t know that it’s smart to be trying to manufacture too many targets for him with the receivers they have if there’s injury that’s one thing but smart business with this team seems like most of your targets should be going to those stud receivers that you have yeah this was probably the biggest head scratching contract of the off season um not because no Fan’s not a good player it’s just that we don’t know what his true pass catching ability is with Seattle I mean like I was talking to you before the show you know in Denver he had a season where he finished as tight end eight in fantasy um and even then he was falling below expectations at least just from a non FY perspective as a pass catching tight end you know last year he finished as tight end 32 which is really low basically not fantasy relevant whatsoever um probably not even stashed on anybody’s bench uh and that was because of the lack of touchdowns in 2022 he had four touchdowns he was tight end 17 that means you know he’s kind of in that oh my tight end’s on buy I’m gonna go pick up Noah Fant and plug him in and hope he does something right just to get anything on my uh in my matchup for me but it’s interesting because like you also said Corbin um Titans were involved at Washington but not in a high volume role and I I just don’t see that happening for for Noah Fant necessarily um that should hopefully increase Tyler lockett’s targets a little bit um but that remains to be seen and you know one of the biggest things that stuck out to me about Noah fance uh stats from last year is just the 20 less targets too you know he was on the field less um overall 20 less targets his yards per catch were up which is interesting um but he just saw the football a whole lot less and I don’t know if Ryan Grub’s going to increase that volume in 2024 yep that’s another one of the big questions going to this season you know if he plays a lot more snaps though that’s naturally going to create more Target opportunities so with this revamp tight end group that may very well be the case and I expect a lot more one tight end Personnel than what we saw with Shane Waldren too and he’s going to be that one tight end a lot of the time when we come back we’re going to continue our 90 man countdown we’re going into the 30s including a couple of newcomers on offense and defense don’t go away you’re listening to the Thursday edition of locked on Seahawks welcome back to the Thursday edition of locked on Seahawks I’m your host Corbin Smith glad to be joined for today’s show by my co-host Connor Ben and tendy and a happy 4th in July to all of our valued listeners thank you as always for making lock on Seahawks your first listen five days a week we greatly appreciate it let’s transition to our 90 man countdown a little bit of we’ll have a little bit of fantasy implications maybe here I highly doubt it with any of the players we be talking about here but we’re g to start off with one of Seattle’s under the radar defensive additions a player that may have an opportunity to play that third safety role for the Seahawks this year and in Mike McDonald’s defense I know Pete Carol the last few years has been talking so much about wanting to get three safety looks and injuries and then inconsistent usage we just never saw that come too fruition in the way that I think he wanted to Mike McDonald’s got a proven track record though of playing three safeties and he wants three safeties that can play both positions Kavon Wallace offers that and last year was a really weird year for him Connor because he was with the Eagles in training camp then he gets cut he signs with the Arizona Cardinals later in the season he gets cut tenness Titans sign him he finished out the season so he was with three teams he played games for two teams last year and yet he had easily his most productive season as a pro whether you’re looking at Raw numbers if you’re looking at PFF grades and watching the film I saw a guy that played a pretty good game against the Seahawks in Nashville when he was at the Titans I thought he looked fairly solid in his reps replacing Buddha Baker in the Cardinal secondary I see a solid football player and yet he couldn’t keep a job last year that positional flexibility he’s played slot he’s played both safety positions and last year he played all three of those spots I thought he played all of them at a pretty high level for the most part despite the fact that he was a journeyman bouncing around with multiple teams and it feels like at a low price that this is a guy that you may be able to get pretty good investment there in terms of what he is going to provide your defense coming up and making some tackles making a few plays in the football not going to get a bunch of interceptions but he’s kind of got that gritty playing style that I think Mike McDonald really wants on his defense in general and it’ll be a good fit with his versatility yeah the versatility is the biggest thing especially when right now Jerick Reed’s injury is still such a big unknown and we don’t know um you know if we’re going to see him in training camp if we’re going to see him in the preseason we just don’t know where his injury is at right now and I think that’s the biggest thing benefiting Kavon Wallace in terms of the Reps that he’s going to get especially in training camp in the preseason um and the versatility just allows him to play anywhere we know Mike McDonald like you said likes to play three safeties whenever we go he goes into nickel and dime packages and I think Kavon Wallace is the perfect fit to slide in as that third safety now the other thing is is Kobe Bryant and Jerick Reed are potentially also the perfect fit to slide in in those packages so um it’s going to be kind of a tossup in that regard and just how Mike McDonald feels about um what their skill set lends and and their versatility overall as players um but he has a lot of upside he’s only 26 years old there’s still a lot of unknowns with Kavon Wallace and what he can become overall all as a safety in the NFL so um I like his chances to potentially be the third safety but you know the the worst case scenario also sees him pretty much being a special teams player exclusively let’s go to special teams now and honestly this has been what I’ve been really excited about talking about just because Jason Meyers our colleague Nick Lee wrote an article about this yesterday on all Seahawks and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bigger discrepancy from a player at any position in my entire life than what Jason Myers has had at the kicker position in even versus odd years in odd years he’s making less than 78% of his field goal since the Seahawks signed him in even years he’s making north of 93% and guess what it’s July 4th 2024 it is an even year so special teams fantasy owners Rejoice Jason Myers may have a lot of value to you this year history suggests that he is going to have a fantastic season and the thing is I used to laugh at these splits when it was like two or three years I’m like oh you know it’s just a coincidence But Here we are now and we have gotten to see Jason Meyers play Four full seasons actually I believe five full seasons Seattle we have gotten to see the Jackle and hide thing that is even odd splits and like it’s insane and last year was especially weird because because he wasn’t as bad as he was in 2021 when he only made 73% of his kicks he was awful in 2021 after not missing anything in 2020 I mean it was again Jackel and Hyde last year this was the first time in his career he had not missed an extra point but his field goals he was not great he was below his career his career average so you still had that poor odd year fitting in there at least by his standards you got to be excited it’s an even year and at this point I’m not looking at this as a small sample size anymore it’s just like I don’t know what it is but you know maybe give him contracts from here on out hey odd years we’re gonna let you go into a sabatical we’re gonna sign somebody else we’ll bring you back in your even year I don’t know what it is Conor but it’s just baffling to me yeah it it’s very peculiar when you when you look at his stats and and it’s not it’s not subtle whatsoever and I think that’s the funny part about it um you know the last even year he played in in 2022 he was the NFL scoring leader I mean it’s ridiculous and then he drops off in 2023 I mean I’m also still shocked he survived that 2021 season without getting cut um you know I’m glad he didn’t because I like Jason Myers and generally whenever he steps up you know for anything especially inside the 40 yard line I feel pretty confident that it’s going through the uprights but uh yeah honestly that’s really all I’ve really got to say about him except for the fact that I’m excited it’s 2024 and it’s not 2025 that’s really where I’m at it’s just it’s insane when you have almost a 20% gap between even and odd years again like I said I just never seen splits like that for anybody I mean I know kickers regress and and there’s a lot of sporadic numbers in terms of year to year but he’s just on another planet in that regard so again thank goodness it’s 2024 and let’s go back to the quarterback position and PJ Walker listen he he is not one of the top 40 players in Seattle’s roster but because he signed late after the conclusion of OTAs and was only on the field for mini camp we didn’t get him into this countdown where he most likely would have sat that doesn’t mean that he can’t be a player that’s a useful addition though because we’re talking about a guy that has started nine games and I know he’s completed less than 50% of his passes last year I mean he is not a polished passer by any means way more interceptions than touchdowns but he also you know when you’re a backup and you don’t get the Reps in practice it’s really hard to go out and play good football and yet he was able to will help the Cleveland Browns beat the San Francisco 49ers last year they almost beat the Seahawks at Lumen field he threw for over 250 yards in that game and there are plays that you see are like ah he’s he’s got some potential but he just hasn’t been able to put it together when he’s at his chances still he started almost 10 games in the league he’s got dual threat capability and I think with the NFL’s rule they adopted last year where you can keep a third quarterback an emergency QB that doesn’t count against against your 46-man count I don’t know why you wouldn’t take advantage of that because all it takes is just one of those fluky games where goino Smith and Sam how both get banged up in the same game behind a suspect offensive line and who do you have playing quarterback then is Ken Walker II third just taking Wildcat snaps from there you need to have somebody else who can play and PJ Walker could give you that flexibility I they could warrant a spot in the 53 especially if he plays well in the preseason in Ryan Grub’s offense yeah I think I think I’m glad that he’s our third string quarterback and not not our immediate backup um because he is a premium third string quarterback I mean the the reason most people know PJ Walker was from that crazy 64 yard Hail Mary that he threw against the Falcons back in I think 2022 and one of the wildest endings to a game where it was I think the longest air completion in the NFL nextg stats era or whatever which is you know back to 2016 um and then they ended up losing the game on the missed extra point yeah after the penalty which that’s where most people learned who PJ Walker was because it was like this play was insane right but at the end of the day he has not been even really a serviceable backup I mean he he did okay in terms of wins and losses with Cleveland like you said Corbin but one touchdown to five interceptions and let south of a 50% completion percentage is not what you want as a primary backup um where he’s at I’m excited that Seattle hasn’t because if for some reason we had to go to our third quarterback I would feel better with PJ Walker in there than you know say some unproven rookie who’s never seen an NFL football field um and that at least provides some level of insurance for Seattle hopefully we never get there hopefully we never have to see PJ Walker um you know playing on Sundays um in the regular season but overall this is just a good signing especially for the contract that they got him stash him let him play in training camp see how he looks um you don’t have to bring him back next year but at least for 2024 he’s a good he’s a good serviceable uh third string quarterback as always you can follow me on X and threads at Corbin Smith NFL you can follow Conor at cjn Ben and tendi on X make sure to subscribe to lockon Seahawks on YouTube or wherever you listen to your podcast to make make sure you don’t miss a single episode when we come back for blue Friday we’re going to be continuing our training camp previews and we’re finally 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While people all over the country will be firing fireworks to celebrate Independence Day, it won’t be much longer until the Seahawks hope to launch their own explosive assault with a new offense under Ryan Grubb. Celebrating the 4th of July, hosts Corbin Smith and Connor Benintendi take a look at NFL.com’s initial fantasy projections for quarterback Geno Smith, running back Ken Walker III, receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and other notable players on offense heading towards the new season, sharing their thoughts on whether or not they agree with the predictions, before continuing their 90-man countdown with K’Von Wallace, PJ Walker, and Jason Myers.

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