Over the previous few weeks we’ve had shared our private Mount Rushmores of Seattle Seahawks gamers, in addition to a number of the worst gamers in franchise historical past. As we speak’s theme is all concerning the underrated and unsung. The fan favorites who by no means achieved larger recognition.
My solely standards for “unsung” is that they by no means made a couple of Professional Bowl or All-Professional group of their Seahawks profession. That instantly eliminates somebody like Doug Baldwin, who made two Professional Bowls and was very a lot a sung hero within the back-half of his taking part in days, each amongst followers and nationwide analysts. Let’s check out another examples:
Acceptable
S Jordan ‘Huge Play Babs’ Babineaux (0 Professional Bowls, two iconic clutch performs simply towards the Dallas Cowboys)
DE Chris Clemons (0 Professional Bowls, three straight seasons of not less than 11 sacks in a Seahawks uniform)
C Robbie Tobeck (1 Professional Bowl, was a part of the legendary 2005 Seahawks season)
WR Bobby Engram (0 Professional Bowls, beforehand held the single-season franchise document for receptions earlier than Tyler Lockett again in 2020)
DT Brandon Mebane (0 Professional Bowls, huge ol’ run-stuffer and inside move rusher)
Not Acceptable
LB Lofa Tatupu (3 Professional Bowls and a couple of All-Execs, all with the Seahawks)
LB Julian Peterson (Professional Bowls in all three seasons with the Seahawks)
DT Michael Bennett (3 Professional Bowls, all with the Seahawks)
RB Chris Warren (3 Professional Bowls and a couple of All-Professional choices with Seattle)
You might be underrated however not unsung, and you too can be unsung however… correctly rated? Simply as a fan favourite however by no means a real elite participant on the place.
EDIT: There are additionally exceptions to the “a couple of Professional Bowl/All-Professional” rule. Mack Robust was clearly top-of-the-line blocking fullbacks within the NFL however solely made two Professional Bowls and one All-Professional over 14 years, however he additionally performed in a non-premium place.
Once more, we’re right here to rejoice our favourite Seahawks who earned little or no (and generally no) nationwide recognition throughout their time with the group; a few gamers I did checklist (like Engram and Tobeck) had been on Seattle’s 35-year anniversary group. You can too embrace one-year gamers like Joe Jurevicius, who’s one among my favourite one-year signings ever. However you don’t get to sneak in some wiseass “Russell Wilson has develop into unsung” reply on this event.
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