Seattle Seahawks: 5 Burning questions entering 2019 training camp
By Samuel Teets
2. Who will the starting wide receivers be?
Tyler Lockett is a lock to be Seattle’s top wide receiver heading into 2019. He’s the only receiver on the team who has ever recorded more than 500 receiving yards in a single season. Last season was also the best of Lockett’s career as a receiver. He set personal bests with 57 receptions. 965 receiving yards, and ten receiving touchdowns.
Outside of Lockett, the Seahawks only have two other wide receivers who have posted 100-yard receiving seasons. Jaron Brown signed with Seattle last year, but he contributed a measly 14 receptions and 166 yards in 2018. He did haul in five touchdown passes though and caught a large percentage of his limited targets.
David Moore finished 2018 with the third-most receiving yards on the team. His 445 yards finished only behind Doug Baldwin and Lockett. Moore was originally taken in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft by Seattle and carved out a niche for himself last season.
Brown and Moore will have to compete with a large group of young receivers. Metcalf (second round), Gary Jennings (fourth round) and John Ursua (seventh round) were all drafted by the Seahawks this year. The team also signed undrafted free agents Jazz Ferguson and Terry Wright. Other competitors, like Amara Darboh and Keenan Reynolds, are also fighting for spots on the roster.
On paper, it looks like Lockett will be joined by some combination of the two veterans or top two rookies. Metcalf’s second round draft pedigree is a huge boost, but Jennings was very productive in college as well. A lot of the snap distribution and depth chart positioning will be influenced by how the receivers fare in training camp.