Field Gulls
Spoiler: There are not many good statistics about the Seahawks offense.
The 2025 edition of Aaron Schatz’s Football Almanac has published. This is the third year in a row that this goldmine of statistical information and advanced analytics has been published through the FTN Fantasy platform, where Schatz’s fabled DVOA metric resides.
As usual, I’ve gone through the Seattle Seahawks chapter (plus additional league-wide material) and jotted down some notable statistics and key points on either side of the ball. How bad was the offense? How good was the defensive improvement? What was up with that high special teams ranking they received? Was the offensive line as pressure-prone as believed?
Let’s get going! Virtually all of the observations will involve players who were on both the 2024 and current Seahawks roster.
This was the worst Seahawks offense by DVOA in a long time
How long ago are we talking? You have to go back to 2006, aka the year after Steve Hutchinson left and both Shaun Alexander and Matt Hasselbeck missed several games due to injury. The 2024 Seahawks ranked between 13th and 23rd in the following splits: total, unadjusted, and weighted DVOA, home, road, first-, second-, and third-down, red zone, late and close games, passing, running, first half, and second half.
Too many penalties
The Seahawks offense was disjointed the entire season and the penalties were a huge issue. They led the league with 86 offensive penalties, which encompasses accepted, offsetting, and declined.
The Seahawks were terrible at executing play-action
We’ve heavily detailed and criticized former offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb for his stark lack of play-action passing. Not only were the Seahawks near the bottom in PA rate, but when they did use it the numbers weren’t great. Seattle had the largest negative split between PA and Non-PA passes, averaging 6.7 yards without PA but just 5.6 yards (with a negative DVOA) when using PA.
Seattle had tremendous fumble luck on offense
The Seahawks turned the ball over too damn much, but it could’ve also been a lot worse on offense beyond Geno Smith’s interceptions. They recovered 13 of their 16 fumbles, with only DK Metcalf (2) and Pharaoh Brown (1) suffering fumble turnovers. On the flip side, only five of 19 fumbles were recovered by Seattle’s defense.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba cut down on the drops in Year 2
Fully acknowledging his wrist surgery during preseason, drops were an issue for JSN as a rookie. FTN Fantasy dinged him for six drops on 93 targets, but he had just two on 137 targets as part of his 100-catch season. JSN quietly broke 15 tackles, good for ninth among all receivers and tight ends.
JSN was also number one in slot-to-wide target ratio, whereas DK Metcalf was number two in wide-to-slot target ratio.
Zach Charbonnet was a more effective running back than Kenneth Walker III
You know who was eighth among all running backs (min. 100 carries) in yards after contact? Zach Charbonnet, who boasted an average of...
