Get ready for Tyler Lockett to be right in the middle of the Seahawks offense

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Get ready for Tyler Lockett to be right in the middle of the Seahawks offense

When the selected former Kansas State Sam Vigneault Jersey stud in the third round back in 2015, they got the best return man in the draft. But as we saw over the second half of last season, Lockett is not just a return man that can jet through and past wedge-breakers league wide. He's also a damn good wide receiver. Over the first nine games of Seattle's season, Lockett did not get much burn. He had 21 catches for 260 yards and a touchdown while being fed 10.9 percent of the team's target total. Starting in Game No. 10 for the Seahawks, all those numbers shot way up. GAMETGTTGT %RECCATCH %YDSYDS/RECTD1 - 92910.9%2172.4%26012.4110 - 164018.4%3075.0%40413.55As Seattle went 6-1 over the final seven games of its season, Markus Hannikainen Jersey Lockett's role in the offense increased dramatically. Some of that had to do with injuries to and , but Seattle's move to a also played a role. got rid of the ball much more quickly down that final stretch of the season, which allowed his smaller, shiftier receivers (Lockett and ) to get the ball in their hands and make plays after the catch. Now that they've got a good look at what he can do, the Seahawks plan to make Lockett a foundational part of their offense. "He's a legit player for us, and he's right in Sam Gagner Men Jersey the middle of all our planning and all of our preparation," head coach Pete Carroll said, . "You have to deal with him in our offense. He's going to be moved around to a lot. He'll be in a lot of different spots. He can Zach Werenski Women Jersey do everything. We're really pumped about him coming back. He looks so confident, which he always has. We had to make him prove it a little bit. But once we got a hold of the kind of dynamic player that he is, we used the heck out Brandon Dubinsky Jersey of him, and he's going to get a lot of play time, a lot of stuff happening his way." With Graham presumably on track to return, it will be difficult for defenses to devote extra attention to any one of Wilson's targets, which should free him up to distribute the ball to whoever is open. Given his speed and shiftine s, we can expect Lockett to be that guy fairly often.
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