@bean2030 asks, “Who scores more TDs this year, DK Metcalf or Rashaad Penny?”
A: First off, I wouldn’t leave Tyler Lockett out of this conversation, but whether we’re talking two of those players or all three, it’s tough to predict who will lead the team in scoring, though obviously those three seem like the most likely candidates.
In recent years, you’d be safer predicting a receiver to lead the team in touchdowns compared to a running back, but then again, Rashaad Penny was the league’s most productive running back late last season, rushing for a league-high 671 yards over the final five games of the season with six touchdowns over that stretch, so if he can come close to that level of production for a whole season, then a double-digit year would seem very possible.
Metcalf led the Seahawks in touchdowns last season, while he and Tyler Lockett shared the lead the year before with 10. And since Marshawn Lynch led the team in touchdowns for five straight years from 2010 to 2014, pass-catchers have led the way more often than not, with the team leader being Doug Baldwin in 2015 (14), Jimmy Graham in 2017 (10) and Lockett in 2018. Chris Carson did lead the team in 2019 with nine scores, and if you want to win a bet with your friends, ask them what running back tied Baldwin for the team lead in 2016 (Christine Michael).
So again, recent history, as well as their elite talent, would tend to favor either Metcalf or Lockett leading the team in touchdowns in 2022, but that being said, there are few backs in the league who are the type of big-play threat Penny showed he can be late last season, so it’s hard to put a ceiling on what he can do given a full season as the starter.
Michael Renvoize from Phoenix asks, “What’s the process and the timeline for picking up a player off the waiver wire after another team releases him?
A: Without getting into too much detail, the basic explanation is that when a player is waived, every team has the option to claim him the next day, with the claiming order favoring teams with the worst record. Early in the season, waiver order is based off the previous year’s records, so you could look at this year’s draft order for a good idea of the order, then as we get into the season, it shifts to current records. If a player goes unclaimed, he is a free agent and can sign with any team or sign with a practice squad. And it’s worth noting that players have to clear waivers to join a practice squad, so a team can’t waive a player and just…
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