Love, 26, spent his first four seasons with the Giants, becoming a full-time starter and team captain in 2022. When he joined the Seahawks, he began the season with a significant role in the defense as a third safety, but was not an every-down player thanks to the presence of Quandre Diggs and Jamal Adams.
“I’m coming off from being a captain, being the starting guy, playing almost 100 percent of the snaps last year, into a situation where I have two top quality, high character safeties,” Love said last season of his decision to sign with Seattle. “And I had to make a choice like, ‘OK, do I want to be the man somewhere or do I want to be somewhere where I can win, I can grow, I can just learn from?'”
Love’s play, as well as Adams’ injuries, led to Love eventually becoming a starter and he finished the year with career highs in interceptions (4) and passes defensed (10) while recording 110 tackles on defense as well as a team-leading 13 special teams tackles. In other words, Love did what he set out to when he signed with Seattle—he learned, he grew, and in doing so he became “the man,” as he put it, with the Seahawks.
Love had plenty of big plays and memorable moments throughout the season, but his brightest moment came in prime time in Week 16 when he had a pair of interceptions in a win over the Eagles, including a spectacular pick in the game’s final minute to clinch the victory.
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