Jake Bobo hopes to break the Seahawks preseason curse at receiver

Yearly we do that.

It’s enjoyable although, proper? We’re having enjoyable.

The Seattle Seahawks regarded sharp of their preseason opener, defeating the Minnesota Vikings 24-13. One of many standouts was undrafted hopeful Jake Bobo, on the now-infamous place of Seattle large receiver.

An unbreakable custom since Kasen Williams in 2017, has been for a Seahawks wideout to dazzle all through the preseason, get in comparison with Doug Baldwin, after which not make the crew*.

*Or be John Ursua, to make one catch and fail to transform, getting reduce later.

We’ve additionally seen this with Jazz Ferguson and Cade Johnson, who at the very least is on the present lively roster however didn’t make the preliminary 53 again in 2021.

This yr, rookie Bobo out of UCLA is that man.

Make no mistake, Bobo is likely one of the extra hyped undrafted gamers of this class – we’ve already covered him. It’s simply so laborious to make an NFL roster, particularly with the seemingly nonsensical standards Pete Carroll makes use of to maintain receivers previous the highest three.

So, how good was Kasen Williams – who didn’t make the crew, and the way good would Bobo should be to steal a spot?

Week 1 – Williams: 4 receptions, 119 yards. Bobo: 3 receptions, 55 yards, 1 TD.

Week 2 – Williams: 2 receptions, 28 yards, 1 TD. Lengthy of 27. Bobo: ?

Week 3 – Williams: 4 yards on one catch. Bobo: ?

Week 4 – 2 receptions, 57 yards. Lengthy of 36. Bobo: we don’t play 4 video games anymore.

Jake Bobo is off to an excellent begin. Hopefully he can impress in follow, since you received guys like Dareke Younger, Cody Thompson, and Easop Winston Jr. all attempting to carry down roster spots.