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has only intensified the magnifying glass upon the lack of proven pass rush production on the Seahawks’ roster.The team’s need for pass rushers was illustrated by their signing of former Detroit Lions defensive end Ezekiel Ansah shortly after the compensatory draft pick threshold in May was reached. That was before Reed Cortez Kennedy Color Rush Jersey , who jumped from three sacks in his first two years combined to 10.5 sacks last year, was hit with a suspension for a personal conduct policy violation that will keep him out until mid-October.Both Ansah and tight end Will Dissly, who ruptured his patella tendon last October, avoided the physically unable to perform list to start training camp for Seattle.While Dissly is much closer to a return to the practice fields, Ansah will be brought along more slowly. The reason the team wanted to keep Ansah active was so he could take part in walkthrough sessions with the team as he continues to work on strengthening his shoulders after surgery this offseason.“We are just going to ease our way into these days and see how he can handle the work, don’t want to rush it,” head coach Pete Carroll said Thursday. “We thought all along that it would probably be all the way through camp. So, the fact that he isn’t on PUP now and he’s going to get in work and be in walkthroughs today so he can actively be involved.”Ansah is by far the most proven edge rusher on Seattle’s roster. However, his status has remained up in the air as he continues to work back from the injury that ultimately ended his tenure in Detroit. Ansah has posted seasons with 14.5 and 12.0 sacks in his six years with Detroit. The most productive outside pass rusher besides Ansah on the Seahawks’ roster is former Seattle draft pick Cassius Marsh, who notched 5.5 sacks last year with the San Francisco 49ers.Carroll, who is optimistic by nature, remains hopeful that Ansah will be ready for the start of the season. Regardless of whether he makes that deadline or not, Carroll said Ansah is progressing well in his recovery process and he is fully healed from the surgery. The fact he isn’t on the PUP list would seem to indicate Seattle believes he’ll be ready far earlier than a six-week stint on the in-season PUP list would allow.“His shoulder is healed, it’s solid,” he said. “They did all of the retesting again, just in the last couple days Shaun Alexander Color Rush Jersey , to ensure that. He’s got a little bit of soreness in the lifting coming back, but really nothing to hold him back. It’s just a matter of keep getting stronger and making sure it’s really secure before we go. He’s bench pressing and doing the dumbbells and all that kind of stuff. He’s got good strength, he’ll get better strength. He came back at 270, he was 250 something when he came back in the springtime. He’s really built back up and that’s about his playing weight right in there. We are really looking forward to him being a big factor.” As the offseason slowly winds down, fans of the Seattle Seahawks have spent a good deal of the months since the draft debating what DK Metcalf brings to the team. Some fans look at his unique..." The OffseasonStats2019 NFL DraftDK Metcalf comps: The good, the bad and the uglyNew,61commentsPDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:DK Metcalf comps: The good, the bad and the uglyTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailAs the offseason slowly winds down, fans of the Seattle Seahawks have spent a good deal of the months since the draft debating what DK Metcalf brings to the team. Some fans look at his unique combination of size and speed and see the next Julio Jones or Calvin Johnson, while others focus on his poor 3-cone and short shuttle times and see a player who may never live up to the hype. I’m not here to declare one way or another today, as all I’m going to do right now is work through some of the few receivers whose combine measurements and performance can be argued are comparable to those of Metcalf. Without wasting too much time, what I did was take advantage of the Pro-Football-Reference.com NFL Combine Results finder tool to search for receivers who were at least in Metcalf’s ballpark. Specifically, what I did was look for receivers who had measured in at 6’2” or taller at the combine while running a 40 yard dash in 4.45 seconds or less, while weighing 215 or more pounds. The results of such a search yield a group of 23 receivers, and in this piece we’ll start by looking at the ugly results: The bottom 12 of this group. So, to get right into the data Jarran Reed Color Rush Jersey , here are the twelve receivers with a build at least somewhat resembling Metcalf in terms of height and weight, along with a forty time that is less than one eight of a second slower.I’ve included Metcalf’s measurables at the top of the The worst of the DK Metcalf comparisons PlayerDraft PositionHeightWt40YD?VerticalBenchRepsBroad Jump3ConeShuttlePlayerDraft PositionHeightWt40YD?VerticalBenchRepsBroad Jump3ConeShuttleFrom this group the closest comps in terms of size and speed are Tyrone Calico, Stephen Hill, Kevin White and Tommy Streeter. Of those, it would appear that an argument could be made that either Calico or White would be the best comparison. However, Calico measures far closer to Metcalf when it comes to arm length (White: 32-5/8”, Calico: 34-3/8”, Metcalf: 34-7/8”) and hand size (White: 9-1/4”, Calico: 9-5/8”, Metcalf: 9-7/8”). In addition, both Calico and Metcalf were drafted in a very similar spot at the end of the second round, with Calico being taken with the 60th overall pick and Metcalf the 64th. So, exactly how ugly were the careers of these bottom twelve comparables? Well, I’m not going to spend too much time digging into things because there’s really not a whole lot to dig into. The numbers on this group of unattractive comps are, in a word, ugly. Stats for the group of DK Metcalf comps we’re going to pretend never existedPlayerCareer YardsBest seasonDraft PositionPlayerCareer YardsBest seasonDraft PositionAnytime Stephen Hill has the top production for a group of receivers Nick Vannett Color Rush Jersey , there’s no questioning the fact that it’s not likely a very desirable group of pass catchers to have on an NFL roster. That said, I’m not going to dig into too much with these, because many of them were either low draft picks or saw injuries derail their careers. White appeared in just fourteen games for the Chicago Bears after having been a top ten pick, while injuries limited Hill to just 23 games in two years with the New York Jets. After being cut by the Jets in 2014, he spent that season on the Carolina Panthers practice squad, only to tear his ACL during training camp in 2015 after having reportedly flashed early.Behind Hill on the list is Ricardo Louis, who is still only 25 years old and could add to his totals. He spent 2018 on injured reserve for the Cleveland Browns with a neck injury, and is currently on the 90-man roster of the Miami Dolphins after having been released back in April. Coming in third on the list is David Gettis, who recorded all 508 of his career receiving yards for the Panthers as a rookie in 2010, only to tear his ACL during training camp in 2011. Gettis recovered enough to make the Panthers roster in 2012, but did not record a reception, and after that bounced around to the Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL without ever making another catch in the NFL. At fourth on the list is Calico. As noted above, he’s physically and athletically about as close a comp as there is to Metcalf on the list. Add in the fact that he was taken late in the second round, and the situations for the two become even more similar. As for what happened to Calico, it’s another story of the injury bug. Or perhaps more accurately Justin Britt Color Rush Jersey , it’s a story of the Roy Williams horse collar tackle bug causing a knee injury in 2005 that effectively ended his NFL career. Also, what may have hurt Calico’s career production was the coach for whom he played, which is extra relevant this week, but not a subject I’m going to dig into right now. Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty ImagesIn short, injuries are what derailed the careers of many of the names on this list. They had the size, the speed and the potential to do more, but a serious knee injury early in their careers derailed things. Jaelen Strong suffered a torn ACL. James Hardy was plagued by hamstring injuries during his brief career. Tommy Streeter spent his rookie year on injured reserve for the Baltimore Ravens with a foot injury and finished his NFL career having played only six snaps. So, as with any NFL player, injuries are a risk to Metcalf, especially as he continues to work on his route running and hone his skills. As for the comparable players who are not the bottom half of the list, we’ll get to those over the weekend.