The finest tradition for these Seahawks is at wide receiver. The franchise’s greatest skill player of all time was Steve Largent, who put in 200 incredible games for Seattle in the 70s and 80s on his way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
A lot of other good receivers have come along since. In our mind, the next-best is Doug Baldwin, who came into the league in 2011 undrafted out of Stanford. Baldwin steadily worked his way up the depth chart and become a full-time starter in 2014. He led the league in touchdown catches the next season (14) and continued balling out at a high level the rest of his career while competing with an intensity reminiscent of Steve Smith.
Ask Baldwin’s former teammate Jermaine Kearse and he’ll tell you that No. 89 belongs in the team’s Ring of Honor.
No @DougBaldwinJr ?? 🤔 https://t.co/PgsGMRHwPd
— Jermaine Kearse (@JKearse_15) April 3, 2022
To be fair there are a lot of individuals from that era who deserve the honor, but Baldwin has to be included in the count. In the end, he finished with 493 catches, 6,563 yards and 49 touchdowns. Baldwin made two Pro Bowls and won one championship.
