The Seattle Seahawks’ cornerback duo of Shaquill Griffin and Tre Flowers looks to take the next step as a unit in 2020 without Quinton Dunbar, who is on the NFL Commissioner Exempt list.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll joined reporters in a press conference on Monday to discuss the unit’s progress. He stated that Griffin had a breakout season in his third year in the league, rebounding from his issues in his second season.
“I thought Shaq had a great season last year for us – really bounced back,” Carroll said. “I thought year one to year two we thought he could do better. Year three, I thought he did a fantastic job. I thought he exploded. A playmaking, physical, count on come through guy, all of that. Big plays, all of that stuff, he did.”
As for Tre Flowers, Carroll said there is still work to be done, but he hopes that the third-year cornerback will be more physical and put his true potential on full display.
“In year two for Tre, I thought also kind of maybe not as much ground we made up as I would have liked, so he comes back for us with a whole other experience in his back pocket,” Carroll said. “I’m going to expect him to be – in fact, I’ve already talked to him about this – very aggressive, very physical, and make sure that we take advantage of the two years that he’s got behind him now and it really comes to the front.”
The safety duo of Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs shows promise, but fans can only hope that the cornerback unit can be solid and that the secondary as a whole will play strong football in 2020, provided the season proceeds as planned.
