Seattle Seahawks Position Breakdown: Safety

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Published: May 30, 2009

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... >Deon Grant, SS

Grant came to Seattle during the 2007 off-season when they signed him to a massive six-year, $31.6 million dollar deal. At the time he was the third highest paid S in the league.

During his two years in Seattle he has been a solid, averaging 78 tackles, and 2.5 INT’s per season. He has great athletic ability and possesses the leadership the Seahawks secondary sorely lacked before his arrival.

In addition to his leadership qualities he is also a great cover man who hits extremely hard. His tackles sometimes draw comparisons to hard-hitting Bengal’s S Roy Williams.

He played the majority of 2008 with a torn hamstring insisted on toughing it. The result was posting a career high 79 tackles, along with eight pass deflections and two INT’s. He has contributed to a bi-polar Seahawks secondary that relinquished the fewest passing TD’s in 2007 (15), but also finished 2008 dead last in passing defense (259.3 Y...

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