Josh Jobe has allowed the fifth-lowest completion percentage (47.6 percent) and the sixth-fewest yards per target (5.4) among cornerbacks with at least 25 targets in coverage this season.
Seahawks safety Coby Bryant left Seattle’s Week 16 game against the Rams with a knee injury, and ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported he will miss time, effectively sidelining him for Sunday’s game. Bryant did not practice this week and has been ruled out.
That still leaves a rookie safety, Nick Emmanwori, patrolling the secondary, though, and he’s made teams pay there all season. Emmanwori, a South Carolina product, is third on the team with 71 tackles, and is tied with Riq Woolen and Jobe for a team high 11 passes defensed.
“He’s an intelligent guy,” Canales bragged of Emmanwori this week. “We had him here for a visit and got to spend some time with him.
“He’s a guy that I knew would find a way to adjust to the game pretty quickly, but I got to give their coaching staff a lot of credit for being able to use him the way that they’re using him, the versatility of roles that he plays, that takes a lot of work and that’s a big responsibility for a young player…and they’ve done a great job of just continuing to grow that throughout the season.”
