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Leonard Williams wins NFC Defensive Player of the Month

Mookie Alexander is the Producer/Managing Editor of Field Gulls, and has covered the NFL's Seattle Seahawks since 2017. He primarily focuses on Seahawks news, opinion, game day coverage, and statistical analysis. He also contributes national NFL and track and field coverage for SBNation.com.

Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Leonard Williams might have been a Pro Bowl snub, but his efforts have not gone completely unrecognized.

Williams won NFC Defensive Player of the Month honors to wrap up December—technically speaking, the first week of January counted toward December stats). It is not far-fetched to suggest that the Seahawks would’ve been bounced from playoff contention much sooner had Williams not played at an All-Pro level.