Seahawk placekicker Sebastian Janikowski was named as the NFC’s Special Teams Player of the Week Wednesday after hitting three field goals against Carolina, including the game-winner as time ran out,, an award that not only illustrated his continuing turnaround from some early-season struggles but also how Seattle has gotten overall improved play out of its kicking game in 2018.
Recall how costly were the kicking issues in 2017 when Blair Walsh had critical misses that helped turn the tide in three games (Washington, Atlanta, Arizona) leading to all kinds of media and fan second-guessing over the team’s decision to have not tried to re-sign Stephen Hauschka following the 2016 season.