Bumpus on Rasheeds lack of pass production

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Bumpus on Rasheeds lack of pass production

Post by Donn Beach » Sat Mar 14, 2026 5:18 pm

“He’s good off the line. I like his release,” Bumpus said. “He has a couple releases that he goes to that work, and the reason why they work is because he’s extremely fast so you have to respect everything that he does. I think that once he gets on a defender’s hip, he is gone. There’s a saying in the receiver world: if he’s even, he’s leaving. That is exactly him. If he is even, the next five strides, he is going to be gone. I love the way that he can track the ball on those deep balls.”

As for what Bumpus would like to see Shaheed improve on?

“The one thing I would say is that the timing going across the middle just isn’t there,” he said. “It feels like sometimes he passes by space, and when you’re running these crossing routes, rule No. 1 is you don’t pass through space unless there’s a route that is going to occupy that space. There were some times where I felt like him and Sam (Darnold) just weren’t on the same page. I think they can get on the same page. I think they will get on the same page. There’s potential there.”
The Seahawks actually got a deal because of the lack of production, maybe JS did stick to his number
“I don’t think there was any other receiver that you can get at that price point that can do some of the things that he does,” Bumpus said. “I mean, we saw Alec Pierce get like $26 million a year (from the Colts). We saw (Wan’Dale) Robinson get a bunch of money ($78 million over four years). Receivers were getting paid (Monday), but because he doesn’t have that production, he can’t ask for that. And I think that was the issue is that he was going out asking for the money that these guys are getting, but he doesn’t have that production.”
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Re: Bumpus on Rasheeds lack of pass production

Post by D-train » Sat Mar 14, 2026 5:31 pm

44 receptions in 9 games with the Saints
15 receptions in 9 games with the Hawks

That is unreal.
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Re: Bumpus on Rasheeds lack of pass production

Post by Donn Beach » Sat Mar 14, 2026 5:58 pm

D-train wrote:
Sat Mar 14, 2026 5:31 pm
44 receptions in 9 games with the Saints
15 receptions in 9 games with the Hawks

That is unreal.
It only makes sense that he wasn't in tune with Darnold. The timing has to be impeccable. Again, wonder if he's JSN insurance. Interesting it was actually a deal

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Re: Bumpus on Rasheeds lack of pass production

Post by Donn Beach » Sat Mar 14, 2026 6:06 pm

Here's another opinion, thinks they paid too much. Through I'm not sure Kubiak was the impetus, that's an assumption and I don't think JS works that way. It sounded like JS had his eye on rasheed for awhile
"The Seahawks clearly think they were at fault for Rashid Shaheed's slow start in Seattle," he notes in the piece. "I generally buy that, but not at a $51 million price tag, especially with Klint Kubiak, whose New Orleans connection with Shaheed was the impetus for him joining Seattle, now coaching the Raiders."

He adds that if you're going to do that, "hanging on to Cooper Kupp, who finished 2025 outside the top 50 wideouts in yards per route run, doesn't make sense."

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Post by Donn Beach » Sun Mar 15, 2026 6:26 am

Richard Sherman on the topic
“I love this move,” Sherman said in a March 13 video from “The Richard Sherman Podcast.” “I wasn’t sure this move would happen because of the guys that they have on the horizon to pay

“I thought Shaheed’s market would be right where they paid him, about $17 million a year, but I wasn’t sure the Seahawks would be willing to make that move with everything they already have invested in that offense. They throw the money where the money is.”
“When you’re paying a guy $17 million, you don’t just use him on special teams,“ Sherman added. “He’s not just a returner who’s changing the game in that way. I would expect his targets to look more like they did when he was in New Orleans. I would expect him to get at least two deep shots a game, just keeping the defense honest. That’s what I thought would happen when he first got to Seattle.

“I thought, ‘OK, they’re going to keep defenses honest.‘ They’re going to put one up just about every game. You saw it late in the season and in the NFC Championship and the Super Bowl. They did just that. If he’s used correctly, this offense becomes even more difficult to stop, especially in the run game.”

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Re: Bumpus on Rasheeds lack of pass production

Post by Donn Beach » Sun Mar 15, 2026 6:29 am

And the offense may become more pass oriented

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Re: Bumpus on Rasheeds lack of pass production

Post by D-train » Sun Mar 15, 2026 5:00 pm

Donn Beach wrote:
Sat Mar 14, 2026 5:58 pm
D-train wrote:
Sat Mar 14, 2026 5:31 pm
44 receptions in 9 games with the Saints
15 receptions in 9 games with the Hawks

That is unreal.
It only makes sense that he wasn't in tune with Darnold. The timing has to be impeccable. Again, wonder if he's JSN insurance. Interesting it was actually a deal
So he was so in tune with Spencer freakin Rattler that he caught FIVE passes a game but only 1.5 from Sam???
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Re: Bumpus on Rasheeds lack of pass production

Post by Donn Beach » Sun Mar 15, 2026 5:12 pm

D-train wrote:
Sun Mar 15, 2026 5:00 pm
Donn Beach wrote:
Sat Mar 14, 2026 5:58 pm
D-train wrote:
Sat Mar 14, 2026 5:31 pm
44 receptions in 9 games with the Saints
15 receptions in 9 games with the Hawks

That is unreal.
It only makes sense that he wasn't in tune with Darnold. The timing has to be impeccable. Again, wonder if he's JSN insurance. Interesting it was actually a deal
So he was so in tune with Spencer freakin Rattler that he caught FIVE passes a game but only 1.5 from Sam???
Yeah, they had time to train together. How many practice sessions did he have with Rattler as opposed to Darnold? That and he was never going to take that many targets away from JSN to begin with. Should they have targeted him more as opposed to JSN?

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Re: Bumpus on Rasheeds lack of pass production

Post by D-train » Sun Mar 15, 2026 5:29 pm

Donn Beach wrote:
Sun Mar 15, 2026 5:12 pm
D-train wrote:
Sun Mar 15, 2026 5:00 pm
Donn Beach wrote:
Sat Mar 14, 2026 5:58 pm


It only makes sense that he wasn't in tune with Darnold. The timing has to be impeccable. Again, wonder if he's JSN insurance. Interesting it was actually a deal
So he was so in tune with Spencer freakin Rattler that he caught FIVE passes a game but only 1.5 from Sam???
Yeah, they had time to train together. How many practice sessions did he have with Rattler as opposed to Darnold? That and he was never going to take that many targets away from JSN to begin with. Should they have targeted him more as opposed to JSN?
No it was targets. 66 vs. 26 in the same # of games... the % of receptions/targets was about the same.
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Re: Bumpus on Rasheeds lack of pass production

Post by Donn Beach » Sun Mar 15, 2026 5:56 pm

And they won a SB. Seems to me whatever the formula was it was successful. What's the argument that he should have been targeted more? That's why I'm kinda curious if signing him to that contract is more about replacing JSN than supporting him.

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