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his unconventional punting style is likely to catch the eye of a few kicking enthusiasts in England.Punts don’t score points Gary Jennings Jr. Jersey , though, so he believes the fans might be a bit more dazzled by placekicker Sebastian Janikowski.“The drop kick is cool,” Dickson said. “You do that in rugby a lot. I don’t know if we’ll be doing it too much … so (Janikowski) hitting a few field goals will probably get the crowd pretty happy, I’d say.”Dickson found himself in the spotlight on Sept. 17 when he tried a drop kick during a kickoff, and later an onside kick, in the Seahawks’ 24-17 loss to the Chicago Bears.On Sunday, the rookie from Sydney by way of Texas will take his technique to London as the Seahawks face the Oakland Raiders in the first of three NFL games to be played at Wembley Stadium this season.The drop kick may be much more common in rugby, but Dickson, who didn’t touch a football until 2014, never played the sport. Instead, he grew up playing Australian Rules Football, and as a defender, it was partly his responsibility to kick the ball away.“I had a big kick when I was playing Aussie rules football, so I decided that I wanted to give (the NFL) a go one day,” Dickson said. “I didn’t really know about the college football process or anything and hadn’t really watched much American football. I just knew I liked it when I tried out and met an Australian punting coach, and it kind of just took off from there.”Seattle liked Dickson enough to trade up with the Denver Broncos to draft him in the fifth round. He unseated Jon Ryan, the Seahawks’ punter for the last 10 seasons, and in Week 1 became the first NFL player to average more than 59.9 yards on six punts — including a 69-yarder in the third quarter of a 27-24 loss at Denver.“Field position is enormously important to our style of play http://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Cody-Barton-Jersey , and Michael kicking the ball deep, pinning them back, is important, but (so is) changing the field with some kicks that he’s capable of doing — not to mention the other things,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “The placement of the ball and the things like that … (are) a lot of really cool things that you don’t normally get from a punter, so we’re just trying to go with it and really understand how to better utilize him.”A few of those cool things were unveiled against Chicago, with Seattle turning to Dickson rather than Janikowski to try to pin the Bears deep after they were penalized on a third-quarter extra point attempt.Dickson, from the 50, kicked the ball after a bounce to the Bears 1-yard line, where it was returned to the 15 by Anthony Miller. It was the first drop kick since 2015, when the New England Patriots‘ Nate Ebner, an Olympic rugby sevens player, tried it on a kickoff against the Philadelphia Eagles.If that wasn’t enough, Dickson was called upon to try to drop kick an onside kick with 14 seconds remaining, but the Bears recovered it.“It’s always a concern and it’s a little unpredictable where it can go, but in a way, you like that,” special teams coach Brian Schneider said. “The good thing is you can disguise it where you want it to go much easier than if it was a kicker.”Dickson D.K. Metcalf Jersey , who entered the week fourth in the league with 1,348 gross punting yards, downplayed the drop kicks, saying there are a number of factors that go into how and where he punts the ball.Fittingly, the last thing he wants is to become predictable.“Depending on what teams show what fronts they have and what personnel they have out there, you know, different kicks work for different teams,” Dickson said. “There is some room, but it’s not going to be an every week thing.”NOTES: Carroll said the Seahawks decided upon a Thursday arrival in England after studying other teams’ previous routines. “We took full advantage of the Mercator route and in doing so, it was like a nine hours or something flight,” he said. “It worked out. It was great.” … Safety Kam Chancellor traveled with the team in a support role. Chancellor remains on the physically unable to perform list after injuring his neck last season and is unlikely to be cleared to resume his career. … LB K.J. Wright (knee) did not practice Thursday, but Carroll said TE Nick Vannett, who sat out Wednesday, is “fine.”___ Will Brinson of CBS Sports compiled an article listing a "fatal flaw" for every NFL team as we approach a brand new season. Some examples include the Minnesota Vikings’ offensive line, the..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesField Gulls homepageHorizontal - WhiteField Gullsa Seattle Seahawks communityFollow Field Gulls online:Follow Field Gulls on TwitterFollow Field Gulls on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchField Gulls main menuFanpostsFanshotsSectionsSeahawksOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections VideosCoffee and CigarettesGame AnalysisThe Numbers GameCigar ThoughtsCBS Sports names pass catchers as Seahawks’ fatal flaw for 2019 seasonNew,80commentsPDTWill Brinson of CBS Sports compiled an article listing a “fatal flaw” for every NFL team as we approach a brand new season. Some examples include the Minnesota Vikings’ offensive line, the quarterback position for the Tennessee Titans, and “Father Time” for the New England Patriots. This is a Seattle Seahawks site first and foremost http://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Marquise-Blair-Jersey , so we’re focused in on what he has as Seattle’s “fatal flaw.” I would’ve thought the question marks concerning Seattle’s pass rush would lead to that group taking the unwanted honors, but Brinson went to the offensive side of the ball and listed the team’s “pass catchers.”We’re getting really loose with the term “veteran” when it’s applied to David Moore, whom for my money is basically the professional equivalent of a redshirt sophomore. But that aside, you can understand some of the reasoning here. D.K. Metcalf and (the not named in this article) Gary Jennings Jr are rookies, John Ursua is a rookie battling for a roster spot, and we’ll see how Moore and Brown fit on the depth chart when preseason is said and done. That’s not a lot of experience apart from Tyler Lockett, who had an historically efficient 2018 based on DVOA and other metrics. It should be expected that the passing game will have growing pains now that Wilson’s most reliable target, Doug Baldwin, is sadly no longer a Seahawk.Speaking of Lockett, for as superb as he was last year, there’s an interesting new metric where he actually did not chart very well. Football Outsiders recently published an article unveiling a new statistic called Targets Above Expectation (TAE). Here’s the definition, per Bryce Rossler, Sports Info Solutions:Out of 119 eligible receivers, Lockett was 99th. This seems completely counter to everything great about Tyler’s 2018, but the poor TAE sounds like it reflects more on Russell Wilson’s decision-making or the design of the Seahawks passing offense.With Lockett now set to be Seattle’s #1 option moving forward, it’ll be interesting to see how differently (if at all) Brian Schottenheimer utilizes him. There’s already been discussion among analysts about whether we might see Lockett assume many of the slot receiver snaps that previously belonged to Baldwin.