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Jan 23, 2022

The Seattle Seahawks had a disappointing 2021 campaign, finishing the year with a losing record and no trip to the playoffs. But the season wasn’t a complete dud, with a number of highlights and memorable plays. - Now that the year is in the books – the Seahawks have awarded their 2021 season honors to players and plays deserving of recognition. - Below are the winners: - Offensive MVP: Wide receiver Tyler Lockett - Defensive MVP: Safety Quandre Diggs - Special Teams MVP: Linebacker/Fullback Nick Bellore - - - Best Rookie, Offense: Offensive Tackle Jake Curhan - - - - - - Best Rookie, Defense: Cornerback Tre Brown - Most Promising Debut: Defensive end Darrell Taylor - Best Newcomer: Guard Gabe Jackson - Unsung Hero: Defensive tackle Al Woods - Best Finish: Running back Rashaad Penny - Best Year Two Leap: Linebacker Jordyn Brooks - Best play offense: Russell Wilson to Freddie Swain in the corner of the end zone. - - - Best play defense: Carlos Dunlap sack in Seattle’s Week-13 win over the 49ers. - - - - - - - Best play special teams: Michael Dickson’s double punt against the Rams. - Trend to continue in 2022: Run game success on both sides of the ball. - Thing to improve in 2022: The pass rush and takeaways on defense. - - RelatedHIGHLIGHTS: Watch Bengals beat Titans in divisional round of NFL playoffsSeahawks near the top of Rick Gosselin's 2021 NFL special teams rankings - - List - - Seahawks have 4 players on PFF's list of the top 100 NFL free agents in 2022 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Seahawks Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Seahawks Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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