Jerrick Reed is a Seahawks safety currently on reserve/physically unable to perform. He’s also an amateur photographer.
On Friday, Reed captured starting cornerback Riq Woolen face down in a Lazyboy at the team’s Virginia Mason Athletic Center, deep in a REM sleep.
Woolen and the Seahawks won’t need Starbucks caffeine on Sunday when they meet the Dolphins (4:05 p.m. ET, CBS). That’s because the Dolphins have one of the three most explosive wide-receiver tandems in the NFL. Two qualifying players enter Week 3 among the league’s top 20 in average yards per reception: Jaylen Waddle (16.7) and Tyreek Hill (15.4). The only other pairs in that group are the Packers’ Jayden Reed (24.5) and Romeo Doubs (16.0), and Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson (24.0) and Jailen Nailor (18.8).
While Woolen is a leader on a defense that ranks third in passing yards allowed, Seahawks coordinator Aden Durde said Thursday that despite Miami starting backup quarterback Skylar Thompson, the Seahawks don’t expect to get a good night’s sleep this week in preparation for the Dolphins.
“They do a great job of stressing you across the field and vertically up the field,” Durde said, “and then how they attack the edges of the defense. They do it multiple different ways, the same thing. They do a really good job; you got to give them credit.”
Seattle, which enters atop the NFC West, is one of four undefeated teams that missed the NFL playoffs last season, joining the Los Angeles Chargers, Vikings and Saints.