Seahawks' safety doing big things

When was the last time the Seattle Seahawks last had a distinctive ballhawking safety back deep.

It takes you a while to figure out it was Darryl Williams, back in 1999. It played for Miami (FL) in college and was drafted in the 1st round. A similar build to Thomas and a similar style to play, it looks like the Seahawks have found their next Williams, or better the next line of Thomas'.

Thomas who was drafted out of the first round by a famous college known for it's great secondary players just's adds up the similarities even more.

It's uncanny to be precise. But Thomas is making a far bigger impact in his first few games than what Williams did in Cincinnati as a rookie free safety.

Thomas picked off Brett Favre in the pre-season and returned it some 80 yards for a touchdown and in his latest showing he picked off Philip Rivers. Twice, in just his third career start for the Seattle Seahawks.

It turns out those two interceptions were game deciders. Thomas with his elusive speed early in the fourth quarter intercepted Rivers and sped down the field 34 yards to the Chargers 11 yard line, if that wasn't sweet for what Seattle is going to get for the better part of a decade he clinched the game with six seconds left picking Rivers off again, just in the Seahawks endzone that gave them a 27-20 win over who some crowned as pre-season super-bowl favorites.

"A fantastic catch" said Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll on the first interception that led to a field goal to give them a 20-12 lead.

It clearly wasn't enough, even though the defense struggled, Thomas put the icing on the cake with the endzone interception. Well it was almost an endzone interception, but if Thomas had not jumped and picked off the ball, the Seahawks would of lost the game with what had been a 17-0 lead.

"He’s just going to get better and better" said Pete Carroll on Thomas, and the Seahawks defense.

The Seahawks may be giving up 383.3 yards per game, but with the addition of Earl Thomas on the defense, quarterbacks are struggling to throw the ball and are acquiring just a 80.6 quarterback passer rating.

Last season the Seahawks allowed a quarterback rating of 93.4, and a year before that 96.0.