Patrick Peterson calls Seattle Seahawks WRs underrated

By Cory Buck | Jan 22, 2015

Jan 18, 2015; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jermaine Kearse (15) catches the game winning touchdown pass of 35 yards defended by Green Bay Packers cornerback Tramon Williams (38) in overtime in the NFC Championship Game at CenturyLink Field. The Seahawks defeated the Packers 28-22 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /

Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson said the Seattle Seahawks’ unheralded group of wide receivers is ‘underrated’.

As Doug Baldwin would tell you, the Seattle Seahawks are nothing to mess with. They sport the NFL‘s best defense and an offense that comes through in the clutch time and time again. Receivers like Baldwin are largely overlooked when people discuss the strengths of the defending Super Bowl champions, which explains his post-game rant about the Seahawks.

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As it turns out, Baldwin has a proponent from an unexpected place. A guy who’s lined up across from him and others catching passes from Russell Wilson, Pro Bowl cornerback Patrick Peterson of the Arizona Cardinals lauded the receiving corps as ‘underrated’.

“I told you guys that from when we play those guys throughout the year, they have some very, very underrated receivers and they can get the job done,” Peterson said via NFL.com.

Few defensive backs play against these guys, but the Green Bay Packers learned last week what guys like Jermaine Kearse can do with a nice pass. It was Kearse who caught a touchdown throw on the first drive of overtime to send the Seattle Seahawks back to the Super Bowl as the first defending champions to play in the game since the team they’ll play, the New England Patriots, pulled off the feat in 2004.

Doug Baldwin was the team leader in receiving with 66 catches and 825 yards, which might be why people aren’t wildly impressed by the group. Baldwin hasn’t said much about this year, but he had plenty to say after the team’s comeback victory in the NFC Championship Game.

“I don’t know, that’s just what ‘pedestrian, average, mediocre’ receivers do,” Baldwin said to the camera after the game. “What’s up my man Deion Sanders? We ‘aiiiiight,’ huh? We ‘aiiiiight’? Yeah We ‘aiiight.’ We are going to go to the Super Bowl again being ‘aiight’.”

It was the second straight year a defiant Seahawks player called out someone for disrespect, and it was something Peterson noted with a tongue-in-cheek comment that underlies the rivalry and respect between the two teams.

“I didn’t watch the game, I didn’t see (Baldwin’s) outrage — it seems like that team always have some outrage going on,” he said.

The Seahawks play the Patriots in this year’s Super Bowl on February 1 in Glendale, Arizona.

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