RENTON, Wash. -- The first sign that 2019 could be a breakout season for Shaquill Griffin came on a play that didn't even count.
It was in the fourth quarter of the Seattle Seahawks' Week 1 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. When a neutral-zone infraction gave the Bengals a free play, Andy Dalton heaved a deep ball 40 yards down the right sideline to John Ross, he of the record-breaking 4.22-second 40-yard dash at the 2017 scouting combine.
Griffin ran stride for stride with Ross the whole way, then made a perfectly timed leap to knock the pass away with his outstretched left hand.