The Seattle Seahawks may not be the same team they were several years back, but they are still coming off of a season in which they won 10 games and made the playoffs as a Wild Card.

That being said, there are a lot of question marks on this Seahawks club heading into 2019, and at the moment, they seem like a fringe postseason contender, much like 2018.

Seattle is playing in an NFC West ruled by the Los Angeles Rams, but the Seahawks should be the second-best team in the division, which should put them in the conversation for another playoff appearance.

But, in order to do that, these three players are going to need to take the next step for Seattle going into 2019.

3. Tre Flowers

Tre Flowers had a very impressive—and unexpected—rookie campaign, totaling 67 tackles, three forced fumbles, a couple of fumble recoveries, and six passes defended this past year.

The catch? Flowers was just a fifth-round pick, so that type of production was not anticipated.

But now, Flowers is entering a 2019 campaign as a potential breakout candidate, and in a Seahawks defense that lost a monster contributor in Frank Clark earlier this offseason, Seattle will need more help from all levels of its defense.

That includes Flowers in the secondary, as he and Shaquill Griffin could form a pretty nasty cornerback duo.

2. Rashaad Penny

With Mike Davis gone to Chicago, Rashaad Penny takes over as the clear-cut No. 2 running back for the Seahawks.

Penny had a pretty solid rookie campaign, rushing for 419 yards and a couple of touchdowns while averaging 4.9 yards per carry. However, for a guy on which Seattle used a first-round pick last year, more is expected.

That's not to say he will supplant Chris Carson as the featured back, but Penny should at least be better than he was this past season and should get more opportunities with Davis gone.

It would also be nice if Penny could become more of a threat in the passing game, as he caught just seven passes in 2018.

The Seahawks have a lot of concerns offensively heading into this season, and a productive year out of Penny could help assuage some of those worries.

1. David Moore

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With Doug Baldwin gone, the Seahawks don't really have a No. 2 receiver behind Tyler Lockett.

Sure, they drafted DK Metcalf, and some feel he could be a Josh Gordon type, but based on the fact that he wasn't all that productive in college, we have no idea how he is going to perform in his rookie year.

That means David Moore may have to step up and fill Baldwin's shoes. The question is, is he ready for that?

Moore, who was a seventh-round pick of the Seahawks in 2017 and didn't play at all that ensuing season, is coming off of a 2018 campaign in which he caught 26 passes for 445 yards and five touchdowns.

Those are solid numbers for a No. 4 receiver, but for the role that Moore is going to have to take on in 2019, it's not nearly enough.

It's also not like the Seahawks have a good tight end to mix up the offense, and their running backs are not exactly pass-catchers. That puts even more pressure on Moore to produce in 2019, which may be quite a bit to expect from a last-round pick.