Seahawks: 5 takeaways from Seattle’s embarrassing loss to Tampa
By Keith Myers
2. The worst OL of all time?
That’s hyperbole. Maybe.
The Seahawks were forced to replace their best offensive lineman with a undersized rookie who proved he wasn’t ready. Ya, it went about as well as you might have thought. Seattle’s offense did absolutely nothing all game.
George Fant and Bradley Sowell were terrible at OT. Hunt was often push aside like he wasn’t there at center. Even Glowinski and Ifedi struggled.
Wilson was sacked 6 times. He was hit twice that many times, and never had sufficient time in the pocket. Tampa didn’t even need to blitz to get all that pressure. They consistently beat Seattle’s offensive line with just their front four.
They could not run the ball. The line could not pass protect. Seattle’s only offensive production came on Russell Wilson scrambles and zone-read runs.
This game was as bad by the offense line as it was in the 6-6 tie in Arizona. Any thought that the line had improved was just us lying to ourselves. This line is trash, and only bad defensive line play by Seattle’s opponents has managed to hide it.
Buccaneers had four players with multiple quarterback hits.
— Stephen Cohen (@scohenATH) November 28, 2016
If you look at Seattle’s possible playoff opponents, there isn’t a clear path to a title that doesn’t involve Seattle having to beat a good defensive line. Can we trust that they’ll be able to win those games?
At this point, there isn’t any reason to trust that Tom Cable will ever get this figured out. This group is playing as poorly now as it did back in Week 1.