Four Offseason Areas the Seahawks Need to Address

Depth at Safety 

When safety Earl Thomas went down with a broken leg, the team was shocked and thrown into a frizz. Who was going to replace him and still have the Legion of Boom be considered a threat? Who was going to have quarterbacks re-thinking of throwing it down the middle? Steven Terrell’s number was called.

Although he held his own sometimes, he was repeatedly beat and juked out of his cleats numerous times. One of those times was against Devonta Freeman, check out this play.

The Seahawks have downplayed the impact of Thomas’ absence, of course, but the results without him are jaw-dropping.

With Thomas, teams had 391 dropbacks and attempted 42 passes of at least 20 yards, according to Pro Football Focus. Teams had a 61.6 passer rating on those deep targets and threw two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Without Thomas, teams are more effective by just about every measure: Offenses have attempted 32 passes of at least 20 yards in 202 dropbacks. They’ve thrown four touchdowns, just one interception and have a passer rating of 112.

A safety for the Seahawks can’t give up post or seam routes — which are where the most vulnerable spots in their cover-three defense are; deep down the middle of the field.