3 biggest strengths for Seahawks versus the Bengals week one
By Lee Vowell
Seahawks front seven versus Bengals offensive line
Cover the eyes of your kids here, 12s. This could get ugly on Sunday. Seattle seriously improved their defensive line by adding Jadeveon Clowney in a trade a week ago. And while the Seahawks defensive line was a bit iffy before the trade since Jarran Reed is suspended for the first six games of 2019, the Seattle linebacker room is stuffed with talented players. Add Clowney and the front seven of Seattle is beastly.
The Bengals are attempting to rebuild an atrocious offensive line. Cincinnati has one of the worst offensive lines in football and will have a monumental task of keeping Dalton clean on Sunday. Likely Cincinnati will try to use a short passing game and get the ball out of Dalton’s hands quickly. This has worked against even more talented Seattle of the past decade.
Seattle doesn’t mind giving up little plays over the middle but Carroll hates giving up deep posts. The biggest question about Seattle’s defense at this point is the secondary. Shaquill Griffin and Tre Flowers might be better this year or maybe not. But they are going to get a lot of help from Bobby Wagner and company.
I could see a game where Mychal Kendricks gets two sacks and the team overall has five. This is a great matchup for Seattle.