Seahawks grades versus Saints are not ones to be proud of

Coaching

Let’s start here. Pete Carroll and Brian Schottenheimer did not help their players on Sunday. Schottenheimer continued his 2019 streak of having his offense start slowly. It is almost as if Schottenheimer needs to see a defense on the field before he figures out what he wants to do.

True, Seattle did get 500 yards of total offense but a lot of that came when Seattle had to get points in the second half. On two key fourth down plays, Schottenheimer called bad plays. One was an obvious run up the middle in the second half. The second was a fade pattern when Seattle needed to get three inches.

Carroll has had time management issues this season and that stayed the same in week three. Before the half, Seattle had two timeouts left and could have tried to drive for a field goal. Carroll still watched Wilson complete a deep pass to D.K. Metcalf at the end of the half but the clock ran out because Carroll never stopped it.

Before the game it did not go well for Carroll either. He was hit in the nose by a pass from rookie linebacker Cody Barton in warmups. 12s should have known that was a sign of things to come against the Saints.

Grade: D