Seahawks announce their All-2010s team and it was good

The Seahawks put out their list of the players that make up Seattle’s All-2010s team on Wednesday. And there were some iffy but mostly great choices.

The NFL announced its All-2010s team last week and five Seahawks made it. Seattle put out their own list of players that would make up the Seahawks All-2010s team on Wednesday. There were many great players on the list, of course, but a few areas that show where Seattle has struggled a bit over the last decade.

The quarterback of the all-decade team is Russell Wilson, of course. Wilson is the best quarterback in franchise history, led Seattle to a Super Bowl victory and currently is the Seahawks all-time leader in 1) passing yards (29,734), 2) touchdowns thrown (227) and quarterback rating (101.2)., among thousands of other categories. He’s good. He is really good.

The safeties are Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor, so no surprise there. Nor is there at linebacker with Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright among the three listed. And cornerbacks include Richard Sherman and Shaquill Griffin.

The receiving group is solid and includes Doug Baldwin and Tyler Lockett, but Jermaine Kearse is on there too and he wasn’t really very good. And for a run-heavy team, the Seahawks have just two tailbacks among the 52 players listed on their All-2010s team: Chris Carson and Marshawn Lynch.

The weird stuff comes on the interior of the defensive line where Jarran Reed (who has had one good year) along with Brandon Mebane and Tony McDaniel make up the defensive tackles. Seattle, based on this list, is truly a team built on the bones of great defensive ends. Those ends on the list include Michael Bennett (who could sometimes play inside as well), Frank Clark, Chris Clemons and Cliff Avril. Red Bryant is listed at end but he was more of a tackle.

What Seattle wouldn’t kill to have just one of those ends, other than Bryant, in their prime on the 2020 roster.

The bad part of the Seahawks all-decade teams comes, unsurprisingly, on the offensive line. For years Seattle has struggled to have a good line. Among the players are Duane Brown (good) and Max Unger (also good), but the guards are J.R. Sweezy and D.J. Fluker. Seriously? And the Seahawks have managed to make the playoffs 8 out 10 years with that group? I guess we can thank the defense and Russell Wilson for all the success then.