3 takeaways from Seattle Seahawks disappointing Week 2 loss

A promising start in Week 2 against the Tennessee Titans ultimately led to a disappointing loss for the Seattle Seahawks. Coming off a strong performance in Week 1, many thought Seattle would earn a victory over another AFC South opponent, but Derrick Henry and company had different plans. The overtime defeat was Russell Wilsons’ first-ever career home-opening loss.

Pete Carroll always says that teams cannot win in the first three quarters. He typically says that in the locker room after a 4th quarter comeback led by Russell Wilson. Unfortunately, it was the Titans who had that speech in the locker room after coming back from a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter.

While there certainly was plenty of good to take from the defeat, the final score leaves a sour taste in the mouths of 12s. Here are three takeaways from the Week 2 loss.

3 takeaways from Seahawks week 2 loss to Titans

Reminiscent offense

In Week 1 against the Colts, the Seahawks offense had 12s excited. New offensive coordinator, Shane Waldron, was showing the new dimensions that were added to this offense. Whether it be the increased play-action game or the misdirection with the motions, the Seahawks offense truly looked new and improved. Most importantly, there was a healthy balance between running and throwing.

That was not the case in Week 2. The Seahawks offense looked very similar to that of last year. Although Chris Carson finished the game with 2 touchdowns, he wasn’t heavily involved in the offense. Now, this could be due to the fact that two of the four touchdowns came on 60+ yard plays. Regardless, a healthy balance wasn’t established.

Could that have been the reason why the Seahawks offense slowed down in the second half? Not counting overtime, Seattle had four offensive possessions. Two were three and outs — one of which they didn’t run the ball once. The other possession was a 3 play, 75 drive capped off with a Freddie Swain touchdown. The last possession was in the 4th quarter with 29 seconds left where Seattle tried to set themselves up for a game-winning field goal but failed.

With 30 points on the scoreboard, it appeared as if the Seahawks offense was good enough to win. As Russell Wilson stated in his post-game presser, “there was a lot of good things, but not good enough“.

The problem lies within what our eyes saw in the second half. It just felt as if the Seahawks were too reliant on the explosive plays. Carson finished the game with 13 carries. The tight ends were barely involved and we have yet to see the uptempo offense that everyone was raving about during camp.