The Seahawks ended last year wanting more. Hindsight is always 20/20, but as it stands now, there were two key moves they could have made after their early exit that would have paid dividends today.
The Seahawks are off to a rough start, as we all know. The offense has sputtered in the second half of games. In no small part due to being on the field for far too long, the defense has run out of gas as the games wear on. But there’s clearly more wrong with Seattle’s defense than just overuse. The Vikings hung 21 points on the Hawks in the first half, after all, and just managed three field goals after that.
A brief aside here, 12s. I originally began this piece after that loss in Minnesota. Then the Hawks bounced back against the Niners, and I shelved it. Clearly, the Seahawks were back on track, right? Well, as we all know, that was not the case at all. Seattle has major problems, and the loss of Russell Wilson is the least of them. Okay, maybe not the least, but there are a few possible stopgap solutions that could salvage the season.
Seahawks defensive issues could have been fixed this offseason
With Wilson out, I’m not sure even players the caliber of Tyler Lockett, DK Metcalf, or Chris Carson will be able to help the Seahawks offense roll. The offense wasn’t exactly lighting the scoreboard up as it was. It’s too soon to say that hiring Shane Waldron was a mistake, but it’s also safe to say that it was far from an absolute success. I still have hope for this offense, although I’ll admit that this particular pronouncement may have been a bit premature.
That being said, I see a pair of critical decisions made by the Seahawks during the offseason as key to their current woes. Both were personnel decisions on the defensive side of the ball. I’m sure most good little 12s know exactly where I’m going with this, right?