4 Seahawks who may have lost their jobs in loss to 49ers

Seahawks linebacker Cody Barton may have lost his job

I’ll be honest, I thought Barton might hold up well against the 49ers. After sliding over to middle linebacker in Week 18 after Jordyn Brooks was injured in Week 17, Barton was really good against the Rams. But the 49ers are a much better team than the Rams and San Francisco took advantage of all of Barton’s weaknesses. Most glaringly, Barton is not good in space and he was burned against San Francisco.

If the Rams are healthier, they can do a lot of the same things that the 49ers can do. In 2023, Los Angeles probably won’t have the same bad luck with injuries that they did in 2022. The 49ers are going to be good for a while. Christian McCaffrey is signed through 2025. So if tight end George Kittle as well as receiver Deebo Samuel. Kittle, Samuel, and McCaffrey all toasted Barton in the Wild Card game.

Seattle simply needs a linebacker with more speed than Barton. It also doesn’t help, however, that even when Barton was close enough to make a tackle against San Francisco, he missed often. In fact, Barton whiffed on three attempted tackles which were 27.3 percent of his attempts. Getting beaten by McCaffrey, Kittle or Samuel is going to happen but those plays can be and should be limited and tackles must be made when a linebacker has a chance.

Before Week 13, Barton had only missed 3 tackles. From Week 13 on, Barton missed 8. That is 12.1 percent of attempts and that is the reason teams lose games. Barton, a free agent, needs to be released this offseason.