Three questions Seattle Seahawks still must answer before Week 1

Is the talent in the Seattle Seahawks secondary really that good?

The Seahawks secondary is stacked, right? Or is it? We know cornerback Riq Woolen was excellent through most of 2022, but he seemed to slip a bit late in the year. He also had a bad game against the San Francisco 49ers in the playoffs last season. Will Woolen, who is one of the players 12s really hope to count on for the foreseeable future, be even better than 2022 or did he reach his ceiling early last year?

Quandre Diggs is good. We can count on him. But fellow safety Julian Love only has been a full-time starter for one year and is new to the Seahawks. Will he be a good fit in Seattle's system and will he be excellent with more expectations? Plus, Woolen, Diggs, and Love are three of the guys we can assume will be productive.

But we don't know how good a healthy Devon Witherspoon can be as a rookie and we do not know if he can stay consistently healthy. He hasn't so far in training camp. Mike Jackson was solid last year, but after a year of being on tape opposing offensive coordinators might know better how to attack him. Jackson was also awful against the Dallas Cowboys and Seattle cannot afford that kind of play when the real games begin.

Tre Brown is battling Jackson for one starting outside corner spot and Brown has been consistently better in the preseason than Jackson. But Brown hasn't been mostly healthy in his two-year career and we don't know if he can ever stay healthy. As far as depth at safety, there is a lot of unknown behind Love and Diggs. Coby Bryant appears to be a safety now, but as Witherspoon has missed so much time this preseason, Bryant might have to start Week 1 in the slot.

And this is not including Jamal Adams at all. He might be a linebacker/safety hybrid whenever he is available to play. He is expected to be activated from the PUP list this week, but we don't yet know when he will actually be ready to play in real games.