Seattle Seahawks: 4 takeaways from 23-13 loss to Arizona
Bend don’t break – broke
Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks defense did what it’s been doing all year long – letting the opponent move the ball down the field. The big difference was this opponent scored touchdowns as opposed to the field goals they’ve been giving up.
Jamal Adams made some big plays and was a force. Unfortunately, one of his plays drew a pass interference call on third down, giving Arizona another set of downs in the red zone and allowing quarterback Colt McCoy to throw a second touchdown to Zach Ertz.
Considering that there was rampant speculation about whether Arizona would be starting Kyler Murray or McCoy, it’s a bit baffling that Seattle’s defense couldn’t adjust their gameplan to a weak-armed passer. McCoy will never be confused with a Brett Favre, Josh Allen, Jay Cutler, or Justin Herbert type when it comes to arm strength. However, McCoy repeatedly made short to intermediate throws all game. From there, his receivers did the rest of the work.
Defense Coordinator Ken Norton Jr.’s game plan or even in-game adjustments were lacking. Maybe this is too much couch coaching, but it would have been smart for Seattle to play tighter coverage, especially with All-Pro receiver DeAndre Hopkins out for the game.
They should have dared McCoy to take a deep shot. Arizona has the receivers to hurt Seattle deep but did McCoy have the arm strength to make it happen? Not likely.
Colt doing Colt things.
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— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) November 21, 2021