Seattle Seahawks: Geno Smith won’t be the problem
Andrew Elderbaum
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Replacing Shaq
In 2021, the Seattle Seahawks righted the ship defensively around mid-season, with the acquisition of Carlos Dunlap II. This year I don’t see reinforcements coming to help the beleaguered unit. They passed on Richard Sherman, didn’t seem to be interested in Stephon Gilmore, and already cycled through every cornerback on their roster.
Shaquill Griffin may have been expensive to re-sign, but Pete Carroll and John Schneider need his man-to-man coverage skills. When they passed on bringing him back, Seattle’s brain trust failed to have a workable replacement plan.
Shaquill Griffen locked up Thielen in the endzone ??? #MINvsSEA
pic.twitter.com/wpvDioYWOj— CJR Sports (@Sports_CJR) October 12, 2020
Was it over?
The season was likely over after losing to Los Angeles, regardless of Wilson’s mangled finger. There were at least five likely losses still to come, and 9-8 won’t get them into the playoffs. If Wilson is only out for six weeks, Geno Smith will be okay and might go 3-2.
When we write an epitaph to the Seattle Seahawks season, it won’t be Russell Wilson’s injury or Geno Smith’s play that is the Seahawks’ cause of death. It will be the defense that killed the Seahawks. And to add insult to injury, Seattle won’t have a first-round pick. They sent it to the New York Jets for Adams.
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