Seattle Seahawks house of cards has collapsed
The Seahawks season is in shambles, and the future is up in the air. Pacificnwsports Andrew Elderbaum is here to figure out what happened.
The Seattle Seahawks began the year with Super Bowl aspirations. Why wouldn’t they? Seattle has a HOF quarterback in his prime, with two top wide receivers. They re-signed their top running back and added a dynamic pass-catching tight end. To cement things on that side of the ball, they brought in a starting guard and one of the most highly regarded OC’s in the sport.
Defensively they would have a full season with Carlos Dunlap and Darrell Taylor helping the pass rush. Potential star linebacker Jordyn Brooks continues his development as Bobby Wagner‘s new wingman. And for the first time since the Legion of Boom, not one but two top safeties.
Sure they lost cornerback Shaquill Griffin to free agency, but they replaced him with Akeelo Witherspoon. Not to mention they get an entire season of D.J. Reed. But this year’s defense would be, at worst, solid.
Eight weeks into the season, the Seattle Seahawks champagne dreams have already turned to urine. Their victory over an injury-depleted and hapless Jaguars team provides no comfort. So far, Dunlap has been a non-entity, The Prez, Jamal Adams, provided few impact plays, and their corners are a travesty.
On the other side, Chris Carson, as per usual, already missed several games with an injury. D.K. Metcalf is still as streaky as ever, and he and Tyler Lockett never seem to both be a factor in the same game. Gerald Everett could still be in Los Angeles for all the good he’s done for Seattle. So what went wrong? Why aren’t the Seahawks contending for a division title?
Carlos Dunlap in the middle of #Seahawks pogo-sticking pregame before playing the Jaguars pic.twitter.com/ufnBGd4lqZ
— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) October 31, 2021