Seattle Seahawks: Opponent Preview – San Francisco
Chris Phillips
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Offense
Remember last year when the Seattle Seahawks were carving up the league under Brian Schottenheimer’s offense at the beginning of the year? Then the offense fell off towards the end of the year as defenses and teams adjusted. When Shane Waldron has said, “Hold my beer.” This offense has been lights out in the first half of games. Then it just disappeared in the second half. For example, Seattle has scored 62 points in the first half (20.7 PTS/half). In the second half, 13 (4.3 PTS/half). This is through the first three games.
In the Legion of Boom years, that could work because the defense was so lights out. They could be asked to choke out an opponent in the second half. This team’s defense cannot and should not be counted on to do the same. Bringing in Waldron is all about smoothing out the offensive inconsistencies from a year ago. So far, he’s only exacerbated them.
NFL teams make adjustments at halftime. That is most likely what opposing defenses are doing to Russell Wilson and company. This is to be expected. However, what you can also expect is the offense making adjustments to the opponents’ adjustments. It’s a game of adjustments. This game looks like it could be a shoot-out. If that’s the case, the offense needs to score more than four points in the second half of games. This week might be a good time to feature Chris Carson and the run game more.
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