Seattle Seahawks: We should have seen this season coming
2021 was a rough year for the Seattle Seahawks with some unexpected problems and other 12s should have seen coming.
As the dust settles from the outhouse explosion that was the 2021 Seattle Seahawkss season, fans are left to soul search. Where did it all go wrong? Why did the beloved Hawks turn into just another mediocre team? Was it a culmination of small slippage that’s been eating away at the core? Was it a fluke run of bad luck and something to be shrugged off? Most of all….did we miss the signs? Well…let’s dive into the post-mortem and see if we missed the symptoms of an implosion in progress.
What We All Saw Coming
Chris Carson has proven to be a talented back, and one of Pete Carroll and John Schneider’s best finds. He was a seventh-round pick who became a borderline pro-bowl running back; he epitomizes the Seahawks way. Unfortunately, Carson never managed to make it through a full season and now has a lingering neck injury that clouds his future even more. Add in the fact most backs have about a five-year shelf life, and 2021 was his fifth season, and it was easy to see that his new deal would be an issue.
The other move we all questioned going into the season was not having a single proven outside cover corner. D.J Reed was a slot corner moving to the outside, Ahkello Witherspoon came and went so fast I’m not sure he ever got a jersey, and Tre Flowers proved he wasn’t the answer on the outside. Predictably the pass defense was terrible to open the season.
The corners were such an issue; they made safety Jamal Adams useless as a pass rusher and gave the rest of the Seahawks pass rush no time to get to the QB. One poor decision essentially neutralized the defense’s best weapon and ensured they couldn’t pressure the passer.
Nothing against the human…but watching Tre Flowers get beat over and over for what is now year 4 is the most frustrating thing to see… #Seahawks #SEAvsLV pic.twitter.com/hpSzuCmc3u
— Coach Carson (@Coach_Carson23) August 15, 2021