Stop the presses! News Flash! The Seattle Seahawks will shock a lot of disbelievers this year! The Seahawks are a very well rounded team with the right seasoning at key positions to take the NFC by storm.
The Seahawks were decimated by injuries last year, something that many critics are willing to quickly glance over when discussing the future fate of the Seahawks.
A closer look shows that nearly every position suffered severely from long-term injury problems last season. On the offensive side, quarterback and wide receiver stand out, but more importantly, the entire offensive line was plagued with injuries.
Every starting offensive lineman missed a number of games due to injuries and when they were playing, they were banged up.
In a west coast offense—or just about any other offense for that matter—that spells D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R.
So the naysayers will say that the Seahawks lack depth…well show me another team that had so many injuries and came out on top.
It just doesn’t happen, a team can survive losing a key person, but losing multiple key personnel and the season becomes something like what the ‘Hawks went through last year—painful.
Defensively, the Seahawks will put a lot more pressure on opposing teams. A healthy Patrick Kerney, along with an improved Darryl Tapp, will bring pressure from the ends while Brandon Mebane, Colin Cole, and Cory Redding will clog the middle.
The linebacker corps is the best that the Seahawks have ever put on any field. Leroy Hill, Aaron Curry, and Lofa Tatupu will all push for Pro Bowl nominations.
This dynamic trio all have great mobility, exceptional speed, and acute awareness to be used in many different defensive schemes—truly a nightmare for opposing offensive coordinators.
The corner situation should be improved with the resigning of Ken Lucas; he is bigger and stronger than Kelly Jennings and Josh Wilson.
Jennings and Wilson should be able to slide over and succeed in nickel packages. Marcus Trufant needs a return back to his Pro Bowl form to truly strengthen the corner situation.
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