Defenseless in Seattle

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It is up to them to develop and maintain the talent, but each year we see defensive players regress from previous years such as Michael Boulware in 2006 and Kelly Jennings in 2008.

Fans have to be asking themselves why can’t secondary coaches Jim Mora and Larry Marmie maintain the level of play of the secondary in 2008? The answer to that question we may not ever know.

Each week it is up to the defensive coaches to create a game plan to stop the opposing offense and make sure the defense can execute that game plan.

Yet how often have the Seahawks started off with a poor defensive game plan that allows opposing offenses to put the Seahawks in a hole in the first half?

Too often according to the scoreboard.

The Seahawks run defense could be better. They do seem susceptible to power run games. But if the secondary and line backers would tackle better rather than trying to land big hits, the Seahawks run defense wouldn’t be quite so porous.

All these problems with the Seattle defense can be directly attributed to coaching. If the coaches fail to reinforce fundamentals like tackling and coverage, then players develop bad habits like arm tackling, going for the big hit without wrapping up, or giving receivers too much of a cushion.

The poor coaching of fundamentals may be a major reason we see at least a few Seahawk defenders regressing each year, and this has been especially true for Seattle linebackers and defensive backs.

Link together the poor coaching of fundamentals, poor game-planning that stems from inaccurate film analysis, and the inability to make in-game adjustments, and you have a recipe for failure.

Until the Seattle Seahawks defensive coaching staff either improves starting with the defensive coordinator or the front office hires better defensive coaches, the Seahawks will find themselves more often than not-defenseless in Seattle.

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