SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
2020 Record - 12-4-0
Head Coach - Pete Carroll
Key Additions - Robert Nkemdiche (DL), Kerry Hyder, Jr. (DL), Gerald Everett (TE), Pierre Desir (DB), Gabe Jackson (OL), Ahkello Witherspoon (DB)
OFFENSE - Quarterback Russell Wilson makes the Seahawks offense go and last season he passed for 4,212 yards with 40 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions while also rushing for 513 yards (6.2 ypc average) and scored two touchdowns. Geno Smith is the backup quarterback.
Chris Carson (681 rushing yards, 4.8 ypc average and five TD and also 37 receptions with four TD) and Rashaad Penny will be the primary running backs. Penny was injury plagued last season and was limited to just eleven carries.The wide receiving corps has Tyler Lockett (100 receptions for 1,054 yards and ten TD) and DK Metcalf, who had 83 receptions for 1,303 yards and ten touchdowns. Rookie D'Wayne Eskridge (Western Michigan) is also in the mix along with John Ursua, Penny Hart and Freddie Swain. The tight ends are Will Dissly (24, 251, two TD) and Gerald Everett, who had 41 receptions for 417 yards and one score with the Rams last season.
DEFENSE - Carlos Dunlap, L.J. Collier, Poona Ford and Robert Nkemdiche comprise the front four while Al Woods, Alton Robinson, Rasheem Green, Kerry Hyder, Jr. and Benson Mayowa are in reserve. The front seven is rounded out with linebackers Bobby Wagner (team leading 138 tackles last season), Jordyn Brooks and K.J. Wright. Other linebackers include Bruce Irvin, Cody Barton and Ben Burr-Kirven.
In the secondary is All-Pro safety Jamal Adams, who led the Seahawks with 9 1/2 QB sacks last season. The free safety is Quandre Diggs, who picked off five passes.The corners will likely be Pierre Desir and Ahkello Witherspoon, who are both newcomers to Seattle this year. Tre Flowers, D.J. Reed and rookie Tre Brown (Oklahoma) are also vying to start at the corner position. Lano Hill and Marquise Blair add depth.
The Seahawks defense finished 22nd overall last year, allowing 381 yards per game. The run defense finished fifth in the NFL, giving up 96 YPG and the pass defense allowed 285 yards per game, which was 31st in the league. Seattle allowed 23.2 points per game and had 46 QB sacks and 14 interceptions.
2021 SEASON OUTLOOK - The Seahawks won the NFC West last year in Head Coach Pete Carroll's eleventh season with the team and a big reason why was quarterback Russell Wilson, who is the key to the offense with both his arm and legs. As long as he is healthy and on the field, the Seattle offense is potent, having averaged 28.7 points per game last season.
The running game could use a boost this year to complement the passing attack and running backs Chris Carson and Rashaad Penny must stay off the injured list to help make that happen. Seattle averaged 123 yards per game rushing last year and 246 YPG passing for a 17th ranked total offense that gained 369 yards per game. Another area that needs to improve is pass protection as Wilson was sacked 47 times.
The defense was good against the run, but terrible against the pass in 2020. Back in the day when the Seahawks were totally dominating against opposing passing games, that was unheard of, but these are different times and thus the Seahawks are looking for the right combination at the cornerback spot in the secondary to help improve things in that area.
For the Seahawks to win another division title and do better in the playoffs (they lost 30-20 in the wild card game to the L.A. Rams) the defense must be better, especially against the pass. The offense will score points, but that doesn't always guarantee victory. The schedule is rugged through the first seven weeks with five playoff teams (from last season) looming. It won't be easy this time around, but this team could repeat as NFC West winners and a 10-7 record could make it happen.
2021 SCHEDULE
Week 1 - at Indianapolis
Week 2 - vs. Tennessee
Week 3 - at Minnesota
Week 4 - at San Francisco
Week 5 - vs. L.A. Rams
Week 6 - at Pittsburgh
Week 7 - vs. New Orleans
Week 8 - vs. Jacksonville
Week 9 - BYE
Week 10 - at Green Bay
Week 11 - vs. Arizona
Week 12 - at Washington
Week 13 - vs. San Francisco
Week 14 - at Houston
Week 15 - at L.A. Rams
Week 16 - vs. Chicago
Week 17 - vs. Detroit
Week 18 - at Arizona
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