Expert prediction: our offense - #7

7. Seattle Seahawks

Ron Jenkins/Associated Press
Offensive coordinator: Brian Schottenheimer

Positives

Few teams can rebuild as quickly as the Seattle Seahawks have in the last two years. They revamped the defense on the fly last offseason, and they turned their attention to the offense this year. With Doug Baldwin's future suddenly uncertain, the Seahawks spent a second-round pick on explosive Ole Miss receiver D.K. Metcalf to pair with budding young wideouts Tyler Lockett and David Moore.

The offensive line was better in 2018 as well after line coach Tom Cable departed. Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer incorporated tight ends more often than former coordinator Darrell Bevell did, too. That must continue in 2019.

Negatives

Schottenheimer can get too reliant on the running game considering he has an elite quarterback in Russell Wilson. Few players in the league are as explosive as Wilson is with his arm and legs, and he needs to be unleashed earlier and more often than he has been at times. There's a fine line of balance, but the Seahawks are at their best with Wilson controlling the ball more.

There'll be more pressure on the young tight ends and backs if Baldwin retires. It'd be quite the leap for Will Dissly or Nick Vannett to become a primary target.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/283 ... her#slide0

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HawkGA":cusqg08s said:

Where'd they end up last year? If they have a Top 7 offense, I would think the #20 power ranking posted the other day would be way off.

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Chapow":1are0hxc said:

HawkGA":1are0hxc said:

Where'd they end up last year? If they have a Top 7 offense, I would think the #20 power ranking posted the other day would be way off.

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Depends which stat you use to rank offenses.

If you use yards per game they were the 18th ranked offense, but if you use points per game they were tied with the Chargers and Steelers for the 6th ranked offense.

Kinda funny isn't it? Soooooooo many complaints about our offense, but at the end of the day only 5 out of the 32 teams in the NFL scored more points than we did.

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Mad Dog":3f2s2o2v said:

I think most people were pleased with our offense until the playoffs when the cowboys stopped our run game and it seemed Schottenheimer forgot to gameplan a passing strategy just in case.

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toffee said:

Surprises:

Cowboys - 19
Panthers - 15
GB - 13
Colts - 9
Browns - 6
Chief - 5

Outright hating on the girls.


Just curious as to what 4 teams are going to be better than the Chiefs?

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toffee":187onmy4 said:

7. Seattle Seahawks

Ron Jenkins/Associated Press
Offensive coordinator: Brian Schottenheimer

Positives

Few teams can rebuild as quickly as the Seattle Seahawks have in the last two years. They revamped the defense on the fly last offseason, and they turned their attention to the offense this year. With Doug Baldwin's future suddenly uncertain, the Seahawks spent a second-round pick on explosive Ole Miss receiver D.K. Metcalf to pair with budding young wideouts Tyler Lockett and David Moore.

The offensive line was better in 2018 as well after line coach Tom Cable departed. Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer incorporated tight ends more often than former coordinator Darrell Bevell did, too. That must continue in 2019.

Negatives

Schottenheimer can get too reliant on the running game considering he has an elite quarterback in Russell Wilson. Few players in the league are as explosive as Wilson is with his arm and legs, and he needs to be unleashed earlier and more often than he has been at times. There's a fine line of balance, but the Seahawks are at their best with Wilson controlling the ball more.

There'll be more pressure on the young tight ends and backs if Baldwin retires. It'd be quite the leap for Will Dissly or Nick Vannett to become a primary target.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/283 ... her#slide0

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If memory serves correctly, they relied more on Russ in 2017 and went back to running the ball more last year with better offensive results.

Is my memory just anecdotal or were there actual stats to bear out the fact that our overall offense was more efficient with less reliance on Russ in 2018?






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AgentDib":2f6hgeeo said:

I'm sure the Cowboys would have respected that our guards were injured and wouldn't have tried to sack Russell Wilson twenty times. And even if they had sacked Russell Wilson twenty times, I'm very sure none of our fan base would have complained about getting away from the run.

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