2009 NFL season in review: Seattle Seahawks
It seems that the Seattle Seahawks organization fell apart rather quickly. In the Winter of 2006 they were the NFC representatives to the Super Bowl, and after getting jobbed there it seems they never have been able to put it all back together again. Sure their team got old rather quickly, Shaun Alexander left the team before the year started. Veteran RB’s Julius Jones and Edgerrin James failed to give the offense a spark, but much of that can be blamed on the poor job the Seahawks offensive line did.
The Seahawks offense scored 280 points or 17.5 points per game, which was good enough for 25th among the 32 NFL teams. We can blame some of the offensive struggles on the lack of direction by the coaching staff. Seneca Wallace played in 13 games, while Matt Hasselbeck played in 14 games. That means the Seahawks coaching staff could not determine a direction and it may be one of the reasons why Jim Mora was fired as head coach after only one season. This team gained just 1,566 yards rushing, that simply is not good enough and underscores their need for an offensive line upgrade.
The Seahawks gave up 390 points or 24.4 a game. That means that they were outscored on average by just under one touchdown. Their turnover differential was -8, which means while they didn’t give up a lot of turnovers, their defense failed to go out and get them some. This suggests that need to work on their defense as well.
In the end this is a team that needs some direction, hopefully new head coach Pete Carroll can provide that. He has experience in the NFL on both sides of the ball, and may be able to cure the Seahawks ills. However he does have a questionable NFL record as a head coach, but many refer to his former team, the USC Trojans, as the pro team for the city of Los Angeles.
