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Seattle Seahawks Breakdown: Defense (2009 ed)
Published: May 31, 2009
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Gotta love Lofa Tatupu (man that guy is a beast). Now to the article. I’m sure we all remember the old saying, “defense wins championships” and considering the Pitsburgh Squeelers superbowl win last year its a hard statement to rebuff.
I’m going to breakdown the Seahawks defense for the upcoming season and see if they have what it takes to get back into the top ten in the nfl and possibly the top five. Also what that might translate to in terms of wins and losses.
With the change in coaching staff the effects could potentially thrust the defense upward or be one step forward and two steps back.
The new defensive philosophy of Casey Bradley will incorporate a variation of the “tampa two” defense that has safeties each playing 1/2 of the field in deep zone, the inside linebacker Lofa Totupu playing midfield coverage, an increase in blitzing, an aggressive mindset, and a majority of pressure generated by the front four.
This new approach at defense should create more turnovers with the increased pressure on quarterbacks and runningbacks whithout giving up big plays. This will be due mainly to the coverage assignments of the safeties, cornerbacks, and inside linebacker.
The aggressive style of play should be an upgrade over the stagnent play of the overworked defense of the 2008 season.
Now to take a closer look at each position in more depth.
Preview: The Seattle Seahawks Perfect Offseason (2010 edition)
Published: May 27, 2009
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Every offseason there are winners and losers. To the optimists among us, this past offseason set the Hawks up for a good (if not great) shot at making a run and possible playoff berth.
For those of you like myself, you have your doubts…
the offense is contingent on a zone-blocking scheme that (although productive in the past) is headed off by a group that seriously needs to prove itself.
The passing defense… ranked 32nd out of 32 teams. Not good. With the addition of K Lucas (aka Ken “toast” Lucas) to bolster the group they should see some improvement, but with the recieving cores of Arizona and San Fransisco a little improvement will probably NOT go a long way.
With the addition of C Cole and C Reading (how they could trade all-pro J Peterson for all-no C Reading is rediculous… oh right, they got a 5th rounder out of it also.) the group remains untested (as most of the Seahawks roster is looking these days)
If these question marks can come together (and by that I mean if this renewed coaching staff can light a fire under some asses) than I’ll be far more likely to turn on sportcenter this year after a Seahawks game, hoping I won’t have to see another mark in the L column.
Do not despair, there have been some good moves to accompany the questionable ones, like the signing of Housh-somethin-somethin, C Cole, and a couple of backup / role players, of drafting A Curry, M Unger, and D Butler, and of picking up the Broncos 2010 first rounder.
Some would call this a success, but with an aging O Line and a Secondary that (minus M Trufant) has been toast there is still some work to be done. So, here is my best case scenario for the Seattle Seahawks 2010 offseason.
