I knew the Seahawks were in trouble the moment John Carlson was injured. Not that Carlson is my favorite player; in fact, far from it. However, Seattle’s recent successes offensively have come from 2TE sets. With Chris Baker already on IR, that left Cameron Morrah as the sole TE. While I think Morrah has enormous potential, not having a second TE meant a significant part of the playbook had to be thrown out.
What disappointed me most during the game was the lack of toughness displayed by the Seahawk receivers, particularly Mike Williams and Ben Obomanu. The Chicago cornerbacks were being extremely physical with Seattle’s WRs. It wasn’t getting called, and the WRs failed to adjust accordingly.
Last week, Seattle played loosely, kind of a “What have we got to lose?” mentality. Today, they played like a team that felt they didn’t deserve to be here. I’ll be surprised if Pete Carroll doesn’t say that his team didn’t compete.
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