In Pete Carroll’s second season as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, they finished with the same record as 2010, 7-9, just not the same result. With the emergence of the 49ers, the Seahawks were watching the Playoffs from home. In the 2011 NFL Draft, the Seahawks used seven of their nine picks on defensive players, which must have helped seeing how they finished ninth in the league in total defense. This Draft class should be focused on offense. That doesn’t mean it will.
I am going to assume that Pete Carroll will stick with Tarvaris Jackson for one more year, until his golden boy, Matt Barkley, comes out in 2013. Carroll will probably do everything he possible can to bring his USC boy to Seattle. But right now there are no weapons for Barkley if the Hawks do get him. Marshawn Lynch was a beast last year, pretty much putting the entire team on his back, rushing for 1,204 yards and 12 touchdowns. But in the season prior to that, he combined in Buffalo and Seattle ...
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