Seattle Seahawks: Hater’s guide to the 2022 season

The 2022 Seahawks are in a dark tunnel, and the light ahead looks like a freight train. Welcome to our Haters Guide to the 2022 season. Abandon hope all ye who enter.

The Seattle Seahawks are about to embark on their first non-Danger Russ-led campaign in a decade. After an offseason of confusing decisions and seemingly directionless roster moves, my editor asked me to walk you through why it’s ok to hate on this year’s iteration of the Hawks.

Seattle Seahawks Roster

If you’ve ever played fantasy sports, you know there’s always that one dude making add/drops at random, playing weird line-up hunches, and generally finishing last every year. This year Head Coach Pete Carroll and General Manager John Schneider are trying that strategy with an actual NFL team. While it’s great for content, 12s can’t be happy with what they see.

Trading Russell Wilson, releasing Bobby Wagner, and moving on from Duane Brown all signal REBUILD. Quandre Diggs coming back and D.K. Metcalf‘s extension? Not so much. The Wilson deal and its aftermath, in particular, leads us to our next area of disbelief.

Seattle Seahawks Quarterbacks

The Wilson haul was ok, not at the Deshaun Watson level, but he’s older and isn’t an alleged serial predator so let’s assume Cleveland had no interest. While Wilson was obviously a bigger headache behind the scenes than maybe we all realized, he WAS an above-average NFL quarterback.

The Seahawks’ brain trust thought a potentially good tight end, an average defensive lineman, and some magic beans that might grow into Kirk Cousins were fair value, so they pulled the trigger. Going into a non-rebuild with said beans, Geno Smith, and Lake Steven’s own Jacob Eason is just masochistic.

Not to belabor the point, but Smith is starting because Drew Lock got COVID and then tossed three picks in his next preseason appearance. For all the fans who were clamoring for Jacob Eason, he lost his job in college to Jake Fromm (check out his game tape for the Giants last year), got cut by one of the most QB-needy teams in the NFL, and finally couldn’t even elbow his way into the Lock/Smith poop-fest.

That ship has sailed. Please kindly hitch your bandwagons to Sean Manion.