The Seattle Seahawks take place in the backward seasons where they were sitting at home during the NFL playoffs.
After having surprisingly arrived at the playoffs of the first year in the post-Russell Wilson era by going 9-8 in the first season of Geno Smith as Starter, Seattle has actually maintained and even improved its record by going 9-8 in 2023 then 10-7 in 2024, but was always left outside looking in the two years.
To return to the playoffs, the director general of Seahawks, John Schneider, knows that he needs to improve the list.
“We know exactly what are our shortcomings,” said Schneider during a radio appearance, via the NFL media. “We can all see it, right? And we have a plan to approach everything.”
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The first thing Schneider has to approach is the offensive line, which has been a major problem in the past two years. Smith has always been subjected to a strong pressure and the duo carrier of Kenneth Walker III and Zach Charbonnet was too often invited to do something from anything.
But in order to resolve this deficiency, the Seahawks may need to make changes to the way they allocate resources. They wrote a pair of plated to tighten the offensive line a few years ago, but Charles Cross was an average starter and Abraham Lucas was not on the ground quite often. Meanwhile, the Seahawks have not invested much in the offensive interior. It must probably change.
Seattle could also use aid on the seven defensive front after having struggled to stop the race despite the presence of players from Realeonard Williams, who undoubtedly had the best season of his career in 2024. could generate a solid rush towards the passes despite the absence of a really dominant rusher of passes, and things could be facilitated elsewhere if the Seahawks had to add a talent of edge superior to the mixture.
Be that as it may, it is clear that there are several areas to which Schneider could refer when he says he knows what the gaps of the team are. We obviously do not yet know how he plans to address them, but it will become clear enough.
