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While the Seahawks can't score touchdowns, the defense has played great. The Seahawks have a really good defense. All hope is not lost on that fact alone. The Seattle defense is ranked seventh in the NFL in points allowed and are ranked highly in other statistically categories.
The their last two losses, Week 4 against Atlanta and Week 7 against Cleveland the Seahawks the Seahawks lost by a field goal.
Despite that, the perception among the National Media is that the Seahawks are a bad football team. A very bad football team.
"Pete Carroll has done a terrible job with the Seahawks," Adam Schein of FoxSports writes under the subheading titled 'Amateur Hour',
"And here’s the problem. Pete Carroll has full autonomy. While he has a general manager in John Schneider, who I like and respect a lot and was smartly plucked from the Green Bay tree, it is Carroll making the personnel decisions. And the head-scratchers and the futility start at quarterback. Carroll swapped second-round picks with the Chargers two years ago to acquire the legendary Charlie Whitehurst. At the time of the trade, Whitehurst had completed as many passes in the NFL as you have. Yet, Carroll thought it was not only a good idea to make a trade for Whitehurst, but Carroll gave San Diego’s third-string quarterback a two-year deal worth $8 million to back up Matt Hasselbeck. We killed the transaction when it was made. It was mocked universally by football people. It never made any sense."
What is interesting about Schein's article is the stance that Carroll, not jointly with Schneider, is making the team's personnel decisions. Earlier this season, when Pro Football Weekly asserted otherwise, Carroll was vigorous in defense that decisions are made jointly.
Who is making decisions is the controversy that won't go away, that and the related issue of who the quarterback of the future will be.
While the quarterback situation has been well debated both on this website and other places, the Seahawks main problem is up front, on the offensive line. It's on the offensive line that they rank dead last statistically in the NFL, even with first-rounders Russell Okung and most recently James Carpenter and John Moffit.
How many more high-draft picks will it take to ensure the most fundamental of all building blocks for an NFL franchise?
What we all know about the quarterback situation is that Tarvaris Jackson is never going to lead the Seahawks to an NFC title game, or beyond. We know that the Seahawks will never be a dominant force in the NFC for any length of time unless they have a different quarterback. Green Bay has Aaron Rodgers, New Orleans has Drew Brees, even the up and coming Lions have a No. 1 pick in Matthew Stafford. Something has to give.
Pete Carroll is putting roots down in Seattle. For example earlier this season he opened the "A Better Seattle" foundation. He continually states that this is a long-term project to build his "program".
Ultimately if Carroll succeeds for fails in Seattle he'll be judged on personnel decisions, not his ability to coach and lead a football team.
The their last two losses, Week 4 against Atlanta and Week 7 against Cleveland the Seahawks the Seahawks lost by a field goal.
Despite that, the perception among the National Media is that the Seahawks are a bad football team. A very bad football team.
"Pete Carroll has done a terrible job with the Seahawks," Adam Schein of FoxSports writes under the subheading titled 'Amateur Hour',
"And here’s the problem. Pete Carroll has full autonomy. While he has a general manager in John Schneider, who I like and respect a lot and was smartly plucked from the Green Bay tree, it is Carroll making the personnel decisions. And the head-scratchers and the futility start at quarterback. Carroll swapped second-round picks with the Chargers two years ago to acquire the legendary Charlie Whitehurst. At the time of the trade, Whitehurst had completed as many passes in the NFL as you have. Yet, Carroll thought it was not only a good idea to make a trade for Whitehurst, but Carroll gave San Diego’s third-string quarterback a two-year deal worth $8 million to back up Matt Hasselbeck. We killed the transaction when it was made. It was mocked universally by football people. It never made any sense."
What is interesting about Schein's article is the stance that Carroll, not jointly with Schneider, is making the team's personnel decisions. Earlier this season, when Pro Football Weekly asserted otherwise, Carroll was vigorous in defense that decisions are made jointly.
Who is making decisions is the controversy that won't go away, that and the related issue of who the quarterback of the future will be.
While the quarterback situation has been well debated both on this website and other places, the Seahawks main problem is up front, on the offensive line. It's on the offensive line that they rank dead last statistically in the NFL, even with first-rounders Russell Okung and most recently James Carpenter and John Moffit.
How many more high-draft picks will it take to ensure the most fundamental of all building blocks for an NFL franchise?
What we all know about the quarterback situation is that Tarvaris Jackson is never going to lead the Seahawks to an NFC title game, or beyond. We know that the Seahawks will never be a dominant force in the NFC for any length of time unless they have a different quarterback. Green Bay has Aaron Rodgers, New Orleans has Drew Brees, even the up and coming Lions have a No. 1 pick in Matthew Stafford. Something has to give.
Pete Carroll is putting roots down in Seattle. For example earlier this season he opened the "A Better Seattle" foundation. He continually states that this is a long-term project to build his "program".
Ultimately if Carroll succeeds for fails in Seattle he'll be judged on personnel decisions, not his ability to coach and lead a football team.
