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The End of the Seattle Seahawks

 

The End of the Seattle Seahawks

 

Today to end the year 2023 was the final blast right through the hearts of the Seattle Seahawks fanbase as they lost an embarrassing matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers 30-23 at Lumen Field to end any hope the Seahawks had of making the playoffs.

The play was abysmal from missed tackles, an inability to convert a third-down and no pressure generated against Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph all night.

This has been a recurring trend and Seahawks fans ask yourselves how tired are you of this terrible play?

The Steelers had a season-high 476 yards of offense after losing to teams like the Cardinals and the Patriots, each had just two wins.

This must be the year where the coaching staff has some turnover between Defensive Coordinator Cling Hurt, Offensive Coordinator Shane Waldron and Head Coach Pete Carroll. You cannot sugarcoat losing five of your last seven games. That is a collapse of unbelievably frustrating proportions.

In a game where the Steelers running backs Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren averaged 4.9 yards per carry running through the Seahawks' weak defense the entire match.

The MO to beat the Seahawks the last two years has been simple have a decent offensive line and run through Seattle with occasional third-down conversions.

The main problem is the fact that this goes deeper than the defense as the offense continues its inconsistent sputters with multiple failed third downs and an inability to score in the red zone which have been the same issues that have plagued the Seahawks last season and this one.

This goes right back on Shane Waldron who has continued to waste the talent on the roster that most would dream of having with terrible play calls and long developing routes even though they were facing two elite pass rushers in T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith.

While Geno Smith played well completing 23-for-33 passes for 290 yards and a touchdown he also missed a wide-open Tyler Lockett on a deep out route and held onto the ball too long on the lone turnover for Seattle being a fumble by linebacker Nick Herbig which sealed the loss for them.

Lastly what cost them was early in the game after the one forced turnover on the first drive for the defense led to the Seahawks' first offensive drive, they stalled out at midfield on a fourth and 1 and they punted. They could’ve tried to go for it and set the tone the same way the Steelers did but it led to a bad punt of only 25 net yards and the Steelers would then march down on a 14 play 75 yard touchdown drive which set the tone for the rest of the game.

While the Seahawks season isn’t over mathematically, it’s over mentally for the fan base as at halftime the Packers are killing the Vikings 23-3 and playing the lowly Bears next week that they own lifetime to end the season.

While Seattle can win against the Cardinals and get some pride, they will lose out on a tiebreaker at 9-8 and management must ask if this is the answer going forward and I no longer think the answer to that question is yes.

Team defense has stunk the last three years, and the offense has been good all of once since COVID hit, 2022, so things need to change instead of coasting to a winning season with no postseason success and being stuck in the same hamster wheel of mediocrity ironically mirroring the team that they lost to this week.

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