Some rather large issues for the Seattle Seahawks
Not only did the watered-down Legion of Boom allow a previously downtrodden St. Louis Rams offense to put up 352 total yards and convert over half of their third-down attempts, other areas of the Seahawks looked mediocre in the team’s 34-31 season-opening loss.
Shaky would be the best term to describe a Seattle offensive line that allowed six sacks and nine quarterback hits on Russell Wilson. In fact, that impacted Seattle’s ability to get the ball down the field in the passing game. Instead, this aspect of the team’s offense was limited to short drops and intermediate routes. That was a miserable failure against an athletic Rams defense.
Outside of already being a game behind both St. Louis and the Arizona Cardinals, Pete Carroll’s squad is in no way the lock to win the division as it was last season. The holdout of Pro Bowl strong safety Kam Chancellor ended up playing a huge role on Sunday. With Seattle up by seven and less than a minute left, Nick Foles found Lance Kendricks on a 37-yard touchdown pass against Chancellor’s replacement, Dion Bailey. That has to be concerning to a team that has in the past relied a great deal on the secondary.