We don't take a weekend off when facing a "weak" team. Lord knows, I've watched teams do this a few times every year and is usually why they suffered losses, leading to regretful Seasons. With MM, EVERY game is, at worst, a full-contact practice. He's taking his "back-up-bench" players and building them into his "Support Squad". Thus, we saw Beau Stephens (Boseefus) getting his welcome to Big-Boy-Ball. Those are invaluable to his development. Rather than feed him into the Grinder of the early first half, Mike waited to put him in, in a game that was definitely intimidating. No screwing around here, Kid. Forced him to knuckle down and focus or get his ass kicked for certain. No doubt Coach Benton's call. Our Depth is key to Playing It Forward.
There is something going on, and I don't know what it is so I'm hoping you can help me. At this point too frequent to just be blind luck:
- Suddenly Josh Jobe pops up out of nowhere
- Suddenly Ty Okada pops up out of nowhere
- Suddenly Drake Thomas pops up out of nowhere
- Suddenly Nehemiah Pritchett pops up out of nowhere
- Suddenly Rodney Thomas pops up out of nowhere
Specifically to this year, we (or at least speaking for myself) had been so worried about the secondary and now the worry is where to fit in Emmanwori and what happens when Ty Okada is back healthy again. And Schneider himself spent his precious 2nd and 3rd rd picks on Bud Clark and Julian Neal.
Remembering also those unheralded guys in the recent past like Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Brandon Browning, Jeremy Lane, Byron Maxwell etc.
What is it with Seattle and its secondary? How do we continuously unearth these rock star gems year after year?
And, what ARE we going to do now with Emmanwori and Okada and Clark and Neal? Hell we have an entire new secondary waiting in the wings. Are we going to have to expose like 4 of our new finds to the waiver wire?
Maybe MM and his Coaches are developing entire Units with their own unique identity ('Support squads')? Every one of them tuned to the same discipline. The dance is the same at all levels?
Yeah I’ve gotta believe it has a lot to do with MM putting these guys in great positions to succeed. But having said that the guys have to perform. Nice observation Zez👌 It sure felt like our one biggest weakness especially with Clark going down… but now🤷🏻♂️
An unexpected aspect of the Cards game was that the Seahawks ran a variety of schemes, outside zone, inside zone, power, duo, toss, and with a variety of lead blocking attacks from the fullback - even with a backup/rookie RG. Why? AZ’s strength is its DTs, and Fleury didn’t want them to get comfortable.
This could also explain why we saw so much of Emmanuel Wilson. He’s got more experience with a wider variety of run schemes. Heck, Price doesn’t even have much college experience!
This can really pay dividends. Benton got tape of his guys doing a little bit of everything. He’s probably got a laundry list of drills for fixing things that need improvement.
It would be interesting to see if Price ate from a smaller menu than Wilson. You’ve got to bet that the Moons know that answer already.
The running strengths of K9 are no longer in play. Fleury is adjusting his run schemes to prepare for Charb's return? After watching K9 in the Playoffs, I must respect that some RBs don't find their Game until after they have been given the ball 3 or 4 times. A lot of retired RBs were saying this last year. They don't tire until their 20th run.
The Seahawks have a great problem. Injuries have tested the depth of the team early this season and the results are exceptional! As we get more people back, the “problem” is how do you get snaps for everyone who has “earned” them. I don’t have the answer, but I have no doubt this proven depth is gonna come in handy later in the season.
We don't take a weekend off when facing a "weak" team. Lord knows, I've watched teams do this a few times every year and is usually why they suffered losses, leading to regretful Seasons. With MM, EVERY game is, at worst, a full-contact practice. He's taking his "back-up-bench" players and building them into his "Support Squad". Thus, we saw Beau Stephens (Boseefus) getting his welcome to Big-Boy-Ball. Those are invaluable to his development. Rather than feed him into the Grinder of the early first half, Mike waited to put him in, in a game that was definitely intimidating. No screwing around here, Kid. Forced him to knuckle down and focus or get his ass kicked for certain. No doubt Coach Benton's call. Our Depth is key to Playing It Forward.
There is something going on, and I don't know what it is so I'm hoping you can help me. At this point too frequent to just be blind luck:
- Suddenly Josh Jobe pops up out of nowhere
- Suddenly Ty Okada pops up out of nowhere
- Suddenly Drake Thomas pops up out of nowhere
- Suddenly Nehemiah Pritchett pops up out of nowhere
- Suddenly Rodney Thomas pops up out of nowhere
Specifically to this year, we (or at least speaking for myself) had been so worried about the secondary and now the worry is where to fit in Emmanwori and what happens when Ty Okada is back healthy again. And Schneider himself spent his precious 2nd and 3rd rd picks on Bud Clark and Julian Neal.
Remembering also those unheralded guys in the recent past like Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, Brandon Browning, Jeremy Lane, Byron Maxwell etc.
What is it with Seattle and its secondary? How do we continuously unearth these rock star gems year after year?
And, what ARE we going to do now with Emmanwori and Okada and Clark and Neal? Hell we have an entire new secondary waiting in the wings. Are we going to have to expose like 4 of our new finds to the waiver wire?
Maybe MM and his Coaches are developing entire Units with their own unique identity ('Support squads')? Every one of them tuned to the same discipline. The dance is the same at all levels?
Yeah I’ve gotta believe it has a lot to do with MM putting these guys in great positions to succeed. But having said that the guys have to perform. Nice observation Zez👌 It sure felt like our one biggest weakness especially with Clark going down… but now🤷🏻♂️
An unexpected aspect of the Cards game was that the Seahawks ran a variety of schemes, outside zone, inside zone, power, duo, toss, and with a variety of lead blocking attacks from the fullback - even with a backup/rookie RG. Why? AZ’s strength is its DTs, and Fleury didn’t want them to get comfortable.
This could also explain why we saw so much of Emmanuel Wilson. He’s got more experience with a wider variety of run schemes. Heck, Price doesn’t even have much college experience!
This can really pay dividends. Benton got tape of his guys doing a little bit of everything. He’s probably got a laundry list of drills for fixing things that need improvement.
It would be interesting to see if Price ate from a smaller menu than Wilson. You’ve got to bet that the Moons know that answer already.
The running strengths of K9 are no longer in play. Fleury is adjusting his run schemes to prepare for Charb's return? After watching K9 in the Playoffs, I must respect that some RBs don't find their Game until after they have been given the ball 3 or 4 times. A lot of retired RBs were saying this last year. They don't tire until their 20th run.
The Seahawks have a great problem. Injuries have tested the depth of the team early this season and the results are exceptional! As we get more people back, the “problem” is how do you get snaps for everyone who has “earned” them. I don’t have the answer, but I have no doubt this proven depth is gonna come in handy later in the season.