Weighting for Tough Men

Seahawks are overdue for overweight offensive linemen

A totally hypothetical made-up situation that never happened:

It’s the Super Bowl. There are :26 seconds left on the clock. The Seahawks have the ball at the one-yard line on 2nd-and-Goal. The running back just led the NFL in rushing touchdowns. The quarterback is also a rushing threat. What do you do?

Yeah, there is a good argument that the Seahawks should have run the ball and Pete’s reasoning for the call will never satisfy most, but what if Seattle’s chance of scoring from the 1 wasn’t 81% but instead 91% or 95%? Almost 100%?

Take it out of the past and into the present:

If THE 2024 SEAHAWKS had 2nd-and-Goal from the 1 against a stout defensive line, would YOU have confidence in Seattle’s offensive line being able to gain a yard against a Super Bowl-quality defense?

Okay, well what if you had the Eagles offensive line?

A Very Offensive Line Seaside Joe

Fans of offensive line content, please clap for this post about what the Seahawks need to do to copy the dominance of the Eagles OL. The answers aren’t easy, but the solution is simple: