The Seattle Seahawks are undefeated, lead the NFC West and seemingly sit on top of the world. But they’ve also faced quarterbacks named Bo Nix, Jacoby Brissett, Skylar Thompson and Tim Boyle.
Those four signal callers are unlikely to be fitted for gold jackets and preparing Hall of Fame speeches in their futures. However, the defense has dominated the quarterbacks laid out in front of them.
Mike Macdonald, the league’s youngest head coach, wants more.
“We’re in a great position in that we’ve done enough to win each game that we’ve played,” Macdonald said. “There’s a lot of great stuff on tape. But we are also at the beginning stages of this team and who we are going to become. And the guys know that. It’s very clear when you watch tape on where we need to improve.”
An offensive line down to its third-string right tackle has held up enough for the Seahawks to rank third in passing yards per game.
The tackle situation has become so dire that the Seahawks brought in 42-year-old Jason Peters on Tuesday. Peters played a stint with Seattle last season. Abraham Lucas, the projected starter at right tackle, is eligible to come off of injured reserve after Monday’s game at Detroit, but the team has said nothing about when he’ll be back. If the Seahawks are shopping for tackles, it would seem to indicate it’s probably not soon.
“I don’t want to put a timeline on Abe right now,” Macdonald said. “We have kind of an in-house timeline with him, and we’re working through it. But, I’m not going to put a timeline on him right now.”
George Fant seemed ready to come back last week, but suffered a setback on Friday. He’s now on IR and will miss at least four weeks.
Macdonald also mentioned like where the defense is headed, but wants them to be locked in all game long. Penalties are also an issue, as Seattle committed 11 on Sunday.
“It’s a whole new slew of issues every week, and it just takes that type of mentality and that preparation to go execute every week at a high level,” Macdonald said.
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