The way I interpreted it, was that he was simply asking, if statisticians monitored and compiled any stats, on how many points scored by NFL teams, were initiated as a result of their defense, i.e. interceptions, fumble recoveries, safeties, touch downs, etc...
I've noted that in the last couple of seasons, there has been a steady decline by our defense, who had traditionally and consistently, accounted for many of our points scored, and the majority of our wins. Another observation I've made over the past couple of seasons, was that our defense, was also less able to prevent our opponents from scoring points, especially when it mattered the most. The combination of these two factors are, in my humble opinion what has kept us out of Super Bowl contention the past couple of seasons.
We've all watched Seahawk games in past years, where our opponents managed to get a small lead over us in the first half, only to have our defense stop them dead in their tracks from scoring any more points, and then force turnovers, giving Russell Wilson, the magic man, opportunities to do what he does best, and that is giving us another one of his come from behind, miracle wins.
The past couple of seasons, our defense has not been able to do it's part, allowing the opponents to score more points than they ever have before, fewer turnovers and creating point deficits, that even the Magic Man couldn't overcome. It seemed that every time Russell would manage to get us back in the game, that our defense would fail to prevent our opponents from scoring again and allowing them back into the lead.
I know that Blair Walsh, didn't help our cause and cost us three or four games, that we surely would have won had he succeeded, , but even in those games, the scores should never have been so close, that we were left dependent upon his kick to decide the final outcome. We all knew that if the kick really mattered that Walsh would surely miss it. It's sad, if it didn't matter, he would nail it every time. He simply folded under pressure, and because of his performance II do value the kicker position much more than I ever did before.
I am really hopeful, that in the off-season, with all the changes that were made in our defensive lineup, that we can get our Boom back. I know that a lot of people try and define the Legion of Boom as being a cast of characters, but it is in fact, the finished product of a defensive philosophy and strategy, orchestrated by Pete Carroll, and implemented under his guidance by his defensive coordinators, at this time Ken Norton and company.
I believe, that is why Pete, went after Ken and his assistant defensive coach, during this off season. Ken was instrumental in the construction of Pete's Original Legion of Boom Defense, and if there was anyone could resuscitate it, Ken Norton is most certainly the right man for that job.
I am a big Kam Chancellor fan, and I didn't interpret anything in his tweet as being disrespectful to the Seahawks team or management, I believe he was pointing out the obvious, by highlighting the fact that when our Defense is playing like he knows it's capable of playing, that they are a major game outcome changer for us, and that our success in past years was as dependent if not more dependent upon the defense than it was and still is on the Magic Man and our offense.
It's a team sport and in order to be successful, you have to have all your parts working together. If Pete is successful in resuscitating the Legion of Boom, and at long last, successful in crafting an offense, that can protect Russell Wilson, and at the same time deliver both run and pass protection, as it appears is his intention at present, we could conceivably have reason to believe that we might very well find ourselves in the 2019 Super Bowl.
I'm so looking forward to a "Kiss The Baby" season where the Seattle Seahawks shut all the hyper critical talking heads out there, who are so quick to toss us under the bus, "The Legion of Boom is dead !, the Seahawks have no offense, their battling cap issues and lost all their key players and the list goes on". These are the same critics, in the media and in the forums who were screaming all the same "sky is falling" rhetoric, back when Pete and John first took over, and cleaned house, refueling with free agency and draft picks back then.
On a closing note, I don't and won't assume that Kam won't play again, this season, or any other. I take him at his word, that if the doctors will clear him to play that he will. I don't know if fans understand that if the doctors don't clear an athlete to play, they can't play. Kam has been adamant from the onset, that "if the doctors will clear him to play, that he will play, that he is not ready to retire yet, he still has a passion for the game and feels he still has a lot left to offer".
I can't say that I see the same fire and passion from Cliff Avril that I see from Kam. Cliff seems pretty much of the mind, that if the doctors tell him there is even the slightest possibility of a re-injury, that he is "going to put his family first" and play it safe by retiring. Every player that takes the field in an NFL game runs the risk of this same injury occuring to them. For that matter any of us that ever played football at any level have experienced neck related stingers, where we went numb for a few and worried that we had really messed something up, only to have it dissipate after while and we were back on the field for the next play.
As I read through this thread today I couldn't help but reflect on Marshawn Lynch, when he finally got so fed up with everyone misinterpreting just about everything he said, twisting his words around and using them to demonize him, and finally in response, simply refused to talk to the press anymore. It seems all to many people are all to quick, to look for, and find the worst in people, and if that is what your looking for, its easy to find. Look for the good in people and its just as easy to find too.
Go back and read Kam's tweet, this time looking for the good in the man and his words, and I think you'll discover it reads entirely different than the way a lot of folks interpreted it.
I guess only time will tell. Go Seahawks!
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