Seahawks Predicted to Regress in 2023

[kidhawk]

Five NFL teams poised to take major fall in 2023: Vikings, Seahawks among those primed for regression

A look at which teams could take a big step back next season

www.cbssports.com

According to the article in the link, they think that we are due to drop from last year's unexpected record. Their assumptions are that Geno had a rough finish where we were 3-6 and that our defense needs too many improvements.

Of course there's no mention of the extra draft picks we get this year, which can be used to fix a lot of those defensive issues.

Personally, assuming we re-sign Geno to a reasonable contract (by reasonable, I'm thinking something that has an out clause with larger money later in the contract and using the bonus money to make for a reasonable cap number this year), we should be able to use free agency along with our draft capital to fill a lot of our defensive holes. If our defense improves to just middle of the pack in run and pass rankings, that will take a lot of the pressure off of Geno and he won't need to push so hard. I think that our defensive weakness this past season, caused more pressure for Geno than he should have if we can get the defense working. Less pressure and I believe we see fewer mistakes from Geno.

Obviously it's way too early to make any realistic predictions, but we have a good chance to improve our record next season if John and Pete use our draft capital wisely.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Love it. The more doubt the better. Get that Chip going again. They were supposed to be horrible in 2022, that worked out fine.

 

[JPatera76]

Lol... eh typical new age journalism, fling shit until is sticks. Is there a possibility sure, but I don't think we wll, I think we'll probably be the same.

 

[Hawknballs]

Well we can't count on the Rams to be ravaged by injuries again. Those two games alone were a dramatic swing in our favor this year, and we only beat them by one touchdown total over two games despite the fact that they were missing basically all their best players. Having that swing within our division was a huge help in becoming a playoff team vs. the team a lot of people thought the hawks might be last season.

 

[AROS]

11-6.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

10-7, extremely too early prediction

 

[sutz]

It's the silly season for journalists. Anything to generate clicks.

 

[onanygivensunday]

I didn't read the article, but I agree with the conclusion because our 2023 non-division opponents will be the NFCE and the AFCN, both of which have better teams than the NFCS... which swept the Hawks 4-0 last year. Let that sink in... we lost to the Panthers, the Saints, the Buccaneers and the Falcons!!

We need another fantastic draft and some key FA additions to make the playoffs next year. I'm just being realistic.

 

[seatownlowdown]

i'll wait until post-draft before i draw any conclusions or make any predictions.

meanwhile, still waiting for clint hurtt to be "re-assigned"

 

[TheLegendOfBoom]

How is this any different from last years “prediction?”

Same as always.

Difference is, Seattle has the draft ammunition and now the momentum to have another solid draft and Seattle can continue with more success than these writers say they will have.

Bring it!

 

[fenderbender123]

Seriously, if we regress even just a slight bit, especially on defense, I will be the first person on the Fire Pete wagon. You shouldn't need 7 years to rebuild a defense and/or to learn what you're doing wrong and ******* fix it.

 

[Hawknight]

11-6.

Hell..I'll see your 11-6 and raise it to 17-0 ..I'm all in.

 

[Jerhawk]

Since Clint Hurtt is going to be D coordinator again, the article will probably be right, unfortunately.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

No doubt. Would love to see a change at DC. But.............likely not going to happen.

 

[MyrtleHawk]

Man, they love to hate the Hawks don't they? Ridiculous

 

[SoulfishHawk]

This team plays better when people doubt them. Just my opinion.

 

[Bear-Hawk]

Seahawks and Bears are both going to have better defensive lines in 2023. If not, somebody needs to get fired.

 

[NoGain]

Yeah, make a prediction like that before the draft, FAcy, and potential trades. Yeah, I think it's going to be raining one year and three days from now.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Still fun to talk about though. It's just football talk, speculation, predictions, opinions etc. I love when articles come out claiming the Hawks will suck. The team will feed off of doubt from so called "experts"

 

[GeekHawk]

What's the Vegas line on our over/under win total next year? Is it even out yet? (I can't check anything to do with betting or gaming on this gov't PC)