RussB":1l7yg1mj said:
Thats what happens when your best defensive players age and become injury prone.
You know...I'm
really not sure what people expect Seattle to do. Brandon Mebane, Bruce Irvin, Byron Maxwell, Red Bryant, Chris Clemons, Brandon Browner, Malcolm Smith, Clinton McDonald, Walter Thurmond, Atyha Rubin, Tony McDaniel...all examples of players Seattle did NOT hold onto. The myth that Seattle's defense is old and broken because Seattle was too nostalgic really doesn't hold up all that well. They've actually been quite cutthroat.
Were Seattle to just cut everyone because something something Patriots, you'd have no remaining continuity on the team and an awful lot of gambling on continued draft picks vs. sure things. Seattle signed its best players, the core of its chemistry, and this year, lost the gamble.
At some point you just have to accept that there's a randomness factor to injury.