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. Page A-20 — Shelton-Mason County Journal —Thursday, Jan. 13, ‘ Sports Outdoors Return to the. court I Shelton High School sophomore Jasmine Rivera drives to the basket dur- ing 'the second half of an Evergreen Conference girls basketball game against Rochester on Monday atTerry Gregg Court in Shelton. The Climb- ers fell 45-31 to the Warriors. Journal photo berustin Johnson The ‘Seahawks‘season is done. What comes next? he NFL regular season ended Sunday and the Seahawks are getting ready for another postseason run, ‘ g , Just kidding! Seattle didn’t have agood season, finishing 7:10, last in the NFC West,‘ and the only team in the division to not make the playoffs. ' It has been a weird year for the Seahawks. They started slow, and then Rus- sell Wilson got hurt, and things went downhill from there. Let’s look at why the Seahawks weren’t good this season and what the offsea- son could look like. v Let’s start with why they weren’t good, and the biggest reason is Wilson. Before the injury, Wilson was playing all right. He wasn’t bad by any means, but he wasn’t playing as well as he usu- ally does, which makes this mm All) . MA'IT’S MUSINGS team a playoff team most years. After the injury, he came back in record time, and that was a mistake. I feel like he wanted to come back as quick as possible to help, but it likely ended up hurting the team. In a physi- cal game such as football, playing while hurt can be done, but playing while re— covering from injury isn’t a great idea. The issues with Russ caused the offense to be mediocre and they finished 16 in points per' game On the defensive side, it was also an all right year. With some of the offensive problems, it forced the de- fense to be on the field a lot, and'they performed decently. They finished the season in- points per game allowed, but with how much they were on the field, it’s ex:- ’ pected they would get tired and give up some points. Jamal Adams was a disap- pointment this season, but there were some bright spots and the defense improved throughout the season. One of the more alarm- ing problems was special teams, specifically Jason My- , ers. Last season, Myers was for 24, including hitting both field goals of 50 yards or more. This season, he was 17 of 23. Of course, being perfect is a tough act to fol- low, but there were times , where Myers missed kicks in critical situations that cost Seattle games, including two misses in a three-point loss to the Saints and one miss in a one-point loss to the Bears. What does the offseason look like? The team was 7-10 and scored more points than they allowed, so there is talent on this team that finished 12—4 and won the division in but changes must happen. I wrote during the middle , of the season, I wanted ev— erything to change or noth-‘ ing to change, because you can’t point to one person and say he is the problem. They all played a part in this down season, and I’m totally cool with returning the core of general manager John Schnieder, head coach Pete Carroll and quarterback Russell WiISOn. Their suc- cesses and failures are tied together with how long they have been together. How- ever, if it doesn’t go well next season, tear it down and start over. ‘- This offseason,they need to address the trehches. That starts with improv- ing the offensive line. The ‘Seahawks have $52.5 mil- lio'n in cap space available this offseason, according to OvertheCapcom’and need to spend some of it to protect Wilson. , The defensive line could also use some help and some cap money should be spent there. Defensive end seems more like a need than defen- . sive tackle'with Poona Ford and Al Woods playing solid . down the stretch at DT. I think they also need to see MUSINGS, page A-2l