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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