Seahawks Game 2 Coming Up

The Seattle Seahawks second exhibition game or what is better known as preseason comes up Friday Aug. 21 against the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Seahawks likely will play their starters for the first half in this game. At least the ones that are healthy anyway. Guys like Richard Sherman, Thomas who just started practicing, and Marshawn Lynch we only care if they are available for the season opener. They know what it takes to get ready for the season. Right now it is important that their backups are ready so in case they are not ready for the opener. Since Pete Carroll has been coach the Seahawks have been a second half season team anyway so it important that they are ready for the playoffs and in position to have the home field advantage.

Carroll was so upset with how the offensive line played in the first two series where Russell Wilson was sacked and fumbled that he had changes Justin Britt the right tackle who started there all sixteen regular season games was shifted to left guard and Garry Gilliam was no longer the backup left tackle and moved over to Britt’s right tackle position. Left guard and center are the two positions that are being replaced because of trade and free agency. Now you can say three offensive line positions will be different going into season. I really do like the change because I don’t think Britt was quick enough to stop the really good defensive lineman or linebackers who were rushing the quarterback. Garry Gilliam being a former tight end in college should be quick enough to handle the right tackle since he had been the backup at left tackle. I am sure with possible injuries the shuffle on the offensive line could continue. Assistant head- line coach Tom Cable and Pete Carroll they could not afford to wait longer for the change. I am sure Alvin Bailey who was starting at left guard will likely backup at both left and right guard along with the two tackle positions. Coach Cable has always felt it was important that the backup players especially were versatile enough to play more than one position. We will have to see however I believe the change with Britt going to left guard and Gilliam to right tackle will benefit the Seahawks. Russell Wilson is not concern with the changes with the offensive line; however, with the injury to backup quarter-back Travaris Jackson made it more important to have the change. The Seahawks are blessed to have a starting quarterback that doesn’t get hurt but they have to be concerned because there is no guarantee that Russell Wilson won’t get hurt. The other quarterbacks right now would not be ready to play in a regular season game if Wilson and Jackson are both hurt. Jackson himself he were to play more than eight games because Wilson was hurt the Seahawks would only be slightly more than a .500 record and with the others we would most likely see a team with a losing record.

Though the Seahawks would not be as good if they lost Marshawn Lynch for a significant amount of time because of injury or any of the top defensive players Russell Wilson being hurt would still be hardest to replace since he is the engineer that runs the offense. We can only hope that we won’t have to find out anytime soon. You could say it is the major reason Wilson is the now the highest paid player on the team. Most of the teams in the NFL would have trouble winning with the loss of their starting quarterback. Look what happened with Arizona when they lost their starting quarterback. They were still able to make the playoffs but did not do anything in the playoffs. If any team has a high quality backup quarterback it is a rare thing to find. In fact Travaris Jackson is one of the best backup quarterbacks. It will be interesting to see how the offense will run against the Kansas City Chiefs on the road. It will be a very good test to see. In the second have we will see more of the backup players who are trying to make the team. Go Seahawks!