Popular opinion to the contrary, I don’t think Riq Woolen had the worst opening day of any member of the Seattle Seahawks’ franchise last Sunday. The fourth-year cornerback was burned badly on a couple of game-changing plays, but he was still just one of eleven on a defense that held a Kyle Shanahan offense to 17 points.
That is normally good enough for a win in the NFL. It wasn’t against San Francisco because the Hawks’ offense managed just 13. That’s why the worst day award goes to new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak.
This was not the new-look, run-heavy offense we were promised.