Seahawks could be playing their final game without a high-impact starter

Mike Macdonald of the Seattle Seahawks | Soobum Im/GettyImagesThe Seattle Seahawks are 4-2 entering Week 7 against a very good (defensively) Houston Texans team. A win is a win, of course, so if Seattle can take the game 3-2, 12s would do it. Beauty doesn't get you to the playoffs. Wins do.

While Seattle has been mostly very good through six games, excepting Week 5's meltdown versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when Mike Macdonald's defense was missing four starters in the second half, some parts could be even better. That includes inside linebacker.

Ernest Jones IV has been good, but it takes two to be great. Jones' partner appears to be a work in progress. Tyrice Knight got the first chance,…