The Seattle Seahawks coaching staff knows better than we normal people do. Every week, the team puts players on the field that maybe 12s question. Riq Woolen was terrible in Week 1, for instance. Why not bench him?
Woolen, though, was much better (and though not perfect) in Week 2 versus the Pittsburgh Steelers, and just when the team needed him to be. Devon Witherspoon missed the game, so had Woolen been bad again, the defense would have struggled.
But this isn't about Riq Woolen. This is about other players who have polarized Seahawks fans. Neither player is a bad person, but their production, or lack thereof, has been cause for debate.