Seahawks on tape: Brian Schottenheimer exploits aggressive crosser matching

Photo by Michael Workman/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesBrain Schottenheimer is excellent at adapting his passing concepts in games. It’s not “fashionable” to praise the offensive coordinator, the scapegoat of all offensive failures. There’s a “run, run, pass” narrative—he only picked the course of action on three out of 12 drives last Sunday—and constant negativity around Schotty ever since he was hired. Yet, once more, Schottenheimer proved his worth against the Cincinnati Bengals.

With little-to-no tape on what the Bengals were going to do and run on defense, Schottenheimer was left dealing with an offensive line that gave up a pressure on 50% of offensive snaps. That wasn’t just limited…