The Seahawks showed how much faith they had in their three linebackers in 2019 by leaving them on the field more than any other team in the NFL.
That Seattle used so much base defense, meaning keeping their three linebackers on the field instead of subbing one or two out for an extra defensive back, was as much about personnel as scheme.
Seattle used a base defense roughly 70 percent of the time in 2019 compared to about 30 percent of the time in 2018 in large part because of their faith in starters Bobby Wagner, K.