On Friday I wrote a short piece about the theory behind the Air Coryell offensive system that the Seattle Seahawks are running this season under new offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, and what makes it work. In that piece I hinted at suspicions that the offense could struggle in many of the remaining games for schematic reasons, and in the game Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers we saw some of what I had anticipated.
What the Chargers do on defense is not a secret, especially for the Seahawks coaching staff. Los Angeles defensive coordinator Gus Bradley coached for Pete Carroll early in Carroll’s tenure in Seattle, and runs a system very similar to what the Hawks ran during his time in the northwest.