Pete Carroll hasn’t faced uncertainty in the secondary like this since his very early days with the Seattle Seahawks. Yes, the team knew they’d be without Kam Chancellor and Richard Sherman for the first time since 2010 when last season began, but they still had Earl Thomas, Shaquill Griffin was a promising player with a full season under his belt already, and Justin Coleman proved a high-value pickup from the New England Patriots for a seventh round pick just a year earlier.
Two of those three pieces may be gone for good and the third was considered a disappointment in terms of his progress and performance.