The Seattle Seahawks were built in 2025 to have an efficient offense to help a dominant defense win games. Through four games, the plan was working somewhat well. Then, defensive injuries began to mount and what was a great unit was exceedingly diminished.
Head coach Mike Macdonald, like most coaches, talks about the next-man-up mentality. If a star gets hurt, the player taking his place needs to be almost as good. But there is a reason backups are backups: They aren't as good as the starters in most cases.
Here is the good news, however.