3 Reasons Why the Seattle Seahawks Will be a FORCE in the NFC!! | NFL Analysis

[@TheFoolInTheWall]

I really want to keep my expectations low but it's tough when you actually take a step back and see how insane this team could be on both sides of the ball.

[@MetroSportsYT]

Facts!

[@STEPHEN1463]

Three years ago if you told me Gino Smith would be a starting QB, Pro Bowler, and Comeback Player of the Year I would've called you insane.

[@MetroSportsYT]

Facts!!

[@00711shadow]

😂

[@jayo2654]

A reporter said something similar to Geno last year and Geno's direct quote was " that's cuz you've never seen me throw". 😂

[@matthewphillips5911]

Having been studying this team for a bit now, Geno is quite capable of leading a championship team. Not only has he hero-balled wins in tough games but the "bad year" everyone claims he had was anything but. He made a few bad decisions under pressure (like literally every QB) but was under more pressure than any other QB consistently through the entire season. When you adjust for the rate he was pressured he did *extremely* well at protecting the ball and avoiding sacks. In fact, most of the sacks he took were not his fault. He was behind a mid to bad O-line that *also* had 3 to 4 injuries basically the whole season (which also contributed to a poor rushing offense). That makes the actual question: has this O-line improved to at least middling to slightly above average? Last year's front 5: Cross (middling performance), Lucas (always injured with no depth), Damien Lewis, Phil Haynes, and Evan Brown... and most of the time Jake Curhan and Stone Forsythe were out there. This year: Cross (who has looked better in camp for whatever that's worth), Lucas (who may be healthy), and George Fant at tackle; Bradford, Haynes, and Tomlinson (maybe O'Neal will be decent too) at guard, and Connor Williams and Oluatimi at center... Not a world-beating o-line, but pretty clearly better with more depth. Not to put too much faith in camp/preseason performance, but DK looks like he may have finally taken the next step, and JSN is being used much more (and more interestingly). Have to see it on the field in regular season games... but if things hit close to expectaion, this is a 10 to 12 win team.

[@MartinGarcia-ue3wi]

Thank you for the Seahawk content 🏈🏈🏈

[@MetroSportsYT]

Yessir!! More on the way

[@s.williamc.]

Ryan Grubb Is a genius. I expect the Hawks to shock the world this year.

[@MetroSportsYT]

I do love me some Ryan Grubb

[@Dredrick]

This was a good and sober take on what the situation is. I agree heavily with your wrap-up on whats most likely the expectations for this team in 2024. I also very much agree that the big wildcard on this team is Geno Smith. You said that the real question mark here is if Geno can be that Championship caliber quarterback. I'm a Geno Smith truther, so if that's what we (seahawks fans) are going into 2024 betting our hopes and dreams on, then I'm okay with this. Geno won my heart and has earned his chance at this. Can he do it? Well that's obviously up to him and his supporting cast.

[@MetroSportsYT]

Agree agree! Geno is solid and can take this team far

[@PNW_STEFF]

This team is special man

[@jacklopinto946]

crafty assessment sir. in 2005 & 2013 this franchise quietly off the radar surprised the nfl with smart QUANTITY draft picks. the seahawks brand does have the track record in football there is no substitute for YOUTH.

[@loremaster77]

living in the past are we?

[@jacklopinto946]

tell that to the green bay packers & the dodgers & the celtics!

[@loremaster77]

@@jacklopinto946 the celtics literally won a championship this year? in what way do packers fans "live in the past" when they found their successor to rodgers and made the playoffs over the hawks?

[@jacklopinto946]

jack quite agrees

[@KBilliez]

I’m not a Howell hater and I’m glad we got him but Geno has by and large outplayed Sam this training camp, like it hasn’t been close. So unless Geno is hurt, he probably won’t be starting this year ever

[@MetroSportsYT]

I agree that Geno will be the starter this year. But I think Howell has some talent, that needs to be explored someday

[@richardhaller6537]

Woolen is looking like a machine locking Ridley down two days straight.

[@MetroSportsYT]

I saw that bro! He went nuts

[@lannybackes1053]

Good review. I think Geno's better than you think. Put Josh Allen, Pat Mahomes or any top tier qb behind the line play they had last year in Seattle and they fare no better. Geno constantly made great plays out of great blocking blunders! New offense, proven only in college, but we'll proven. O line coach, major upgrade! Defense will give the offense more TOP and plays per game to get rolling. Hard to say what the win loss record will look like, but this team is going to give everyone problems, even the whiners!

[@MetroSportsYT]

I agree! Maybe I’m abit too harsh on Geno! I would say he’s a good but not quite great QB. Definitely a good starter and can lead this team into the playoffs!

[@lannybackes1053]

@@MetroSportsYT Michael Penix Jr. shined in Grubb's system, albeit against soft Pac 12 defenses, but maybe Geno will too? Appreciate your content brother, I liked and subscribed.

[@loremaster77]

@@lannybackes1053 did you really say allen and mahomes would be just as good as geno if they played in seattle? they are WAYYYY better than geno will ever be 😂 hawks fans are seriously becoming worse than cowboys fans

[@lannybackes1053]

@@loremaster77 look at the numbers when Geno is under pressure, vs when Mahomes and Allen are under pressure. Genos numbers are better than both of them and the number of pressures for Geno is much higher too. So yes, I said it and the number back it up. Do your own homework before slandering someone or else you are the one who looks like an idiot.

[@matthewphillips5911]

@@loremaster77 I mean, you're clearly just a troll (I'm guessing a 9ers fan). And while it may be a bit unreasonable to say Mahomes or Allen would have had the same season in that system... KC only asks Mahomes to be a hero maybe once a quarter. Allen does fluctuate when behind bad o-lines too. Geno was under more pressure than any other QB and still had relatively low sack numbers (with most sacks he took not being attributable to him). He was also one of the most accurate QBs in the league in an offense that didn't (or couldn't) do screens or quick checkdowns (at least well). We'll see what Geno looks like this year behind an improved o-line and in Ryan Grubb's system (my guess is he'll look pretty damn good).

[@scottwhite2757]

SEAHAWKS 2024 !!!!

[@trugreen7658]

Offence should definitely be better this year D to

[@MetroSportsYT]

agree

[@RevivedBeast184]

17-0 BABY MARK IT DOWN RN

[@rawdawgg_]

Be realistic man

[@Sportsgoat437]

Oh yeahhh!!! Go hawks!

[@RevivedBeast184]

@@rawdawgg_ ☝️🤓

[@alexvalenzuela4567]

@@rawdawgg_maybe 14-3

[@seahawk777goats3]

I say 14-3 or 13-4

[@tripsgotdrip]

Tyler lockets last season aswell 25 mill over the cap with Geno and locket lockets cap goes up to 32mill

[@tripsgotdrip]

It's super bowl or bust

[@tripsgotdrip]

It's super bowl or bust

[@davidbreaux5989]

How many times last year were we leading going late into the 4th quarter just to have the defense give up the go ahead score in the final 2 minutes. I think 4 of our 8 losses. Thats a big deal.

[@GamesDean98]

mike turned clowney into an absolute dawg which he hasn’t been like that since way earlier in his career

[@jayraq4882]

The offense is not going to be a little better, it's going to be WAY better, due to much better play calling and better focus on the using of the players skill sets. Mike M is the Best Defensive coach in the NFL. Geno is playing exemplary and with a better game plan, he will excel!

[@61Wolves-yt4yk]

SEA !!!!

[@brobb11]

HAWKS!!

[@Freeth605]

Metro you gonna do any fantasy football content?

[@MetroSportsYT]

I have plans for it soon. I’m not sure when but I definitely plan on doing something for it

[@thedarkestowl4224]

Solve MLB situation and we got a roster like the one that won us a super bowl 💙💚💙💚

[@MetroSportsYT]

😎😎😎

[@rkooscar6866]

Sam Howell vs drew lock

[@MetroSportsYT]

Sammy Sam!

[@ilttheDude]

I think you under estimate Noah Fant

[@MetroSportsYT]

I mean he’s good. But he’s not great

[@Yotakong]

There’s no truth when nothing has happened yet so who knows where we could go.

[@tannerchick4456]

Tight end room is definitely not the same as last year, Noah Fant is the only guy that was on the team

[@MetroSportsYT]

Shhh

[@Lukasafer]

Geno is a dark horse MVP/OPOTY candidate Will he win? No but he might get a vote or two

[@MetroSportsYT]

Perhaps! I wouldn’t put money on it tho lol

[@christophertutson4788]

Geno is a good QB, truly the league has not that many great QBs. Only great QB are Patrick, Lamar, Burrow and everyone else so Geno gets another year to get familiar with winning on a better team now

[@johnrada4459]

Almost lost me at the start with the Sam Howell taking over for Geno take. Also, Tightends are not the same. Lost Dissly and Parkinson. Added Brown. Rest of your opinions are solid.

[@MetroSportsYT]

I’m not advocating for Howell to start over Geno: I’m just saying that maybe Sam is the future

[@KadenJ-ie1ji]

I just love that someone is saying the Rams might not be as good this year and that the Mary Sues might become the 49ers again. But WHY does everyone keep saying that Geno either shouldn't be the starter or that everything relies on him? We all know Sam Howell sucks.

[@samuelcochrane2030]

Howell doesn’t suck, he has the tools to be a franchise guy, he just needs to hone in on some things

[@KadenJ-ie1ji]

@@samuelcochrane2030 Well he had 21 touchdowns and interceptions last year and I think a lot of it was on him. Or maybe I'm just tired of people saying he should be the starter.

[@samuelcochrane2030]

@@KadenJ-ie1ji He was the most sacked qb in the league… that played a part. I’m a fan of his but I don’t think he should start lol he needs to sit a year behind Geno and learn. If Geno balls out and we make a deep run… we may have to give Geno another extension lol

[@KadenJ-ie1ji]

@@samuelcochrane2030 I have to admit you're right that some of the sacks weren't on him but that Jets game he had was one of the worst quarterback performances I've ever seen.

[@jimralston4789]

@@KadenJ-ie1ji Yeah, and in the Cincy game Geno was disappointing as hell, but one game shouldn't be what you base your evaluation of a player on. Howell has some great qualities but definitely has weaknesses he needs to improve on like taking sacks and turnovers. Hopefully, he can make those improvements as a Seahawk.

[@whitebird357]

Sweep the 9ers and the Rams and I'll be impressed. This whole thing rests upon the O line. An elite or overperforming O line will take this team a long way.

[@MetroSportsYT]

I doubt they sweep, but maybe 2-2 or 3-1

[@MclovinBalz]

As a seahawk fan, we ain't gonna get no where this season without teamwork cus 5 fights in one practice is outrageously bad

[@jc0257]

Football is a vicious game who cares

[@samuelcochrane2030]

Do you not remember the LOB days? There would be a fight nearly every other day 🤣

[@Seahawks_Nation]

🤡

[@Seahawks_Nation]

@@samuelcochrane2030type shiii 👌🏽

[@matthewphillips5911]

The fights are *because* they're working together. Every fight has been inter-team (i.e. offense player v. defense player). And each team comes to their players side. And the fights were not that bad.

[@SimonMeshko]

Ever since losing Super Bowl 49 to the Patriots, that team has just been average and consistently made the playoffs. Now they are in rebuild mode, and the days of the Legion of Boom, Rusell Wilson, Pete Caroll and Beast Mode are long gone.

[@MetroSportsYT]

I wouldn’t say they are in rebuild mode. The team is a very similar version to what they were last year. They have some new pieces and a young exciting coach

[@K9swiper]

​@MetroSportsYT we got talent, premier coaching on both sides of the ball, and picked up more talent in the off-season. Not a rebuild by any means. Seahawks just retooled the shed and got better, along with modernizing their game with the new coach hirings

[@Stagg421]

​@@MetroSportsYTIt's more like a slight retooling rather than rebuild. The biggest change is the coaching staff.

[@matthewphillips5911]

+500 all but one season (2021 7 wins), 1st or 2nd in the division for all but 2 years, and double digit wins 5 of 9 years is better than just average. If having no clear liability group, 1-2 questionable groups (o-line & ILB), 3 extremely talented groups (WR, IDL, CB), and the rest being good to very good (EDGE could be elite) is a rebuild I'll rebuild every year. Also, so what if LOB is "long gone"? Who wants to live in the past? Time for the MacDonald era, and I'm here for it.

[@andrewd5139]

I think this team will be better than what pete carroll has ever done. I appreciate for what carroll has done. But i got pissed after he "threw" the super bowl and turned us into a laughing stock afterwards

[@justinrafford2915]

i love this but i do think we need to take the rebuild seriously and trade Geno away. he isn't the best but being the comeback player two yrs ago we may be able to get something out of him to get maybe a safety or a linebacker. we should understand that this will probably not be our year and Geno doesn't have the experience that a vet should have. progress howel and if that doesn't work draft someone early next year pull from the Texans and rebuild FAST

[@serioussamxx2221]

Your from ESPN aren't you😡

[@MetroSportsYT]

Im from Texas :)))

[@kennylee6499]

Got some downers in these comments

[@MetroSportsYT]

lol it’s understandable!

[@mosesjackson4766]

That take about the 49ers offense is ridiculous. I like Aiyuk. But they still got Deebo, Juann Jennings, they just drafted Ricky Pearsall. Outside of their WR room, they still have Trent Williams, George Kittle, Kyle Juszcyk, CMC, and Brock Purdy. With or without Aiyuk, the show will go on. Love the hawks, but cant sleep on the competition. And the rams beat us twice last year, despite any injuries they may have had.

[@MetroSportsYT]

I see your point, but Aiyuk is arguably a top ten WR in the nfl. You can’t replace Aiyuks impact with Jennings nor Ricky next year

[@mosesjackson4766]

@@MetroSportsYT you dont necessarily need one of those guys to replace his impact. Its a team sport. That just means theres more food for the dogs thats already there. You got more for kittle, more for CMC, more for Deebo.

[@Stagg421]

That's IF the 49'ers will have those pieces healthy. Williams is holding out, Pearsall and CMC are hurt and from what I understand, they're in a questionable situation of them start the season. Our hawks have a chance if the o- line performs at least average and the defense picks up Macdonald's system. Just watched some film showing that Purdy panics when facing the Baltimore defense last season so if we can do the same, we got this.

[@mosesjackson4766]

@@Stagg421 Im not at all scared by the 49ers. Im just not gonna sleep on one of the teams thats been consistently one of the best for the last 5 years. Granted I made the comment before I saw the end of the video.

[@lannybackes1053]

@@mosesjackson4766 Shanahan vs Carol/Hurtt isn't the same as Shanahan vs MacDonald. Bothe teams have very talented rosters, the chess match will be intriguing! I can only speak for myself here, but I feel like having hope against the niners is justified now. McVay is also a genius, can't sleep on the Rams for sure, but just like the niners, at least from today's perspective, I think the Hawks will up their game with both, maybe even sneak in a home win against them.

[@abracadabra2733]

Nope, DK cries too much. It's why Tyler didn't make another 1,000 yard season. They should trade DK for someone who doesn't cry if he doesn't get passes. js

[@logancawthern6878]

Sure bud

[@michaelwilkins462]

Seattle is not gonna make the playoffs.

[@Mgslikker]

Put money on it

[@lannybackes1053]

@@michaelwilkins462 Might not, but I'll bet they punch back harder than they have in the last 8 years and most of their losses will be one score games.