You do have a valid point on DK cause there were games where he had zero targets in the first half and end the games with 2 or 3 catches and he was visibly pissed off. I think with our new OC we'll see a better game plan and get DK more involved like he was in the first half of the season.
He's trying to make his QB happy. Took his advice and hired the OC, o-line is a must wait and see with FA/draft coming up and I believe he'll listen more to RW during film session and practice. I feel the day Russ no longer is taking snaps is the day Pete retires.
Franchise QB will usually win out and move Pete upstairs.
Yeah Pete is a old dude, but then RW is becoming a grey beard himself. I don't see Pete as the problem. I see lack of cap space , poor draft position as the reason the Seahawks haven't taken the next step from playoff team to Super Bowl team. Those two problems have lead to taking risks on players and those risks overall haven't panned out, at least not yet. Hiring a new HC is not going to make those problems go away. Trading RW would go a long ways to changing those problems. So firing Pete solves nothing, trading RW changes everything as I see it. So if one has to go.......
Which is why I hope it doesn't come to that. Much rather find a way to succeed despite the cap problem and the poor draft selection problem. Those are the actual reasons the Seahawks haven't taken the next step. Paying your franchise QB after the rookie contract, plus paying other deserving players top dollar is a common problem around the league. Blaming the staff for these problems rather then accept salaries and poor draft position is not a solution. Yet mega rich players want to act like it's not their contract that makes it difficult, they want to point the finger else where and that brings yet another problem to the table. Hopefully this season brings more success then just making the playoffs ( which in reality is so much better then the decades of being irrelevant ). That would help a bunch.
Replacing a top 5 QB is more difficult than finding a HC. Remove Russ and this franchise goes back 10 steps. He may becoming a grey beard but he still has a good 10yrs left in him. I don't buy the poor draft position as NE has been drafting towards the end of the draft for the past 20yrs and have 6 rings to show. Our problem is the FO has whiffed on more picks than hits and that's why they are in the shape they are now. Trading Russ solves nothing if is production isn't replaced.
No team will be able to assemble the perfect roster with a salary cap. The Packers problems lies with the QB not making plays when he's needed too. Rodgers has had talent around him and yes MCcarthy isn't a great coach but tough to blame him when the QB chokes in the playoffs. Saw it again this year but with a different coach.
Not to mention that Chicago is also in a tight cap situation. They are currently about $7 million OVER the projected cap, and they still have to deal with WR Robinson, whom they may have to tag.
Houston gives up their 24-year-old QB who had the most passing yardage and second-highest QB rating and their #1 and #3 draft pick for a 32-year-old QB who fell off a cliff in the second half last year?. LOL. No. Houston's GM would be garrotted.
