500, and, obviously, that Cleveland game was the obvious 'gimme' game in the first half that slipped away.Ĭonsidering the circumstances, though not unique to the Seahawks, a new QB, a young line, a very young defense, a new system, new coaching staff, and a very tough schedule, a 2-6 start is not all that surprising or alarming. 500 and narrowly out of the playoff picture, the Cowboys lost their final game to New York in a loser-go-home situation to finish. The three opponents that didn't eventually make it to the playoffs were the Browns, Cardinals, and Cowboys Arizona finished at.

At 2-6 through the first eight, Seattle had faced five eventual playoff teams in San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, New York, and Cincinnati.įIVE of EIGHT. They lost to eventual 9-7 Cincinnati Bengals team at home then again to eventual 8-8 Dallas on the road. They went on to beat the eventual 9-7 Giants in New York and lose to the eventual 4-12 Browns on the road. Seattle had a very tough start to the year, schedule wise, losing to an eventual 13-3 49ers team on the road, an eventual 12-4 Steelers team on the road, finding some respite in hosting and beating an eventual 8-8 Cardinals team and then narrowly losing to an eventual 10-6 Falcons team. Still relatively new front office and head coach in John Schneider, Scot McCloughan and Pete Carroll, still trying to impart a philosophy while turning over a roster and weathering the maelstrom of doubt and uncertainty in the locker room that inevitably follows such an upheaval, especially considering the beginning of the season saw the departure of two Seattle team leaders and city icons in Matt Hasselbeck and Lofa Tatupu. New assistant head coach and offensive line coach in Tom Cable. New starting quarterback in Tarvaris Jackson, new offensive coordinator in Darrell Bevell. It was bound to be an unusual year because of the lockout - abnormal because of the Draft before free agency, shortened OTAs and a truncated training camp, and those types of things tend to affect teams with new leadership and personnel more than teams with a more established front office and roster. The Seahawks 2011 season has definitely been one to remember.

Seahawks roster 2011