The overarching theme to the Seattle Seahawks’ season on defense is what has happened to the Legion of Boom. There have been multiple late game collapses by the Seattle defense and the secondary has been picked apart in some high profile games. The demise of the Legion of Boom may be overstated a bit as they are 9th in passing yards allowed per game (232.0) and T-1st in TDs allowed (11) but there should be concern as Seattle is 16th in Y/A (7.2), 18th in completion percentage (62.8%), T-22nd in INTs (8), and 13th in passer rating allowed (85.3). This is not the dominate pass defense that scared most of the league for two years. Pittsburgh put up gaudy numbers against the Seahawks and a lot of this is because Ben Roethlisberger is an elite QB with all the weapons he could want. But to give up 480 yards of passing on over eight yards per attempt is disheartening despite only giving up one touchdown compared to the four interceptions. So what is happening to Seattle defense? Has the lost talent in the secondary (Brandon Browner, Byron Maxwell, Walter Thurmond, etc.) caught up to Seattle as they have not been able to reload yet? … Article continues here
