Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll didn’t have any answers on Thursday night when he was asked how his team can close the gap with the 49ers. His rookie cornerback offered a colorful anecdote that might provide at least the right philosophy to bounce back.
Devon Witherspoon is not only one of the game’s best cornerbacks, he is one of the few athletes around the NFL who isn’t afraid to say something interesting. After the game, when Witherspoon was asked about another slow start for his team, he replied with an answer that reminded Doug Farrar of something he heard from Richard Sherman back in 2015. Specifically, the Seahawks need to drop their nuts.
Something @RSherman_25 told me in 2015, when I asked him about the mentality of an island cornerback. https://t.co/1adsED4EkC https://t.co/6ZoVzOtKWQ pic.twitter.com/zounano20R
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) November 24, 2023
Perhaps allowing Witherspoon and the rest of Seattle’s talented defense to try playing some man coverage would inspire a little more nut-dropping. In any case, Pete Carroll has to learn that his soft zones won’t work when he’s not getting any pressure up front.
One could also apply Spoon’s message to the personnel department, where the Seahawks are still vastly outmatched in the trenches compared to the 49ers and the Eagles – the exact teams they’ll need to get past if they’re going to return to the Super Bowl anytime soon.
More than anything else that’ll mean upgrading on both sides of the line of scrimmage this offseason…
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