Yesterday Mark Schlereth was a guest on the Brock and Salk show and made some interesting comments regarding the Seahawks’ roster. For one thing, Schlereth thinks Seattle’s current secondary is deeper than the Legion of Boom was. Watch.
Do the Seahawks look like a playoff team? Could this secondary be deeper than the LOB?
Good to have @markschlereth in the building to answer that today. He's also looking for Seahawks fans to apologize for not warning him about Russell Wilson! Ha! 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/b4cn3Jya8N
— Mike Salk, Seattle Sports (@TheMikeSalk) August 9, 2023
It may sound like blasphemy, but he’s right, keeping in mind that depth wasn’t what made the LOB great – it was three Hall of Famers along with a rotating cast of mostly-forgettable DBs. Brandon Browner, Byron Maxwell and Jeremy Lane all had their good qualities, but there’s a reason why people only think of Earl Thomas, Kam Chancellor and Richard Sherman when they hear LOB.
Meanwhile, this current Seahawks secondary has three Pro-Bowlers in Riq Woolen, Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs. They also have a top-five overall pick in Devon Witherspoon, two respectable corners in Tre Brown and Mike Jackson, a Jim Thorpe award winner with Coby Bryant and the remarkably underrated safety Julian Love.
There are better secondary units around the NFL, but this one has a chance to earn the title of the deepest in the league.
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