The Seahawks have a big issue with time of possession on offense. Here is what the last 3 seasons have looked like.
2021 finished last 2022 finished 31st 2023 currently in last place
Okay so the title is misleading because they didnt finish last in 22’ but It would be lazy to just point at the QB and say thats why our time of possession is terrible. So lets have a discussion, is it due to play calling? Lack of discipline (penalties)? O-line? Is it Pete? What is the one consistent the last 3 years that has led us to this position?
The irony is that we were not on the list in 2020 when Russ was “cooking” and Pete specifically mentioned being worried the offense was scoring too fast.
3rd down conversion rate being low, and scoring on explosive plays are the two biggest contributors obviously.
3rd down conversion rate is a huge issue and a fairly complex one. Its also not like we are getting to third and short on most drives then failing either, we have a ton of third and longs which means we just have a bad offense. RB and Oline injuries have been an enormous issue for us and not having much QB mobility during that time period makes those two issues much worse.
People often use the term 1 dimensional to describe NFL offenses that either are missing the running game or the passing game. I would argue that the NFL has in a big way moved past that term as many teams use more advanced play action and rpo schemes with a mixture of QB / WR runs and moving the pocket to blend the run pass games together. The Hawks dont really do any of that, and consequently while I would almost say some offenses are 3 dimensional, ours is as flat as the play book it was written on.