Playoff road map for 0-2 Seattle Seahawks: Get Kam Chancellor back
The Seattle Seahawks are the first team since the 2002 St. Louis Rams to open the season 0-2 following a Super Bowl appearance the previous year. Here's how the Seahawks can avoid the same fate as that Rams squad by forging a path to the playoffs.
*Build cohesion along the offensive line: Position coach Tom Cable is a wizard, but he's working with a unit that features new starters at three spots and only one blue-chip player in left tackle Russell Okung. The growing pains are reflected by the fact running back Marshawn Lynch has just 114 yards through the first two games.
*Resolve the contract impasse with Kam Chancellor: Chancellor's holdout has led Seattle to start two different strong safeties. The drop-off is significant. The vaunted "Legion of Boom" secondary has surrendered three touchdowns without an interception and is allowing opposing quarterbacks to complete 71.7 percent of their passes in Chancellor's absence.
