Seahawks Mailbag: Nickname For The Defense, Retired Numbers & More

@hermanator.bsky.social asks, “Tell me something about this team/locker room that you think is interesting and not talked about enough?”

A: The first thing that comes to mind is just how connected this team is, the camaraderie and togetherness of the whole team. It’s been talked about, but maybe not enough.

For starters, there’s probably a hard-to-quantify boost that teams get on the field when players like each other off the field, but more importantly, especially when it comes to the defense, it’s a necessary part of making Mike Macdonald’s scheme work. A big reason why Seattle’s defense is so good is that they are getting contributions from so many players, especially in the pass rush. The Seahawks have gotten at least half a sack out of 17 different players this season, yet there’s no dominant pass rusher with a double-digit total, though several players could get there this season. Defensive linemen get things like Pro-Bowl honors and bigger contracts when they pile up sacks and tackles for loss, so to have a defense like this be at its best, there needs to be real buy-in, and we’ve seen that this season.

“That’s what’s so special here is you don’t see as much jealousy,” defensive tackle Leonard Williams said. “You see a lot of camaraderie, a lot of competition, but at the same time, even for a guy like Derick Hall, who just got his first sack, whenever he’s seen one of his peers or teammates get a sack, leading up to his, he’s the first one in there celebrating with them. And like I just said, regardless of who gets the sack on third down, overall, we’re excited to have a good defense. We’re excited to get off the field in clutch situations. So even if it’s Spoon (Devon Witherspoon) getting the sack on a blitz, although I want to get that sack, I’m still going to be happy that he got it. He’s a part of our defense and we all root for each other.”

Or as safety Julian Love put it, “This team now is extremely close. It’s uncomfortable how close we are—the constant roasting, the constant messing around. Literally I was just talking to one of our coaches out there today, and said that, pretty much this is middle school, and when we go out there it’s recess. In the locker room, it’s just messing around in the hallways. That’s the kind of energy we bring, but then obviously when it’s time to focus, we focus.”

Looking for another way that togetherness shows up? Look no further than the way players go to bat for each other if another player might have had a tough game or be on the receiving end of some outside criticism.

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