Instead, they\u2019re largely counting on a new scheme and a new offensive coaching staff to fix their longstanding problems in the trenches.<\/p>\n
So, how exactly can new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak\u2019s scheme help Seattle\u2019s O-line to better protect the quarterback?<\/p>\n
One way is by moving the QB out of the pocket \u2013 especially via play-action rollouts.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s something Kubiak did a lot as the New Orleans Saints\u2019 offensive coordinator last season. According to ESPN\u2019s Brady Henderson<\/a>, the Saints threw from outside the pocket on 17.8% of their passing attempts, which was the third-highest rate in the league.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is offensive-line-friendly play-calling,\u201d former NFL linebacker Dave Wyman said on Seattle Sports\u2019 Wyman and Bob<\/a>. \u201cBecause if you\u2019re just gonna sit back and drop back in a pocket, you\u2019re asking your (offensive linemen) to sit there and (win tough battles). Some of these defensive ends (are among the) highest-paid guys in the league, and they\u2019re gonna get to the quarterback.<\/p>\n \u201cBut there\u2019s ways to mitigate some of that pass rush by moving the pocket or (using) play-action pass. It frees everything up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Play-action passing and moving the pocket are aspects that were sorely missing from the Seahawks\u2019 offense last season. Seattle ranked 29th in play-action rate, using play-action on just 15% of its pass attempts, according to Pro Football Reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n Instead, the Seahawks ran a dropback-heavy passing attack that operated out of shotgun at the fourth-highest rate in the league. And with a sputtering rushing attack that was among the NFL\u2019s worst, the result was a predictable Seattle offense that allowed opposing pass rushers to tee off. Former Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith was sacked 50 times last year, which was third-most in the league.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was one of the harder things for me to watch,\u201d former NFL quarterback Brock Huard<\/a> said during a Blue 88 segment on Seattle Sports\u2019 Brock and Salk. \u201cYou just sat in shotgun over and over and over, and went to these very predictable plays and formations.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re gonna be a movement team (this year under Kubiak),\u201d Huard added. \u201cYou\u2019re gonna throw on the run. You\u2019re gonna really move as much as you\u2019ve ever moved in your career. This is not gonna be playing the game from the pocket 80% of the time. This is gonna be a movement offense.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Listen to the full Wyman and Bob conversation at this link<\/a> or in the audio player near the middle of this story. Hear the full Brock and Salk Blue 88 segment at this link<\/a> or in the audio player at the bottom of this story.<\/p>\n Seattle Seahawks news and analysis<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Brock: Seattle Seahawks had a snub from ESPN\u2019s All Quarter Century team<\/a>
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