Although the Seahawks fell short of a third straight SuperBowl appearance, and have now lost three starters on the offensive side of the ball there's no reason to fret. Yes, they lost JR Sweezy. Yes, they lost a Pro Bowl left tackle tasked with covering Russell Wilson's blind side. And yes, the Marshawn Lynch era has now come to a close.

Nonetheless, the Seahawks will have a more explosive offense come the 2016 season opener. You many ask how? Their offensive line play was atrocious last year, and now they lost 2 starters. While this is true, what are they really losing? JR Sweezy was not a Pro Bowler, and it's not like he signed with a winning team that threw a wad of cash at him (he signed with Tamp Bay). Not to mention that the Seahawks are high on Mark Glowinski as he performed beautifully is spot start duty last year.

At left tackle, will there really be that big of a drop off? The answer is no, Okung was consistently injured, missing 13 games the last three years. The Seahawks have complete confidence that they can find an internal replacement and if we have learned anything the past few years, it's that Pete and Schnieder know what they are doing.

Other than those losses they are bringing back every starter from last year's offense, save for a retiring Marshawn Lynch. But we didn't see the same Beast Mode we have become accustomed to seeing. 2015 Lynch was a step slower, he was not making the cuts that allowed him to elude defenders and get the angles that allowed him to shake off would be tacklers. Therefore the Seahawks are getting a little addition by subtraction, with Lynch out of the way Thomas Rawls will be the engine that makes Seattle's running game go.

What may really put the Hawks offense over the top is the addition of a speedster receiver, which they already have in-house with Paul Richardson. Now it is only up to whether or not he is and can stay healthy in 2016. Doug Baldwin made well-documented strides forward in his game and Russell Wilson's numbers reached record setting peaks. 

But think about if Darrell Bevell could match Wilson's arm with an equally formidable vertical threat. The second half of the season even with the offensive line they had the Seahawks were able to dominate offensively. Even in the playoff loss to Carolina the Seahawks imposed their will in the second half against the league's top defense, and that was without Thomas Rawls.

There's always a good reason to get excited about the Seahawks, but thinking about this team's offense makes the anticipation that much more exciting.

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