The Seattle Seahawks are changing their defensive scheme under new coordinator Clint Hurtt. What are those changes going to look like? FOX13
Seahawks linebacker Uchenna Nwosu speaks with reporters after a practice at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton, Wash. on June 2, 2022.The Seattle Seahawks have spoken all offseason about the changes they are making on the defensive side of the football under new coordinator Clint Hurtt.
"Generally your best rush opportunities come in your five-man rushes with both guys coming off the edge," defensive coordinator Clint Hurtt said this week. "You've already set the protection with man-to-man across, 5-0 protections, but you got to change your looks and where you're bringing things from and what not."
"Oh, it definitely starts up front, you know," Nwosu said. "Those big D-lineman in the middle and the two edge players on the edge is definitely what makes this defense go. From playing in it last year, we had our ups and downs in certain situations, but the guys up front, specifically the guys with their hands in the dirt and the outside backers, they're the ones that's supposed to make this defense go.
Darrell Taylor, coming off 6.5 sacks last season, played in a similar scheme at the University of Tennessee and believes it suits his skills well. Generally, overall, we're going to play a lot more of our nickel stuff that we've had in the past, you know, and still be multiple, we still have the ability to do that. So there'll still be guys in the traditional sense still being on the edge and rushing the passer in your traditional 4-3 looks, that stuff is still going to be a part of the system. We just have a lot of different things that we can do," Hurtt said.