Seattle Seahawks: 3 Big takeaways from loss vs. Bears in Week 2

The Seattle Seahawks offense struggled to get going against an overpowering Chicago Bears defense on Monday night.

The Seattle Seahawks have started 0-2 for just the second time in the Russell Wilson era. The loss wasn’t pretty. The Chicago Bears defense bludgeoned the Seahawks offense into near submission and the Seahawks defense could not stop the mediocre Bears offense.

I always want to try and include at least one positive takeaway, but after watching the game, I just didn’t see anything good worth mentioning.

This article will be the second beating the Seahawks will have taken in the last few days as we look at the takeaways from Week 2.

Injuries were key

Doug Baldwin, Tre Flowers, D.J. Fluker, Bobby Wagner, and K.J. Wright are all starters and significant contributors on the Seahawks. They were also all ruled out for the game and didn’t participate. Team’s always have a few injuries they deal with week to week but having five starters out is just bad luck.

Every NFL team has 22 starters between the offense and defense. With five out, the Seahawks were literally missing more than 20 percent of their combined offensive and defensive starters. And it’s not just how many players were out but who was out. Baldwin is the only true number one threat for Wilson to target on the offense. Fluker fills a spot on an already shaky and poor offensive line.

Flowers is just a rookie, but the Seahawks aren’t deep at the cornerback position. That’s not a spot they can afford to lose a player at. Wagner is obviously the biggest issue. When healthy he’s a Defensive Player of the Year candidate and the leader of a defense that has been stripped of many of its old voices. He is the monster in the middle for Seattle.

When Wagner isn’t around, a lot of responsibility falls to Wright, who usually delivers. Except with him out, the Seahawks were left bare boned at the linebacker position with both of their Pro Bowlers on the sidelines. Tough luck.