The Seattle Seahawks opened the 2017 season with many strengths, and a few significant weaknesses. Among their most vulnerable positions was at left tackle, where Rees Odhiambo would be the starter for the foreseeable future, and at cornerback, where Jeremy Lane and rookie Shaquill Griffin would be accumulating starter snaps.
Among the known strengths would be in the secondary with Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor, and Earl Thomas, as well as a front-seven that included Cliff Avril and Jarran Reed. And positions that seemed to be on the biggest seesaw of either being a strength or weakness included left guard Luke Joeckel, and a running back corps with Chris Carson, Eddie Lacy, Thomas Rawls, C.