When Ed Dickson arrived in Seattle last offseason, he understood the expectation.
Richard Sherman, Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett were all gone. Soon enough, Kam Chancellor would be out, too. Jimmy Graham was a Green Bay Packer. An annual Super Bowl favorite was suddenly devoid of familiar faces.
The Legion of Boom Seahawks had long ruled the NFC West with a heavy hammer.
This was a different team.
But could a younger core contend?
“I knew that it was kind of a rebuilding (situation), because the Seahawks that I’ve gotten accustomed to, a lot of the pieces were gone,” the veteran tight end said during the team’s locker cleanout on Sunday.