When the Seattle Seahawks face the Los Angeles Rams this weekend, it’ll be the first time in the Pete Carroll era that none of the original Legion of Boom members took the field. Earl Thomas started every game of his rookie season in 2010, Kam Chancellor had bit parts that same year, while Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner wouldn’t appear until 2011. Thomas is done for 2018, Chancellor is effectively retired, Sherman is with the San Francisco 49ers, and Browner is facing a possible life sentence.
Just what was this Seahawks defense like before the Legion of Boom started to form?