Every time Russell Wilson was sacked in 2017

With the Seattle Seahawks recently hiring a new offensive line coach, changes may be coming. Everyone knows that the offensive line struggled this year, but who were the main culprits? To try to get a handle on the most frequent breakdowns on plays in which Russell Wilson was sacked, I put together a six-minute video of each play in which he was sacked, shown at 75 percent speed.

On the plays in which there was no immediate pressure, I marked “coverage/Wilson” because in this end zone angle we can’t tell if Wilson was sacked despite a receiver being open or because there were no receivers open. For the others, I did my best to assign primary blame (full play by play list below). The final count: Rees Odhiambo 3, Germain Ifedi 2, Duane Brown 2, Matt Tobin 1 (tackles combined: 8), Mark Glowinski 2, Luke Joeckel 5, Ethan Pocic 3, Oday Aboushi 1 (guards combined: 9), Justin Britt 2, J.D. McKissic 1, Thomas Rawls 1.

This is not a comprehensive look at Seattle’s pass protection: Wilson was frequently under pressure (as he has been his entire career), so this is a glimpse at only the small fraction of pressures in which he was sacked. The next installment will look at rushing plays in which the Seahawks lost yardage (there are a lot!).

Here is the clip:

Here’s how I would assign blame for each play, in order:

1. Odhiambo (GB)
2. Glowinski (GB)
3. Joeckel (GB)
4. Coverage/Wilson (GB)
5. Coverage/Wilson (SF)
6. Coverage/Wilson (SF)
7. Probably Glowinski (SF)
8. Bad snap (Britt) (TEN)
9. Coverage/Wilson (IND)
10. Coverage/Wilson (IND)
11. Coverage/Wilson (IND)
12. McKissic (LARM)
13. Coverage/Wilson (LARM)
14. Odhiambo (LARM)
15. Coverage/Wilson (NYG)
16. Odhiambo (HOU)
17. Coverage/Wilson
18. Britt (WAS)
19. Pocic (WAS)
20. Coverage/Wilson (ARI)
21. Probably Rawls but arguably Ifedi (ARI)
22. Coverage/Wilson (ARI)
23. Tobin (ARI)
24. Coverage/Wilson (ARI)
25. Ifedi (ATL)
26. Aboushi (ATL)
27. Coverage/Wilson (ATL)
28. Joeckel (PHI)
29. Joeckel (PHI)
30. Ifedi gives up the sack but earned a hands to the face penalty for a Seattle first down (JAC)
31. Coverage/Wilson (JAC)
32. Coverage/Wilson (JAC)
33. Pocic (JAC)
34. Coverage/Wilson (LARM)
35. Pocic (LARM)
36. Brown (LARM)
37. Joeckel (LARM)
38. Joeckel (LARM)
39. Coverage/Wilson (LARM)
40. Coverage/Wilson (LARM)
41. Coverage/Wilson (DAL)
42. Brown (DAL)
43. Coverage/Wilson (DAL)
44. Coverage/Wilson (ARI)
45. Ifedi (ARI)
46. Coverage/Wilson (ARI)
47. Coverage/Wilson (ARI)