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Each NFL team’s biggest burning question in 2018

By Brad Weiss

PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 27: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the invited attendees to the 2017 NFL Draft at the NFL Draft Theater on April 27, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 27: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the invited attendees to the 2017 NFL Draft at the NFL Draft Theater on April 27, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – OCTOBER 22: Seattle Seahawks middle linebacker Bobby Wagner (54) during the National Football League game between the New York Giants and the Seattle Seahawks on October 22, 2017, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – OCTOBER 22: Seattle Seahawks middle linebacker Bobby Wagner (54) during the National Football League game between the New York Giants and the Seattle Seahawks on October 22, 2017, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

Seattle Seahawks: Can the defense still be a force?

The Seahawks are going to look very different once September rolls around. We are used to seeing some of the best faces in the game on the defensive side of the ball playing for the Legion of Boom, namely Earl Thomas, Kam Chancellor and Richard Sherman.

This year, Thomas should still be suiting up in Seattle provided he eventually reports, but Sherman was released and Chancellor may never play again due to a neck injury. Sherman, to make matters worse, signed with the rival San Francisco 49ers, getting to see the Seahawks twice per season.

There were even more losses in the fronts even with the defections of Sheldon Richardson, Cliff Avril (retirement due to a neck injury as well) and Michael Bennett, who was traded for picks to the Philadelphia Eagles. In the draft, Seattle didn’t do much to inspire confidence that the defense would return to its old form in quick fashion, leaving the question of what to expect from that dgroup?

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