Bevell goes from MIN to SEA as OC. Not a flashy name, and its tough to judge his body of work the last few years, when it was restricted by the on again off again Favre offseasons, and Favre's physical limitations. Just as long as their is no Comeback III in the cards thanks to this hiring.
With Cable O-line and assistant coach, its shaping up that Cable will be the "running" coach, while Bevell as OC will be focusing on being the "passing" coach.
He was initially going to interview in SEA as QB coach, but given the likely change of plans with McDaniels, and then the hiring of Cable, the position got moved up.
The SEA o line should be better because of Cable and his zone blocking which Carroll wanted last year...which in theory means better running game and pass protection, so will be interesting to see how much Carroll tweaks the current offensive personnel as a result of that. I still believe now is the time to tear down and put the long term pieces in..Hasslebeck has one or two serviceable years as a starting QB in the league, and the future has to be roadmapped.
So, barring Carroll firing the DC (unlikely, Carroll runs the defense unofficially anyway), staff is set, now its to be interesting to see how SEA fills its many gaps through FA and the low draft picks each round. LB, Secondary, D line, and then skilled positions on offense are all glaring holes right now.
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