The Seahawks will host safety Damarious Randall on a visit this week, sources tell NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo (on Twitter). Randall could help to fill the void in Seattle’s secondary as they deal with multiple injuries. 
Randall was dropped by the Raiders just prior to their season opener, even though they’re still on the hook for his $1.5MM in guaranteed base salary. That sum will be offset by any deal Randall signs this year, so the veteran could be willing to settle for the minimum.
Randall, 28, spent the first three years of his career with the Packers before moving on to the Browns in 2018. Last year, he was limited to just eleven games, though he still managed 2.5 sacks, 61 total stops, and six passes defensed. All in all, he’s got 56 career starts and 14 interceptions to his credit across five NFL seasons.
The Seahawks were among the clubs to express interest in Randall back in March. Now, they’re interested once again as their secondary has failed to keep a lid on things through three games. In fact, they’ve set a record — the Seahawks have allowed a combined 1,292 passing yards to the Falcons, Patriots, and Cowboys, an all-time high for any NFL club through the first three weeks of the season.
Fortunately for them, the offense has been able to keep up. The Seahawks are 0-3 heading into their Week 4 matchup against the Dolphins.
Should be Seahawks are 3-0, not 0-3.
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It’s ironic, after the Jamal Adams trade many (myself included) people thought this secondary unit could become one of the strongest personnel groups on this years Seahawks team. Instead it’s become a liability. I’ll say this tho- every year the Seahawks Defense is compared to its most successful defense ever- the LOB. I wish people would stop thinking just because Pete and John are still at the club they can magically recreate that epic D. That’s never going to happen ever again. This is not that team and never will be. If we can improve our pass rush- we’re gonna be just fine. There’s a lot to like about the 2020-21 Seahawks
Carroll has mostly not had a high-end pass rush, but the Seahawks have not operated that way during his tenure. They got sacks, sure, but not like a sack heavy defense aka Pittsburgh or Denver did. At their height, they played heavy zone with a line that stopped the run and relied on coverage to create pressure, which is opposite of how many teams do it. They got away with a lot by having Earl Thomas ranging over the top and Chancellor underneath, who could both supplement the run defense and cover the intermediate part of the regularly so their corners could play aggressively on their respective sides of the field. Now when I watch them they seem to run a lot more man than before, but without a rangy deep safety to back up their more vulnerable corners deep. Griffin is alright, and Dunbar is too, but these guys are not Browner and Sherman jamming up receivers at the LOS and throwing them off routes to give Clemons and Avril an extra second to beat their blocks (which they did well). Again, it’s really the lack of a deep safety like Thomas that hurts them.
Your point does stand, however. Their current style of defense makes a strong pass rusher more valuable-really, anyone who can disrupt the pocket. That’s why they wanted Clowney back, despite his lack of sacks. They just want a disruptor of some kind to help those corners and safeties in protection. Adams is much more like Chancellor than Thomas, despite his strong all around game, and succeeds when putting some time in around the box to mix with his coverage. The Seahawks really are missing that Earl Thomas-Jason McCourty-Ed Reed type roaming safety who can cover the deep parts of the field.
Pass rush is definitely a necessity, especially with how they’re playing defense now, but consider the sack numbers Seattle has had this decade add under Carroll. Their defense has almost always been strong, but they rarely are a top five team in sacks. It just seems to me that Schneider has missed on more picks that he historically did well with, and Carroll’s system was much more reliant on skilled players than schematic genius than he’d like to admit. A good pass rusher is a must for Seattle, I agree, but their biggest need starts at free safety. They just look better when they have a great-not simply good-center fielder in the deep middle of that defense.
Could be wrong, of course, but that’s just how it feels watching Seattle today and how they’ve looked different to the naked eye to me the last few years.