Well it’s week two and the Seahawks are already losing players to injury. Yes the Seahawks are 1-1 but today showed why they got lucky against the St Louis Rams last week.

As of today after the game the Seahawks are without the following players.

LT Walter Jones

LT Sean Locklear

C Chris Spencer

QB Matt Hasselbeck

WR Deion Branch

LB Leroy Hill

LB Lofa Tatupu

CB Marcus Trufant

All eight players listed above are starters on the Seahawks and are all not active or are unable to play.

Not only are the Seahawks getting depleted with injuries but today against the 49ers got depleted mentally, emotionally and physically.

The Seahawks put seven and eight men in the box to stop running back Frank Gore and force quarterback Shaun Hill to throw the ball which was a great game plan that just got torn up by the lack of tackling on the Seahawks defense who got ran over for 200+ yards and two touchdowns by Frank Gore.

When you have the right game plan coming into the game and can’t execute because of pore tackling you’re not going to be successful even with 11 players in the box.

However the Seahawks defense looked bad but held the 49ers offense to 23 points which might seem like a lot but the way the Seahawks were playing it is a bright spot in a poorly executed game.

Now the defense doesn’t get all the blame. The Seahawks offense just looked like they did in the first quarter of last week without the turn overs.

Hasselbeck and the Seahawks offense could never get in a rhythm which is the Seahawks bread and butter.

Last week once the Seahawks got into a rythem they scored three straight touchdowns via Matt Hasselbeck.

This week the Seahawks only had one turn over but that didn’t make a difference because they never got anywhere on offense except for one field goal.

Now give credit to Matt Hasselbeck for that quarterback run in to the goal line but was nailed by linebacker Patrick Willis and right after the hit you knew something was wrong because his face turned burnt red and right after heading towards the sideline Hasselbeck’s knees just completely gave out and had to be supported down to the ground.

The report is Hasselbeck has a “rib” injury and did not return to the game. So I know there will be a lot of Seahawks fans saying oh here we go again with Hasselbeck’s injuries but Seahawks fans need to give him a break because this is one of the most toughest quarterbacks in the NFL.

Seneca Wallace came in to take his place and threw a one yard touchdown pass to running back Julius Jones and that’s all their was for the Seahawks offense.

So what does this mean for the Seahawks after today? Well it shows the difference from the number one, to the number two player and you are still safe. But for the Seahawks once they got down to the third player on the depth chart you know you’re gonna hurt.

That’s what happened to the Seahawks today and so far this season. Brandon Frye, who the Seahawks picked up off waivers from Miami is not Walter Jones or Sean Locklear.

Steve Vallos looked like a third stringer today with the three botched snapp’s and it shows the difference between Vallos and Spencer.

Also DT Brandon Mebane was inactive for the game today and Red Bryant filled in for Mebane. Well Bryant is not Mebane and that showed today as well but all in all the Seahawks defense was just unable to tackle anyone.

Now if you want to look at this for the 49ers. Take out Frank Gore, 3 starting OL, Nate Clements and Patrick Willis and then tell me if you think they would be 2-0.

It’s the exact same thing the Seahawks have right now. Now it’s not an excuse because injuries happen in the NFL but poor play is not an excuse.

So if you look at the Seahawks roster right now you have to say they are not a complete team (player wise not attitude wise) but that they do have the pieces in place but still need those 2-3 more players to finish it off.

Here are the players the Seahawks have (when healthy)

QB Matt Hasselbeck

WR TJ Houshmandzadeh

WR Nate Burleson

TE John Carlson

LT Walter Jones (should retire this off season)

RG Max Unger

LG Rob Sims (maybe)

DT Brandon Mebane

DE Patrick Kerney

DE Cory Redding

LB Lofa Tatupu

LB Aaron Curry

LB Leroy Hill (maybe)

CB Marcus Trufant

SS Deon Grant

K Olindo Mare

That’s 15 starters out of 22 that could be listed as the players in place. Julius Jones is a possibility but I don’t think he is the long term answer with Jahvid Best in the draft.

The Seahawks will need to address LT, LG (maybe), DT, CB, and FS in the off season to really complete this team out.

Colin Cole is a great number two but I just can’t list him as a starter with confidence because that’s what this list is.

So now Seahawks fans will look at those two first round picks in the 2010 NFL draft and think what can we do and what do we need.

Well here are some players that would work at positions of need.

S Eric Berry

RB Jahvid Best

DT Ndamukong Suh

DT Gerald McCoy

OT Trent Williams

DT/NT Terrence Cody

S Reshad Jones

S Taylor Mays

CB Joe Haden

Now that list most likely won’t change because no matter what the Seahawks won’t drop Hasselbeck unless he retires.

But Walter Jones and the offensive line will need some work this off season as well as that Seahawks secondary.

So bye week seven or eight if the Seahawks for some reason are way out of it, then Seahawks fans can look toward Oklahoma, USC, Florida, Nebraska and Georgia to start looking at players who the Seahawks might draft in 2010.

These next four weeks will be key with three winnable at home games and one road game before the bye.