Do The Seahawks Have Another Championship Run In Them?

There's a Yogi-like saying in the NFL that goes 'if you're not improving, you're getting worse', and while it seems to be an overly obvious statement, it's actually quite profound.

Thanks to impatient owners, the salary cap, and free agency, the one constant in the NFL is change, and it's already started to affect the Seahawks, with three new coaches added to Holmgren's staff, and two key front office executives interviewing with other franchises.

The Seahawks have a championship caliber nucleus of offensive players with Matt Hasselbeck, Shaun Alexander and Walter Jones, and a stable of talented and interchangeable receivers. Watching these guys being hobbled by injury this year though begs the question, how many more years of dominance do they have left?

The Seahawks have a championship caliber coach in Mike Holmgren, but it's unclear how many more years he'll be patrolling the sidelines, and his questionable play-calling and clock management at times has fans wondering if the game has passed him by.

There are several key players on the Seahawks roster that will either be restricted or unrestricted free agents this year, including D.J. Hackett, Jerramy Stevens, Josh Brown, Bobby Engram, Ken Hamlin, Sean Locklear and Jordan Babineaux.

There are sever key players who wound up on IR this year, that may or may not make it back to the active roster, including Marcus Tubbs, Kelly Herndon, J.P. Darche, Josh Scobey, Craig Terrell, and Joe Tafoya.

There is bound to be a few impact free agents or talented draft picks brought in to challenge for starting positions, such as cornerback, safety, full back, offensive guard and defensive tackle.

The biggest question for the off season will be are the changes for better or for worse?

With the competition in the NFC West improving, the brutal 2007 travel schedule that include five trips into the Eastern time zone, and the league looking to install helmet-radios for all O-lineman to thwart the effects of the 12th Man, this version of the Seahawks may only have two or three years left to make it to another Super Bowl, before there are wholesale changes on the roster in within the coaching staff.

I just hope the players and coaches realize this, and don't flit away another golden opportunity for home field in the playoffs. As we saw in Chicago, it makes a very big difference.