It's weird that they haven't targeted Graham at least twice as many times as they have so far, but I guess it's not surprising, given the M.O. the Seahawks have followed of late.

My thoughts are as follows:
* Graham gets paid way too much and has way too much big play potential to be limited to 5 targets a game.
* The Seahawks' formula for success has not featured superstar position players (besides the running back), and there's no reason for us to expect them to change that.
* Star position players don't tolerate being "another guy on the team" well (as supported by the Harvin experiment and Graham's budding discontent).
* Graham would be featured and would be a star on any other NFL team.
* Subsequent to all the above, giving up Unger, one of very few solid offensive linemen the Hawks had, for Graham, while it would be a no-brainer for most any other team, might not have been a good move. Time will tell.

Pete Carroll is an amazing defensive coach. That's why he likes to invest most heavily in defensive guys. No doubt, a great defense puts your team in a position to win with just a couple big plays.

Pete developed his game strategy while coaching at USC, where he had first pick at just about every position, so getting great offensive and defensive talent was never an issue. In the NFL, the salary cap forces teams to make decisions about what positions will be key for their system and draft/acquire players accordingly. Pete decided on defense first. I think this was a good decision (hard to argue with his recent level of success), but it meant a bare cupboard by the time it came time to assemble an offensive line. Without a doubt, the one thing that has prevented the Hawks from utter domination of the league has been their patchwork, also ran offensive line. As doubtless is that if more money/draft picks were spent on the offensive line, the Hawks would not have been able to extend as many defensive players and Russell Wilson during the offseason.

To summarize, the salary cap forces teams to pick their poison. Every team. As frustrating as it gets watching Wilson running for his life and Lynch running into 10 players every time he gets the ball, I suppose we'll have to accept that as the price paid for the defense that carries the team (even if they haven't done that so far this season - getting Kam back should help).

Hopefully, Graham will start to see a little more action in the passing game and quiet down, but there's no reason we should expect either thing to happen, so hope is what we've got.