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A Seattle Seahawks fan wonders why Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is allowing his storied Legion of Boom to play so passively and says they need to be unleashed now.

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Am I the only one in Seattle wondering what happened to the Legion of Boom?

In case you have forgotten or have never seen the sum of their destruction, just google anything with "boom" in the search bar when in or around Seattle.

Evidence of their greatness is hard to miss. Richard Sherman with an unbelievable interception when all seems lost. The footsteps that receivers hear when Kam Chancellor is lurking. Earl Thomas' uncanny knack to be right where he needs to be on a critical third down. But where is the consistent Legion of Boom we know from seasons past?

As much as I revere and worship Pete Carroll, his perceived lack of involvement in play-calling (both defensive and offensive) is beginning to gnaw at me. Take the game last Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The zone defense that we ran most of the game simply did not work. How can we expect great things from our linebackers and secondary when they are playing 5 to 10 yards off of the nearest offensive player?

Giving up just over 500 yards in a game does not lead me to believe anyone on the defense should have the moniker Legion of Boom. A majority of those sitting around me at CenturyLink Field on Sunday agreed.

Why is Carroll allowing this zone defense to be used to no avail? Coach Carroll, we have elite linebackers and defensive backs - let them man up and earn their paychecks. As seen in previous years, they rarely disappoint.

Yes, we can make it back to the playoffs. We might even make it back to the Super Bowl (even if it is in San Francisco). But in order to achieve success, we need the Legion of Boom. That equates to ferocious tackling. That is who we are and why we have had monumental success in the past. In order to tackle, we need plays to be called that allow our players to make quick tackles - ferociously. That has been sorely missed this season.

The inconsistency - and some would argue disappearance - of the Legion of the Boom is not about who is being paid what or how athletic a player it. It is simply about letting them play the game.

Let them man up, Coach.
Colby Underwood is a Seattle native and a longtime fan of the Seattle Seahawks. Want to be a reader contributor to The Seattle Times' Take 2 blog? Email your original, previously unpublished work or proposal to Sports Editor Don Shelton at dshelton@seattletimes.com or sports@seattletimes.com. Not all submissions can be published. Opinions expressed are those of authors, and The Times reserves the right to edit and publish any submissions online and/or in print.

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Tom Brady's way of dealing with Tebowmania was to silence it with a record-shattering performance. Brady threw six touchdowns passes, five in the first half, and put the New England Patriots into the AFC championship game after roughing up Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos 45-10 Saturday night.