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Larry Stone: Seahawks defense must look inward after being dominated by Falcons

Richard Sherman ain't walking through that door — unless maybe it's to record an episode of his podcast. Nor is Jamal Adams — unless he's on crutches when he does so. Ditto any stalwart Seahawks defender-slash-savior from the past you can think of, from Chancellor to Wagner.

Here are two hard and true facts to emerge from the Seahawks' season to date, which are inextricably linked:

— Fact No. 1: The Seahawks won't make something of this season unless they make drastic improvement in their ability to stop teams from moving the ball at virtual will. As safety Quandre Diggs said with evident disdain after Sunday's 27-23 loss to the Atlanta Falcons, "I mean, they did what they wanted to do today. ... We stunk it up on defense."

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