If the Seattle Seahawks miss the playoffs, they can point to home losses against the Las Vegas Raiders and Carolina Panthers as the reason. That and a run defense that has turned abysmal. FOX13
miss the playoffs, they can point to home losses against the Las Vegas Raiders and Carolina Panthers as the reason. That and a run defense that has turned abysmal.
With a quick turnaround to a Thursday night game against the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs remaining on the schedule on Christmas Eve, games to the Raiders and Panthers were not contests Seattle could afford to kick away. Instead, they allowed over 200 rushing yards to each in crippling losses.How the Seahawks defense managed to be the best defense in the NFL for a four-week stretch at mid-season is practically unexplainable at this point.
"I think it's guys got to make tackles. I think we fit it up right, when guys are in their right fits and we hit it, we hit it at two yards and it's still going for an extra three, four or five yards. It's putting us in third and two's, second and three's and it's not working out for us. So I think guys just got to tackle better. We've got to tackle better. And when we don't fit it right, they hit us and we do fit it right, we're not tackling it.
Defensive end Shelby Harris was "sick as a dog" this morning, per Carroll, and wasn't able to play. Meanwhile, nose tackle Al Woods was forced from the game in the second quarter due to a heel injury that kept him from returning. Woods is a key cog of Seattle's run defense and Bryan Mone, Myles Adams and Poona Ford struggled to hold the line of scrimmage.
"It's frustrating as hell, across the board, top down, you know, I mean, it's just frustrating. I mean, you can see it on my face, I'm frustrated. And I mean, you know, we've got to look at the film and see what's going on. That's the only answer I can give you right now." Maybe 900 words is too much to spend on just one aspect of the loss to the Panthers. However, it truly seems that this isissue of the season for the Seahawks. If they fix it, they can be a playoff team. If they don't, they won't be.Without Rashaad Penny, Ken Walker III and DeeJay Dallas, it wasn't exactly surprising that the Seahawks had trouble rushing the football on Sunday.
With Seattle down 17-0, Goodwin came up with a 38-yard reception on third-and-5 to spark a scoring drive to get the Seahawks offense moving. Tyler Lockett's 4-yard touchdown made it a 17-7 game. Smith also delivered some brilliant strikes as well. His 12-yard pass to Metcalf for a touchdown, a shot up the right sideline to Lockett, a tight-window third down completion to Metcalf were all on point. However, he just wasn't quite as pinpoint as previous games this year.
His second interception was far more explainable. Brian Burns, Myles Hartsfield and Marquis Haynes Sr. all flinched at the line of scrimmage as the Seahawks snapped the ball. Smith and the offense believed an offsides call was coming and that he had a free play. Smith forced a throw toward Metcalf as Frankie Luvu was closing on him in the pocket. C.J. Henderson jumped in front to pick off the pass with no flag being thrown on the play.
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