The Seattle Seahawks had not been a great or even good rushing team in 2017, averaging 3.2 yards per carry on runs by running backs entering Sunday’s game against the Washington Redskins. What’s worse, whether owing to poor run blocking or mistaken reads by the backs, 28 percent of those rushes had been stopped at or behind the line of scrimmage.
That makes Seattle’s performance in week 9 nearly transcendent in comparison. Officially, it was the Seahawks’ second best running day of the season, with 148 yards on 28 attempts—an average of 5.3 yards per carry.