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Lacking conventional pass rush, Seahawks enlist their sacksy linebackers

Between all the debate about which positions matter and which don’t (simplifying for all of our sakes), let us agree on one piece of common ground: sacks matter.

It doesn’t matter who provides them — it matters that they wreck drives, keep points off the board, and make your fans channel primordial, deep-seated emotions best expressed by grunts.

With all eyes on the Seattle Seahawks’ depleted DE group this preseason, coaches coaxed some big pressure plays out of the next line of defense in Week 3. Multiple Bobby Wagner blitzes in the first quarter, pushing Tyrod Taylor out of the pocket?