Field Gulls · Dec 19, 2016
Sam’s Film Room: Seahawks are struggling to execute basic blocks
Thursday was an ugly night in the trenches for the offensive line of the Seattle Seahawks. On 30 carries, the Seahawks managed just 72 rushing yards -- and 26 of those yards came on Jon Ryan's fake punt. Thomas Rawls, in particular, mustered just 1.6 yards per carry and according to ProFootballFocus had -10 yards before contact on his carries.
Yes, that is correct: Rawls totaled -10 yards before contact on 21 carries, meaning he actually had to make up a lot of ground to finish with his final tally of 34 yards. Let’s take a closer look at what exactly went wrong in the run game.
