Snap Reactions: Seahawks victorious while playing almost exclusively nickel

The Seattle Seahawks were able to move up in the NFC standings in their Week 13 win over the Los Angeles Rams, climbing into the seventh seed in the conference, which would put them in the playoffs if the season were to end today. There is, of course, another month of games left to be played, though, and the snap counts on both the offense and defense may shed some light on where some members of the Hawks rookie class stand going forward.

On the offensive side of the ball the bookend rookie tackles Abe Lucas and Charles Cross again played every snap, just as they have done all season, while Ken Walker was limited to just 14 snaps before leaving the game due to injury. Dareke Young continued…