The one thing Seahawks fans always got wrong about Boye Mafe

Houston Texans v Seattle Seahawks | Steph Chambers/GettyImagesSeattle Seahawks edge rusher Boye Mafe did not have a particularly good game in Week 16 against the Los Angeles Rams. He was invisible for most of the game, and when it came to crunch time, he was not on the field very often, ceding snaps to fellow edges Uchenna Nwosu and Derick Hall.

That is not surprising on this Seahawks team. Mike Macdonald likes to throw waves of defenders at an offense and go with the hot hand. There have been other games this season where Mafe was indeed that hot hand. But not on Thursday.

If you only look at sack totals, Mafe is having a poor year. With two games left in the regular season, the 2022…