Seahawks vs Falcons: 5 takeaways from a close win
By Keith Myers
3. Seattle’s offense lacked explosiveness
The Seahawks were able to move the ball effectively at times throughout the game, but it was done with far too much dink-and-dunk. Seattle’s offense lack its typical explosiveness.
When you’re only getting 3-4 yards on ever play, all it takes is one mistake to kill a drive. We saw that in the first half when 2 drops (one by Spiller and one by Graham) each killed a drive for the Seahawks.
Where were the long passes to Lockett or Richardson? The Seahawks have the speed on offense to stretch teams vertically, but they didn’t take advantage of it this week.
The offense scored 26 point. It turned out to be just enough; but it certainly felt like they left a lot of points on the field today against a fairly unremarkable Atlanta defense.