Seahawks vs Bills: 5 takeaways from Seattle’s exciting win
By Keith Myers
3. Seattle’s running game is still broken
Lost in the Russell Wilson-fueled offensive explosion was that Seattle’s rushing attack continued to be a complete non-factor. Thomas Rawls cannot get healthy fast enough.
Christine Michael finished with just 1 yard on 5 carries. When he couldn’t get things going, the team brought in CJ Prosise. His 3 carries for 9 yards didn’t provide the spark the Seahawks had hoped for.
As has been the case all season, the bulk of the problem was the run blocking. There simply weren’t any holes for the backs to run through, and the backs didn’t run through enough tackles to make the running game productive.
Getting Rawls and his physical-running style back will help, but it will only help so much. Unless this offensive line can get their act together, it’ll be up to Wilson and the passing game to carry the offense for the rest of the season.