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Seahawks vs Packers: Takeaways from the blowout loss

By Keith Myers

Dec 11, 2016; Milwaukee, WS, USA; Green Bay Packers defensive end Datone Jones (95) sacks Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) at Lambeau Field. Mandatory credit: Jim Matthews/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK
Dec 11, 2016; Milwaukee, WS, USA; Green Bay Packers defensive end Datone Jones (95) sacks Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) at Lambeau Field. Mandatory credit: Jim Matthews/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK /
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Dec 11, 2016; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers wide receiver Ty Montgomery (88) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the second quarter against the Seattle Seahawks at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 11, 2016; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers wide receiver Ty Montgomery (88) celebrates after scoring a touchdown during the second quarter against the Seattle Seahawks at Lambeau Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /

3. The defense laid a fist-half egg

Say what you want about how Wilson and the offense played today, but they weren’t the reason Aaron Rodgers had a perfect passer rating of 158.3 at halftime, including two touchdowns. Jeremy Lane was especially bad early on in this game.

Rodgers has 202 yards and no picks at halftime. He also couldn’t move because of a bad hamstring. Rodgers was essentially a statue in this game and he picked apart Seattle’s defense.

This made Seattle’s offense one-dimensional and took Thomas Rawls out of the game. Rawls averaged 5.6 yards per carry, but only got 12 carries because the team got behind early and had to try and throw the ball to get back in it.

The Seahawks are at their best when their running game is working, and the score line kept that from being a factor today.

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