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Seahawks versus Eagles: Offensive grades are not great for Seattle

By Lee Vowell

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 24: Rashaad Penny #20 of the Seattle Seahawks runs the ball for touchdown in the fourth quarter as Ronald Darby #21 of the Philadelphia Eagles defends at Lincoln Financial Field on November 24, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The Seattle Seahawks defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 17-9. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 24: Rashaad Penny #20 of the Seattle Seahawks runs the ball for touchdown in the fourth quarter as Ronald Darby #21 of the Philadelphia Eagles defends at Lincoln Financial Field on November 24, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The Seattle Seahawks defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 17-9. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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The Seahawks defeated the Eagles in week 12 17-9. But the offense for Seattle was not that good overall, though there was some good individual play.

The Seahawks scored 17 points on Sunday in week 12 in Seattle’s victory of the Eagles. Seattle should have scored more. This is meant as no disrespect to the Eagles defense which was solid. But Seattle had missed throws and botched catches and the game was closer than it needed to be. Here are the offensive grades for Seattle.

Quarterback

Russell Wilson didn’t have a lot of time. He was sacked 6 times, though a couple of those went for no net yards lost. Wilson did have a perfect throw on a flea-flicker to Malik Turner but completely overthrew a wide open Jacob Hollister in the end zone that would have made it 14-3. And while D.K. Metcalf could have had a touchdown catch on a post pattern, Wilson did slightly underthrow the ball.

Grade: B

Running backs

Goodness. How to rate this group. Rashaad Penny ran really well and gained 129 yards on 14 carries. He also whiffed on a block that got Wilson sacked. In fact, Penny had the defender right in his face and then looked the other way as the Eagle ran past him towards Wilson. Weird. Chris Carson ran for 26 yards and caught passes for 31 yards more but had two more fumbles. That is 8 on the season. Unacceptable.

Grade: B-

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Receivers/tight ends

Of Seattle’s 200 yards passing, the receivers had 169 of them. That isn’t very much. Leading receiver Tyler Lockett was targeted just twice and had one catch. Metcalf was targeted a team-leading six times and caught three of them. At least David Moore had a big pick up of 31 yards to get an important first down. And Turner caught the perfect flea-flicker pass.

Grade: B-

Offensive line

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The Seahawks averaged 6.1 yards per play. Their average yards per rush went for 6.7 yards. But Wilson did get hit 10 times and sacked six times. Pass protection was an issue and it was constant.

Grade: C

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