been what it should be as far as attempts go on the season. A major
reason they are 3-3.
Kenny Walker lll had 103 yards in the
opening game on 20 attempts against
Denver and had one touchdown. Walker
missed the next two games which they
won as well however the Seahawks went
away from the running game.
On average the Seahawks are running
the ball just under 21 times a game. They really should be between 25 and
30 a game to have success. They have
run on first down more often then the
opposing team.
In game two against the Patriots Geno
Smith threw the ball 44 times compared
to 25 times against Denver. Without
Walker they ran 19 times with Geno
carrying the ball five times. The best
marker should be about 30 passes
and 30 carries depending on who
they are playing.
The win against the Dolphins they ran
23 times compared to 34 times. Expecting to be more of a running team
and beating the Dolphins 24 to 3 you
think they run the ball more.
On Monday night football against the
Detroit Lions who beat them 42-29.
Geno Smith passed the ball 56 times
while they ran 19 times. They actually
had more yardage passing and running
the ball than the Lions. Understand they
had to pass in the 4th quarter being
behind.
The terrible loss at home against the
NY Giants the running game was bad
The Seahawks had only eleven running
attempts. Walker had more catches
with seven compared to five running
plays. Smith threw the ball 40 times
though lost by nine though they had
a chance to win despite playing poorly.
Last Thursday night the Seahawks
lost their third game in a row this
time to the 49ers 36-24. The Seahawks
were down by six heading into the
fourth quarter so they had a chance.
They began the game running the
ball however had only three points
in the first half. Though they wanted
to run more they had 20 carries which
Walker had 14 however the 49ers were
able to allow him only 32 yards although
he had a touchdown. Geno on the
other hand threw the ball 52.
Geno is a good qb on his best days
and not among the best even if his
stats look good passing. Against
the Falcons the Seahawks have to
get back to establishing the run.
I expect the offensive line has some
problem to the running game.
We will look at Geno and the passing game next week after Atlanta on
Sunday. Of course the defense has
criticism as well. We get on that
too. In a couple weeks. Go Hawks!
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