Thomas Rawls chose to run defenders over rather than stepping out of bounds.
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As with Spinal Tap’s bass amps, RB Thomas Rawls is constantly turned up to 11.
– The 49ers didn t have to face Marshawn Lynch for the first time since he joined the Seattle Seahawks in 2010. The Niners are also 4-5 against the spread, which includes a 1-3 ATS record on the road this season. “I’m from Flint, Michigan, where you’ve got to be tough; you’ve got to be a whole different breed”.
And No. 34 – Rawls – ran wild. Assuming that what we’re seeing in him isn’t a fluke*, he not only provides a clear recipient of Lynch’s torch for when that ever-nearing precipice finally arrives but gives Seattle a ton of capital in doing so.
Having someone that can produce 200 yards from scrimmage in a game is a decidedly rare thing, no matter what system you’re in. Lynch has been banged up most of this season. But Seattle could save $6.5 million against the cap next year if it were to release him. “That fires us up”, tackle Garry Gilliam added. For at least one week, there should be a little less analysis of what’s gone wrong with the Seahawks.
Rawls made 49ers tacklers look bad. Trying to have a consistent run-pass deal-came into the game that way. Russell Wilson had his best game in a long time, maybe since a year ago. He was making smart throws and making big plays, particularly two attractive touchdown passes to rookie speedster Tyler Lockett. McDonald’s touchdown was his first career TD catch….
“I have to look at it”, Tomsula answered.
“Very disappointed in the way we played the run today”, Tomsula said towards the end of his press conference. Gabbert is now 37-for-59 passing this season for 449 yards and three touchdowns along with two interceptions. Fun note: all four Seahawks touchdowns were scored by rookies.
“You can’t come away with field goal”. Offensive lineman Alex Boone put it bluntly Sunday: “Shitty performance by everybody, and that’s what you get when you play like shit”. 250/250 games are incredibly rare, regardless of opponent. Rawls was obviously fantastic but he was also given the luxury of gaining a few momentum before contact, as his squad of brutes held their blocks long enough for him to blow by. Once the Seahawks fully embrace that, Graham can become that big playmaker they were counting on to be a difference maker, and help the Seahawks score points and win games. “We went out there and we didn’t perform well and it showed”. “You see guys dropping like flies”.
San Francisco (3-6) can pull even with the Seahawks in the division if they win today’s game. SF has handed the keys to Blaine Gabbert for the remainder of the season while the Seahawks are coming off only their second home loss in the last three seasons. Watters played in just two more games before retirement. He calmly said this week that things aren’t as bad as they seem, and the Seahawks are set to make a run. But his gaudy total was more the result of a steady workload. Steven Hauschka missed the extra point off the outside of the right upright, his first true miss in 40 points-after-touchdown. The fifth-overall pick in 2008 by the Kansas City Chiefs, Dorsey is in this third season with the 49ers. They haven’t through the first 10 games of the year, and they will not in the final six.
“I wouldn’t say that at all”, Baalke said. Was more fun that way.
The total yards were 259-38 in Seattle’s favor.
This makes plenty of sense because the Dallas Cowboys haven’t been quite the same team since they lost DeMarco Murray to free agency.
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Seattle has been to the last two Super Bowls but has struggled to a 4-5 record so far in the 2015 season due to the departure of defensive coordinator Dan Quinn, the holdout of Kam Chancellor, and other issues. “It’s really just step by step in the National Football League”. Not Tomsula. He keeps punting so he can keep the score somewhat respectable, as opposed to going for the win.
