This is something Seattle Seahawks fans will be happy to hear…
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“He (Willson) does so many things for us that go unseen”, Seahawks offensive co-ordinator Darrell Bevell said.
Luke Kuechly and the Panther defense will have to find a way to keep Marshawn Lynch and the Seattle running game under wraps while not allowing Wilson to break contain and get loose.
The few times Seattle was in a tight game, there was a unified effort to close things out.
Per ESPN, the Seahawks are the #1 defense against the rush and #2 against the pass, and Lynch’s return will surely be boon for a team looking to return to the game’s brightest stage.
We discuss the keys to success for the Panthers, the tone in their locker room and the matchup between two of the league’s best quarterbacks.
But Panthers defensive end Jared Allen said Newton and Wilson are much more than just scramblers and improvisers.
Linebacker Bruce Irvin has helped Seattle’s cause in that respect, recording seven sacks in four games against the Panthers. “Why would you want anything in life that’s easy?” The Seahawks taken on the Carolina Panthers in an NFL divisional playoff football game on Sunday in Charlotte, N.C.
The 5-foot-10 Stanford product rebounded from a slow start this season and has been among the NFL’s most productive receivers over his past nine games.
Carolina is coming off their bye week which was earned by being the 1st seed in the NFC and going 14-0 until losing to Atlanta Falcons in Week 15. Carolina quarterback Cam Newton’s numbers in the red zone are absurd: 24 passing touchdowns and no interceptions. It’s no surprise that over that 10 game span the team lost just two games, as previously mentioned.
“I think that he delivers his little passive-aggressive message by, maybe, not playing and using the injury as an excuse”.
“More than anything else it’s experience”, Carolina coach Ron Rivera said about the difference in the Panthers from Week 6 to now. “He was faster and more explosive this week than last week”, Carroll said following Friday’s practice.
Carroll went far enough to say Lynch would not need a pregame test to make sure he was ready. We probably won’t know until game time if he is able to play, but if he does the 12th Man should be extra excited for this game.
Russell Wilson can trade blows with Cam Newton, and importantly, the Seahawks have become better road entity with maturity. Having represented the conference in the Super Bowl – with one victory – in each of the past two seasons, their competitors in the conference had to feel like it was their turn to take a shot at capturing the Lombardi Trophy.
-2015 NFC wild-card game, Seattle 10, Minnesota 9: The Seahawks were shut out through three quarters for the first time since Week 2 of the 2011 season in the deep freeze of Minnesota and all 10 of Seattle’s points basically came on three plays.
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The physical runner replaces Christine Michael in the Seattle backfield.
