“He’s got a contusion”, coach Pete Carroll said of Rawls. Sometimes a small tweak can foster substantial results, as when Patrick Lewis replaced Drew Nowak at center a year ago and Wilson’s sacks dropped drastically, from 31 in the first seven games to seven in the next six.
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The tackles, Bradley Sowell and Garry Gilliam, have struggled, and the shift of J’Marcus Webb to right guard for the injured Germain Ifedi has been problematic. Two weeks into this season, the Seahawks have scored a grand total of 15 points, which ranks as the fourth-lowest total after two games in franchise history.
“Me?” the $40 million tight end said in the tunnel of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum following his three catches for 42 yards in his second game back from a torn patellar tendon November 29.
The national media showed plenty of concern after the Seahawks’ 9-3 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, while social media showed what appeared to be several Seahawks at something less than their best – including one in a fight, and another allegedly tipping over a porta-potty with a Rams fan still inside. “When I think of the Rams, I still think of those teams from the 1970s and how big they were then”, Modesti, an editorial writer for the Los Angeles Daily News, told Reuters. “I think it was really off-base and out of line the way they handled it, and I felt like it was a miserable thing to do to a great university”.
Both Rawls and tight end Jimmy Graham are coming off debilitating injuries, and it will take time for them to ease back to their prior form. “I love the Rams”, long-time fan Billy Avila of Anaheim said. But, still, we didn’t meet the standards that they want. “That”s something we”ve done for years, and we try to practice better than anyone”s practicing. Through two games, all we’ve got are a ton of symptoms from an ailing offense and an increasingly critical concern. “I just saw him (Russell Wilson) check it down, I just ran it down”.
The Seahawks converted just four of 13 chances on third down. “I mean, it’s been over six years’ time that we’ve been doing it and working on this”.
At least not like the Gurley who rushed for 128 yards or more in his first four starts last season. Along with Wilson’s ankle sprain, wide receivers Doug Baldwin and Tyler Lockett were limited in Sunday’s game. Of the 67 yards rushing, 45 came from Michael on the first two series of the second half. “There”s no outlaw mentality at play here “ just an inherent difficulty in finding a way to get the players to push the brakes when they”re constantly programmed to hit the accelerator.
Los Angeles persistently generated pressure on Wilson by getting nine hits on him with two sacks and a fumble. “The Rams, same thing. Remember previous year how much we talked about third down, and you saw third down shift and you saw everything change”, Carroll said. Against a good group they were able to hold up.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers got festivities started Sunday in front of the announced crowd of 91,046 at the Memorial Coliseum with a pre-game concert followed by singer CeeLo Green singing the Star-Spangled Banner. We managed to put enough points on the board to do it. “We’ve got too many playmakers on this side of the ball, and we’ve got to put it together”.
