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Logicallylethal
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Positives
1) We found our starting running back
- Chris Carson is a physical runner who is built to run in-between the tackles. He's a chiseled 6'0 218 lbs with broad shoulders and a muscular build. Rawls has had his moments, but he's too fragile to be an every down back. Lacy is slow as molasses.
2) Championship caliber defense is back
- 26 pts given up in 2 games. 14 of them gift wrapped by a fumble and a free play on a penalty. We're back to being dominant again. LOB is healthy, our D-line is stacked (Bennett, Avril, Richardson, Clark), and our Linebackers are elite. There's not an offense out there that we can't stop.
3) Tyler Lockett
- He played week 1 but Pete still had the training wheels on. Today he was back 100 % and we saw how electric he was in the open field.
Negatives
1) Offensive Line
- Last year was an abomination. We supposedly "improved" over the off season with new signings and a year of experience under the belt of our young linemen but.....the O-line has been just as pathetic. At some point we need to start questioning whether or not Tom Cable is the guy for this job.
2) Jimmy Graham
- 4 catches for 9 yards in two games. This was supposed to be Graham's breakout year having a couple years of experience now in the Seattle offense, growing more comfortable with Russ, but he has come out the gate running uninspired route, dropping balls, and barely making any effort when he is called on to block.
3) Russell Wilson
- Russ did the best he could given the circumstances he is playing under, but he was also missing a lot of throws today. He balled out and found a way to move the ball near the end, but as the face of the franchise we have to hold Russ to a higher standard than this.
21 pts in two games for the offense is unacceptable. The inability to convert consistently in the red zone is once again concerning. I'm confident Russ will find his groove and get it going, but for now he deserves part of the blame for the offense being so inept.