OT: The Beast is back...

[oldrover]

Marshawn Lynch, Kam Chancellor, full contingent of injured Seattle Seahawks could return for playoff game against Vikings

Do not... do NOT... rule out the Seahawks.

 

[glm]

If we face them we damn well better be healthy.

 

[Tuck]

One game at a time

 

[sevengables_2207]

Marshawn Lynch, Kam Chancellor, full contingent of injured Seattle Seahawks could return for playoff game against Vikings

Do not... do NOT... rule out the Seahawks.

Ironically enough, the Seahawks offense really has taken flight once they were forced to make Russell Wilson and the passing game the focal point of the offense, after Lynch and Rawls went out with injuries.

Be that as it may, Lynch returning will certainly make them more fomridable.

 

[brdmaverick]

I don't think anyone is overlooking the Seahawks. I think the general consensus from the national media is that the three best teams are in the NFC (Carolina, Arizona, and Seattle). So Seattle is definitely getting their due credit.

 

[blackglass3]

Damn, thought it meant Dikembe came back to the site.

 

[ausbacker]

Minnesota is a good team on the rise. Prognostications of their impending doom are vastly overrated.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

It will be 0 degrees in Minnesota on sunday. Seattle beating the Vikings is far from a sure thing.

 

[Pessimistic Pete]

I thought this was going to be about Edeleman.

I don't see Seattle winning 3 road games, they're nowhere as good as their 2013 squad and there's been a definite drop off from last season as well.

 

[Deus Irae]

You misspelled the second word after the colon.

Sincerely,

 

[oldrover]

You misspelled the second word after the colon.

Sincerely,

I like your style, Deus.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Certainly NOT against us but if we're not in the SB, I'm rooting for the Seahawks.
And 1,000 times so in the UNLIKELY event that the Donks are there.

 

[Off The Grid]

Who's ruling out the SeaHawks?

You'd have to be an Idiot to rule them out after what they just did to the Cardinals.

The NFC has clearly been a 3 Team Race for a long time, anyway.

 

[CelticPatriot]

Vikes win

 

[SammyBlueCat]

The Saint Louis Rams say hi!

 

[SHOWTIME15]

The Saint Louis Rams say hi!

but but but i thought marshawn was a sure thing on short yardage situations.

 

[VectorPrime]

Seeing the Seahawks humiliate Peyton Manning for a second time would be kind of funny. Only kind of because I don't want Peyton going anywhere near Santa Clara.

 

[convertedpatsfan]

Ironically enough, the Seahawks offense really has taken flight once they were forced to make Russell Wilson and the passing game the focal point of the offense, after Lynch and Rawls went out with injuries.

Be that as it may, Lynch returning will certainly make them more fomridable.

I don't think that's entirely true. Wilson definitely took on a lot more responsibility, but that offense really started going in their 10th game against the Cardinals. They would lose Lynch and the game, but the offense put up 32 points.

Over the next 7 games, they'd go 6-1 and score 29 points or more except for once, the Rams loss. Rawls was on the field for 3 of those big games, and the offense put up 29, 39, and 38 points with him filling in. They also scored 35 in the game he was injured after 6 carries for 44 yards, but the team still ended up with 123 yards rushing.

During that 7-game stretch, the offense averaged 264 yards passing and 148 yards rushing. Wilson threw for 300 or more yards in only one game, while the offense ran for 100 yards or more in every game but one.

Wilson was definitely more efficient during this stretch. During the first 9 games of the season, Wilson averaged 30 attempts, completed 66%, 7.96 YPA with 10 TDs vs. 7 INTs for a 91.7 RAT. Over the last 7 games, Wilson averaged 31 attempts, but completed 71%, 8.78 YPA with 24 TDs vs. 1 INT for a 132.8 RAT. Similar number of attempts, just did more with them. And that 71% completion rate would be higher if it weren't for the 60% posted against the Rams, as his next two-lowest completion percentage games during that stretch were 68% and 70%.

So I don't think it's as simple as saying Wilson became the focus. He just did more with the attempts he was given. The run game was huge during that stretch.

Regardless, they are a formidable team playing their best football of the year. They've got to win 3 games on the road too to make it back for a 3rd time though. And they had the bounces go their way the past two years. Something tells me they're due to get ****ed by the refs or lady luck at some point but I certainly wouldn't bet against them right now.

 

[sevengables_2207]

@convertedpatsfan Good points. My statement was rather reductive, and in fact, looking at those numbers makes me think that the Seahawks could really be the team that comes out of the NFC.

IIRC, the offensive line play in Seattle was pretty bad the first half of the season. I am not sure if this continues to be an issue there, but there is no question that they have really caught fire (sans Rams game) down the stretch.

 

[FortressX]

It will be 0 degrees in Minnesota on sunday. Seattle beating the Vikings is far from a sure thing.

Kind of sad that this will be the Vikings last outdoor home game for many years.