Tuesday, Oct

Seahawks vs Rams Issue

Analysis
5, 2021 #5

Going down to the wire!

Carter Grusz

The Seahawks Offense Has To

Be Explosive To Beat The
Rams!
What the Offense will need to
do.
In the week 4 matchup vs the Niners the
Seahawks offense went 3 and out their first
5 drives and totaled 234 yards offense all
day. Even though the Seahawks offense
did enough for them to win by outscoring
the 49ers 28-21 the defense did their job
for once and basically bailed them out.
This can’t continue vs a very high-powered
Rams offense.
One main thing the Seahawks should and
must do in this game is get Russell Wilson
going let him cook. Last week the
Seahawks offense only had 149 total
passing yards mainly due to wide receivers Richard Sherman looks to intercept a pass from rookie quarterback Jared Goff back in a primetime Thursday night
taking too long to get open or not getting game in 2016.
open at all. This is simply putting too
much pressure on Wilson. The receivers
have got to get open quickly so Russell can Carter Grusz
get his deep ball going with Tyler and
D.K.
The offensive line also must play a better The Seahawks defense has a lot of things
game as throughout the entire game not
only were there not many 10+ yard runs by
all Seahawks running backs, but
to clean up!
quarterback protection was simply terrible What this could also mean for the matchup outcome.
as Wilson went down early 3 separate The Seahawks defense played a much better The second of those issues is the lack of
times in the game. game than the last two weeks combined. pressures. As loaded as the defensive line
However, the unit is still shaky and needs is this year they aren’t executing when
tons of work. The unit last week vs the they need to. As a group they have totaled
49ers had some of the same similar issues 9 sacks through 4 games which is very
its had ever since week 2 vs the Titans. poor considering how loaded and talented
The first of those issues was total yards the group is. The Seahawks also have
given up. The 49ers offense even with Trey some injury concerns on their defensive
Lance playing the entire 2nd half still gave front with Dunlap’s, Taylor’s, and
up 457 yards. I get it the 49ers offense is Mayowa’s statuses up in the air for
good but not as good as the Rams is which Thursday. No matter who is playing the
is why this is concerning heading into this group must focus on getting to the
matchup. The Seahawks pass defense gave quarterback more and try and aim for 4
up 322 total yards minus the two sacks sacks in the game as those things can be
Russell Wilson looks to throw a pass vs the Rams in a which is pretty darn bad especially if you real drive killers.
regular season game last year. gave up 157 total yards to Trey Lance in There may be other things for this defense
one half. When you are going up against a to clean up but based on the team we are
gunslinger in Matthew Stafford you don’t playing these are the key points of
want to be giving up that many yards. This emphasis on defense that will very likely
must be a point of emphasis during practice impact the outcome of this game. If the
as cover 0 is pointless as sitting in a chair all defense can really tone in on those two
day. Receivers are getting way too open issues and execute them well the
early, and this will allow Stafford to excel Seahawks shouldn’t have trouble beating
passing wise. the Rams on Thursday.