The Seattle Seahawks have been killed by penalties, but if they want to win FEED THE BEAST
The Seahawks have said all year the only way they can lose is if they beat themselves. It’s true, and their Achilles’ heel all season has been penalties. Seattle is one of the most penalized teams in the NFL, partially because of their physical and aggressive style of play. But the Seahawks also take way too many careless penalties. Most of the time they are good enough to overcome them, but not on the road against a good team like the 49ers. Seattle had nine penalties for 85 yards, and several of them killed big plays for the offense or kept drives alive for San Francisco. It’s the one weak area of the team that has to improve on, but the to me the most important is FEED THE BEAST.
Marshawn Lynch now has gone three consecutive games without topping 100 yards rushing. He ran for 72 yards on 20 carries Sunday, giving him 171 yards rushing on 53 carries in the last three outings for an average of 3.2 per carry. Those are not Beast Mode numbers. His 11-yard touchdown run was the only rushing first down the Seahawks had Sunday, although a penalty nixed one 15-yard run. Defenses are keying on Lynch, but Seattle still needs to win the line of scrimmage and overpower teams up front.
I don’t know why the Seahawks are not giving Marshawn Lynch the ball, it really upsets me. He is a back that will get your crowd going nuts, he is a stud.
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