SPORTS
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
East Oregonian
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NFL
For a change, quick turnaround could be benefit for Seahawks
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
after the game,” Carroll said. “We
have a lot of good things ahead of
us right now and we have to make
sure we do it together and we get
together.”
WHERE’S THE RUSH?:
For the first half of the season,
Cliff Avril, Michael Bennett and
the rest of the Seattle Seahawks
defensive line were able to create
havoc, getting into the backfield
and making opposing quarterbacks
aware of their presence.
Through eight games, Seattle
had recorded 27 sacks and at one
point Avril was leading the NFC in
sacks.
But for the past five games, the
pass rush and the ability to sack the
quarterback has gone missing. And
as Green Bay quarterback Aaron
Rodgers showed in Sunday’s 38-10
thumping of the Seahawks, if given
enough time due to the lack of
pressure it’s possible to find holes
in Seattle’s secondary.
Over the past five games, Seattle
has just five sacks, highlighted by
the complete lack of pressure on
Rodgers. Seattle recorded one
sack — late in the third quarter
when Rodgers fell down — and
had just three quarterback hits. The
lack of pressure allowed Rodgers
to pick apart Seattle’s secondary to
a passer rating of 150.8, the highest
ever allowed by the Seahawks
since Carroll took over.
“I am concerned about that. We
would like to get those numbers
back to going like they were,”
Seattle coach Pete Carroll said.
“I’m disappointed in that because
our numbers were rolling just
before in the last few weeks.”
Thursday Night Football
RENTON, Wash. — If there was
ever a perfect week for a Thursday
night game to land on the Seattle
Seahawks schedule, this would be
that week.
Head coach Pete Carroll wanted
to forget about Sunday’s thumping
at the hands of Green Bay as
quickly as possible.
“It absolutely feels like that.
That was the sense we had in the
locker room. That’s exactly the
thought and we’re kind of happy
to have it come,” Carroll said
Monday. “Both teams are at the
disadvantage of the short week, so
we compete every step of the way
to get on track as fast as we can
to put together a great game plan.
There’s no time. We don’t get to
sit on what happened one way or
another, win or lose, and we have
to turn it.”
Carroll and his staff were already
beyond the 38-10 loss to Green
Bay and immediately turning the
focus to Thursday’s game against
Los Angeles. There was no other
option, especially with what’s at
stake for the Seahawks.
A win over the Rams will give
Seattle its third NFC West title in
the last four years and assure at
least one home game during the
playoffs. But the loss to Green Bay
took away the Seahawks’ control
of the No. 2 seed in the NFC and
a potential first-round bye. Seattle
now needs to win out and have
Detroit lose at least once to earn a
week off in the postseason.
The bigger picture is secondary
Los Angeles
Seattle
Rams
Seahawks
(4-9)
(8-4-1)
• Thursday, 5:25 p.m.
• at Century Link Field, Seattle.
• TV: NBC
AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps
Green Bay Packers’ Dean Lowry sacks Seattle Seahawks quarter-
back Russell Wilson during the first half of an NFL football game
Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, in Green Bay, Wis.
at this point. There were too many
issues that surfaced against Green
Bay that need to be addressed
immediately, and none bigger than
the awful performance by quarter-
back Russell Wilson and his five
interceptions.
“The ball didn’t go right for us.
We overthrew a couple times when
guys were open, when balls got
knocked around they went right
to them,” Carroll said. “They did
a great job to make their picks and
control the football game. When
you turn the ball over like that,
nothing feels right and you don’t
have a chance to get anything
accomplished.”
Wilson wasn’t completely at
fault for all five of the interceptions,
with two bouncing off receivers
and into the arms of Green Bay
defenders. But it was an unexpect-
edly bad game from a quarterback
who has made a priority of being
precise with the ball. The only
other time Wilson has thrown more
than three interceptions in a game
also came against the Packers in the
NFC championship game.
The loss was also a rarity since
Wilson’s arrival in 2012. Seattle’s
track record since Wilson’s rookie
season was that even if it lost, the
game was going to be close.
Sunday was the first time since
midway through the 2011 season
that Seattle lost by more than 10
points, falling to 2-4-1 on the road
this season.
Along with clinching a losing
road record, the Seahawks have a
trend of lagging offensive produc-
tion away from home. In Seattle’s
two road wins, the offense has been
excellent. Wilson threw for 309
yards and three touchdowns at the
New York Jets in Week 4. Against
New England last month, Wilson
was even better, passing for 348
yards and three TDs.
In those other five games, Seat-
tle’s offense has been awful. Three
times they failed to score a touch-
down. Twice, they scored just one
offensive TD. All told, Seattle has
35 offensive points in 21 quarters
on the road in its four losses and a
tie.
It’s a statistic that means little
now with Seattle facing two straight
home games followed by a season
finale at listless San Francisco. But
it could have meaning when the
playoffs arrive if the Seahawks are
unable to move back up to the No.
2 seed in the NFC and potentially
face two road games to get back to
the Super Bowl.
“We have to work together to
do this. That was immediately the
message in the locker room right
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