Seattle Seahawks: Overreactions from Game 3 loss to Atlanta
The Seattle Seahawks hosted Atlanta, who came into the game 0-2. Unfortunately, they left town with their first victory of 2022. This was not a good result for the Seahawks. Time to overreact.
The team from the “dirty south” came to the Pacific Northwest in search of their first victory of the season. The thought was that the Seattle Seahawks would not be the first team to lose to Atlanta. Well, that thought went over as well as Russell Wilson thinking he’d win in Seattle too.
As mentioned in the opponent preview, this game could display some high-scoring “offenses” due to each team’s defenses being so bad. Or this game would be a punt fest. The former is what came to pass this Sunday in Seattle. Let’s overreact to this disappointing game.
Does anybody want to stop the running game?
Coming into the game, it was smart to expect Atlanta to run the ball frequently. This would limit the number of opportunities for quarterback Marcus Mariota to turn the ball over. Unfortunately, he still turned it over twice.
Subsequently, running the ball would feature the better part of their offense. And apparently, the Seattle Seahawks either didn’t do their homework, or their players just lacked the will to stop their opponent.
After rushing for a total of 179-yards against Seattle, Atlanta now ranks fourth in the NFL with 470-yards. On the other end, Seattle’s defense now ranks 31st in the NFL at stopping the run. They’ve given up 471 rushing yards for an average of 157 yards per game.
Cordarrelle Patterson is also still really fucking good pic.twitter.com/VUqtNQXBxF
— Carlton (@CrispyCarlton) September 25, 2022