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Clayton: Seahawks’ D made strides, but playoff loss proves it has room to grow
'Here is where I don’t get the criticism of the play-calling. In the first possession, Chris Carson opened with a 5-yard run. Carson ran for 3 more yards, setting up a third-and-2, exactly what a coach and a quarterback likes, but Seattle threw an incompletion and had to punt.
Then the second possession was damaged when the Seahawks got away from the run on first down, trying a pass to Carson that lost 8 yards. The third series opened with a 4-yard run by Carson; four-yard first-down runs are wins. Maybe the Seahawks should have tried a pass on second down, as Carson was stuffed for no gain.
Three three-and-outs cost them the first quarter, but they came out trailing just by three points and still entered the fourth quarter with a 14-10 lead.
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The offensive line didn’t have its best day, but the players showed how tough they are. Sweezy played with a broken bone in his foot, while Fluker was fighting through a hamstring injury.
What caused problems was the Cowboys’ defensive line. Defensive tackle Maliek Collins didn’t play in the Week 3 game against the Seahawks, and his return was huge. Collins and Antwaun Woods are big defensive tackles who can move, and their stunting created trouble.
http://sports.mynorthwest.com/581018/cl ... ss-dallas/
'Here is where I don’t get the criticism of the play-calling. In the first possession, Chris Carson opened with a 5-yard run. Carson ran for 3 more yards, setting up a third-and-2, exactly what a coach and a quarterback likes, but Seattle threw an incompletion and had to punt.
Then the second possession was damaged when the Seahawks got away from the run on first down, trying a pass to Carson that lost 8 yards. The third series opened with a 4-yard run by Carson; four-yard first-down runs are wins. Maybe the Seahawks should have tried a pass on second down, as Carson was stuffed for no gain.
Three three-and-outs cost them the first quarter, but they came out trailing just by three points and still entered the fourth quarter with a 14-10 lead.
'
The offensive line didn’t have its best day, but the players showed how tough they are. Sweezy played with a broken bone in his foot, while Fluker was fighting through a hamstring injury.
What caused problems was the Cowboys’ defensive line. Defensive tackle Maliek Collins didn’t play in the Week 3 game against the Seahawks, and his return was huge. Collins and Antwaun Woods are big defensive tackles who can move, and their stunting created trouble.
http://sports.mynorthwest.com/581018/cl ... ss-dallas/