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If it were just one play, I would be more understanding of his plea for sympathy. But the abandoning of our greatest weapon was a continual theme of the season. Remember six carries for Marshawn against SD? Consecutive passes on first and second down. Multiple Percy Harvin bubble screens and stretch plays. 10 carries against the Cowboys? Once again, not giving Marshawn the ball in the red zone. There is only so much blame you can place on Harvin, whom Bevell coached with the Vikings. Remember Bevell saying we would be using a "running back by committee" before the season began? He needs to take some damn responsibility and admit his own errors as a play caller.
"Even though we had that play, last year was the most successful offense in the history of the Seahawks."
We averaged 24.6 points per game and were 20th in the league in red zone TD-scoring percentage, despite having two great red zone weapons in Marshawn Lynch and Russell Wilson. In 2005, we were 2nd in the league in red zone scoring and averaged 28.3 points per game. :34853_doh:
Bevell later clarified the RB by committe comment. He said he was referring to pre-season.
And if you were there and heard his comment, you would know immediately that it was a B.S. excuse that Carroll probably required him to say to cover his tracks.
We really should stick to specifics instead of trying to rationalize something with a complete fabrication.
He was specifically asked about how many carries Christine Michael would get that year.
Finally found the video (around 47 min):
http://www.seahawks.com/video/2014/06/0 ... -town-hall
Question: "This question is for Darrell. I was just wondering who are you most excited about on the offense. For me, Christine Michael I think has the most upside
this year. I'm wondering how many carries he's going to get. And if it's not him, who is it?"
Bevell's answer: "That's a good question; for you, Christine Michael's a good one.
We are going to be a running back by committee. But we need to see what's going on with Marshawn. Obviously, he hasn't been here for the OTAs, but we fully expect him to be ready to go. But we really, really like what Christine Michael's doing right now, as I said earlier. The quickness, the speed, the physicality that he has shown. But really, even more than the physical stuff, is how he's really paying attention to the details. He's starting to do a nice job focusing on his footwork, focusing on his protections. But I think could be some really, some sleepers [goes on to talk about other players] . . . ."
Ask yourself, why he would be referring to practice when 1) the question was about how many carries Michael would get during the year and 2) all the running backs always get carries in practice?
One of the most ridiculously contrived backtracks ever:
“I was thinking more out here. We’re kind of rolling all those guys. Really like what we’re seeing from them and just kind of moving them around,” Bevell said, via the team’s website. “
That’s not our policy. It’s not something we talk about or do that way. So it’s just something I threw out there and really was thinking about the OTAs.”