At this point, traveling to Seattle during the playoffs is a suicide mi sion. The just don't lose. Their 26-6 win over the on Saturday night marked the Seahawks' 10th straight postseason win at home. But in order to journey deeper into the playoffs, the Seahawks will need to win away from Seattle -- in Atlanta -- next weekend. That's a story for another day, though. NFL playoffs The story of Saturday was how the Seahawks -- a team that looked vulnerable over the final six week of the season -- rediscovered their running game. The Seahawks rebounded from Marshawn Lynch by using (seriously). Over the course of the 16-game season, the
Marcus Kruger Jersey Seahawks averaged 3.9 yards per carry. Against the Lions, the Seahawks averaged 4.7 yards per carry. powered the Seahawks offense. In the first half alone, Rawls racked up 107 yards on 15 carries, which means he posted a season-high in yards during the second quarter. The holes were there for him and Rawls repeatedly rumbled through arm tackles, so the Seahawks handed him the ball over and over again. He racked up 161 yards on 27 carries, while Ru sell Wilson was reduced to the role of a game-manager and, for a brief moment, Rawls rushed for 56 yards in his previous three games -- combined. , Rawls became the first player with more than 150 rushing yards in a playoff game since 's 157-yard outing against the in the 2014 NFC title game. And, oh yeah, Rawls ended up . The Seahawks' win wasn't overly impre sive considering they thoroughly outplayed the Lions, but still let them hang around, only pulling away with eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, but it did reveal a scary and effective formula that they
Pierre Pilote Jersey can potentially ride all the way Houston. If the Seahawks can run the ball and play the kind of defense that they did Saturday night -- they held the Lions to 4.6 yards per play -- there's no reason why they can't beat a Dallas or Atlanta, not when everything is going their way.Pete Carroll has great reflexes, catches the gum he dropped while unwrapping it CJ Fogler (@cjzero) The question is, can the Seahawks replicate their performance against teams that are better than the overachieving Lions? We'll find out in a week. Read on for more takeaways from the game.The Lions' shortcomings The game was also about the Lions' failure to beat a playoff team for the sixth time this season, which means the Lions still haven't won a playoff game since 1991. The Lions have seen this story before. CBS Sports (@CBSSports) This is almost unbelievable:Ru sell Wilson now has eight playoff wins. The Detroit Lions, in their 81-year history, have seven. Vincent Verhei (@FO_VVerhei) The simple fact is, the Lions aren't a good football team. They were a team that overachieved all season and relied on 's ability to bail them out in the fourth quarter -- he set Once Stafford suffered his finger injury, the Lions dropped dead. Against the Seahawks, Stafford went 18 of 32 for 205 yards and a 75.7 pa ser rating. So, in the four full games since that injury, he threw two touchdowns and three picks -- a significant drop-off from his MVP-caliber play earlier in the season. As a result, the Lions dropped the final three games of the regular season, losing out on
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