You’d think after losing a Super Bowl they would learn.
Almost three years ago the Seahawks infamously made arguably the biggest play call blunder in NFL history, electing to throw the ball at the goal line instead of hand it off to one of the best running backs in football, Marshawn Lynch. The pass would go on the be intercepted by Malcolm Butler, sealing a Super Bowl win XLIX for the Patriots.
The Seahawks will not get that far this season, failing to reach the playoffs. One stat from the season may show a key reason as to why.
Seattle finished the 2017-2018 season with exactly zero rushing yards in the red zone. Yes, you read that right. Zero.
Here is a graph of rushing yards per carry inside the opponent 10 yard line pic.twitter.com/rC5PdR7UaP
— guga (@guga31bb) January 2, 2018
Here’s a breakdown of the players with the highest rushes, all negated by negative rushes inside the 10 yard line.
Of all the Seahawks RBs that gained a rushing yard within the opponent 10 yard line, which was your favorite? pic.twitter.com/MyiVHthpLB
— guga (@guga31bb) January 2, 2018
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