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RENTON [url=https://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Jaron-Brown-Jersey]Jaron Brown Color Rush Jersey[/url] , Wash. (AP) — It’s become clear through the first half of this season the Seattle Seahawks offense functions best when running back Chris Carson is getting the bulk of the carries.Yet it’s also becoming clear that Carson may be a spectator on Sunday when the Seahawks face the Los Angeles Rams as he deals with a hip injury that could keep him sidelined for the second time this season.Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday that Carson would not practice and his status for Sunday’s NFC West matchup was uncertain. Carson started last Sunday’s 25-17 loss to the Chargers and averaged 5.0 yards per carry, but did not play the final 2½ quarters after a lingering hip issue flared up.While there is a chance Carson could be ready by Sunday, the Seahawks (4-4) also turn around and play a Thursday night game against Green Bay next week. And playing Carson on Sunday may make him unavailable against the Packers, which could end up being a more important game for Seattle’s playoff hopes.“The soft tissue thing is kind of hanging with him a little bit,” Carroll said of Carson. “This hip thing is still kind of there and we’ve got to wait and see how it comes out at the end of the week.”Carson has shown he’s the best option as Seattle’s primary running back when he is healthy. In the four games Carson has carried the ball at least 14 times this season, he’s averaging 4.2 yards per carry, 95.5 yards per game and the Seahawks are 3-1 in those four games.In the three games where Carson has carried the ball fewer than 14 times either because of injury or game plan, the Seahawks are winless.If Carson can’t play against the Rams, Mike Davis would likely get the bulk of the work at running back with a bigger role for rookie first-round pick Rashaad Penny as well.“We’ve got plenty of guys we can go to,” Carroll said. “We don’t have to just rely on one guy right now.”Davis has shown an ability to be the primary ball carrier for the Seahawks, running for 101 yards on 21 carries in Seattle’s Week 4 victory over Arizona when Carson was out because of an unrelated groin injury. Davis had 62 yards on 15 carries last week carrying the bulk of the running after Carson was unable to continue.“It’s like I do every week, prepare that I’m going to be the starter so if it does come up I don’t get blindsided,” Davis said.Davis has proven he can handle the load. The same can’t be said of Penny, who has just 42 carries for 146 yards through eight games. In the first couple of weeks [url=https://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Tre-Flowers-Jersey]Tre Flowers Color Rush Jersey[/url] , Seattle made it a priority to force Penny into the game and get him some action. After they realized that wasn’t working, Penny disappeared for a couple of weeks before slowly being reintegrated to the offense.Last week Penny had just four carries, but may see that number increase significantly if Carson can’t play.“We’ve just got to get him out there. He just needs more turns,” Carroll said of Penny. “Mike has been very versatile in the throwing game and all the styles of runs, really good at it and very effective. We’re just going with what looks right. It has nothing to do with where you got picked or where you came from for the opportunities to present itself for the guys to show what they can do.”Whoever is carrying the ball, the Seahawks will want to replicate the success they had from the first meeting with the Rams. Seattle rushed for a season-high 190 yards in the 33-31 loss, the most allowed by Los Angeles this season. But Carson was a big part of that success, running for 116 yards.Davis expects the Rams to make changes, but also believes in his offensive line.“We know what our guys can do up front and they’re killing it. I have no doubt,” Davis said.NOTES: G D.J. Fluker didn’t finish last week’s game with a calf injury and sat out practice on Wednesday. Carroll said Fluker was a little more sore on Wednesday than he was earlier in the week. … S Bradley McDougald also didn’t practice with a knee injury that kept him out the second half against the Chargers. Delano Hill would start if McDougald can’t play. Since Pete Carroll became Seattle Seahawks head coach in 2010, the team has beaten 30 of the other 31 teams in the NFL. Who is that one elusive team you may ask? Well thank you for asking (and..." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesHorizontal - WhiteField Gullsa Seattle Seahawks communityLog In or Sign UpLog InSign UpFanpostsFanshotsSectionsSeahawksOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 322 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections VideosCoffee and CigarettesGame AnalysisThe Numbers GameCigar ThoughtsFiled under:Seahawk HistorySeahawks 2019 Schedule: Week 1 is Pete Carroll’s chance to finally beat the Cincinnati BengalsNew,6commentsPDTShareTweetShareShareSeahawks 2019 Schedule: Week 1 is Pete Carroll’s chance to finally beat the Cincinnati BengalsPhoto by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty ImagesSince Pete Carroll became Seattle Seahawks head coach in 2010, the team has beaten 30 of the other 31 teams in the NFL. Who is that one elusive team you may ask? Well thank you for asking (and presumably not reading the headline), the answer is the Cincinnati Bengals!We are less than three months away from Seattle’s 2019 regular season opener against Cincinnati [url=https://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/David-Moore-Jersey]David Moore Color Rush Jersey[/url] , who are coming off a third consecutive year of missing the playoffs. There’s a damn good chance they won’t be a good team this year, as rookie head coach Zac Taylor takes over for (the finally departed) Marv Lewis. Combine their relative lack of talent with Seattle’s historically great September home record under Carroll, and you can almost pencil this in as a W already! (Note: Don’t do this)With Seattle having moved to the NFC in 2002, the Seahawks and Bengals have only played each other four times: Twice under Mike Holmgren and twice under Carroll.Seattle’s two meetings with the Bengals under Pete Carroll have been unsatisfactory for different reasons. In 2011, the Seahawks started Charlie Whitehurst even after that dismal 6-3 loss to the Cleveland Browns. He was ineffective and replaced by Tarvaris Jackson, who had been injured but was healthy enough to play if necessary. Despite a 300+ yard passing performance by T-Jack, the Seahawks offense struggled to score, but they were still very much in position to win the game thanks to interceptions by some rookie named Richard Sherman and a first-year starter named Kam Chancellor. With just over five minutes remaining in the 4th quarter, the Seahawks were only down 17-12 to a Bengals squad led by a rookie Andy Dalton. Unfortunately, Cincinnati doubled its tally to 34 points after a field goal, a punt return touchdown, and a garbage time pick-six. The 34-12 final stands as Seattle’s third-heaviest home loss under Carroll, and one of the most outrageously bull**** things I’ve ever seen in an NFL game was ruling this throw an incomplete forward pass.In the bigger picture, the Bengals made the playoffs that year while the Seahawks were just wrapping up a horrible stretch of football that saw them start out at 2-6 before making a legitimate wild card push into late December. Fast forward to 2015 and you have a different set of storylines. The Seahawks were 2-2 and coming off a very fortunate win over the Detroit Lions on Monday Night Football. Cincinnati raced out to a 4-0 start and looked the part of a legitimate contender [url=https://www.theseahawksfanshop.com]https://www.theseahawksfanshop.com[/url] , whereas there were question marks about Seattle after the dramatic cancellation of Super Bowl XLIX.Cincinnati raced out to a 7-0 lead at Paul Brown Stadium, but the Seahawks responded with 24 unanswered points. Bobby Wagner scooped and scored. Thomas Rawls was beloved and gashed the Bengals defense for 169 yards and a very nice 69-yard touchdown. All seemed well with 15 minutes to play and a three-possession advantage.As was a familiar theme with the 2015 Seahawks, protecting leads in late-game situations were a major problem.The offense mustered up one first-down in the entire 4th quarter. Seattle’s defense rather meekly let the Bengals pick up chunk plays for fun and only pushed them into third-down twice, with one of them essentially a botched play that forced the kicking unit to rush onto the field for the game-tying field goal. A 17-point lead disappeared in the blink of an eye, but there was still overtime!A crucial underthrown incomplete deep ball thrown by Russell Wilson to Tyler Lockett on the opening possession of overtime essentially blew Seattle’s best chance at rescuing themselves. The two teams traded punts until the Bengals managed a short field off a decent return by Pacman Jones. Mike Nugent was eventually trotted out for the 42-yard game-winner, and he hit the upright but it bounced through the uprights to complete the comeback — alternatively, cap off one of the worst collapses in Seahawks history. For one day, the Bengals weren’t the Bungles. They waited until the playoffs to return to being the Bungles, as is tradition.And so Seattle and Cincinnati will battle again to kick off the 2019 campaign. In addition to Carroll’s 0-2 lifetime record against Cincy — Carroll never played the Bengals when he coached the New York Jets and New England Patriots — the Bengals are also one of two teams the Seahawks have never beaten under Russell Wilson, with the Los Angeles Chargers improving to 2-0 against Russ thanks to last year’s 25-17 victory in Seattle. This is not only a chance to start the season 1-0 for the first time since 2016, it’s an opportunity for the Seahawks to officially complete the rounds and say they’ve beaten all 31 opponents throughout the 2010s.
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