Win over Lowly Rams Does Little to Alleviate Questions Surrounding Seahawks

December 16, 2016   ·   Gary Davenport   ·   Jump to comments

On Thursday night in Seattle, the Seahawks did what they were supposed to do. They dispatched the cellar-dwelling Los Angeles Rams 24-3 to move to 9-4-1 and wash off some of the stink from last week's blowout loss at Green Bay.
The Seahawks also did what they needed to do by trouncing a bad football team to keep the heat on the Detroit Lions (I know—it felt weird typing it too) for the No. 2 seed in the NFC.
But the win wasn't as impressive between the lines as it was on the scoreboard. This was an opportunity for the Seahawks to make a real statement after the Dallas Cowboys stumbled Sunday night. To send a message that they, and not the Cowboys or Lions, are the team to beat in the NFC.
Instead, the same problems that have dogged the team all season long remained. The sorts of problems that did them in at Green Bay.
The types of problems that could be their undoing in the postseason.
In one respect at least, the Seahawks righted the ship. Or one did, an...

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