Field Gulls
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As usual, we lead with the confidence question. How confident are you in the direction of the Seahawks franchise? It’s been in the 90+ percent for almost the entire season, and I can’t imagine a 26-0 shutout win in which the Seahawks pulled even with the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC West race is going to lower the current 97 percent mark.
Next up is the return of the score margin prediction. Seattle is favored comfortably to beat the 4-8 Atlanta Falcons, but will it really be that easy? After all, Seattle didn’t cover the massive two-touchdown spread against the Tennessee Titans. As usual, your choices are 1-8 pts and 9+ pts for either team.
Our main question of the week is focused on Kenneth Walker. Yes, Kenneth Walker. For all of the talk about his durability, his decision making in terms of cutbacks and bouncing to the outside, and whether he should even be the number one back over Zach Charbonnet, K9 has had a good season on low volume. Believe it or not, he’s 17th in rushing yards and just six back of Saquon Barkley. His 4.6 yards per carry is above the league average of 4.3, and on this fumble prone team he has yet to fumble on the season.
At 734 yards, Walker only needs 266 to reach 1,000 yards for the first time since his rookie season. I know that 1,000-yard seasons aren’t super special (even less so in 17-game seasons), but considering the league-wide decline of run-heavy offenses and the fact that Walker isn’t even getting a workload befitting of a true RB1, I think this would be a significant accomplishment.
266 over five games is just about 53 yards per game, which shouldn’t be too difficult for Walker to manage, but there have been days where Walker was a non-factor either due to low yards per carry or getting an early rest due to blowout city (see: Washington Commanders). On paper, he should reach it, but there will be concern over carries split and whether or not the injury bug will hit him at the worst possible time.
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