The trade of Russell Wilson and decision to start Geno Smith at quarterback left Seattle Seahawks fans and a lot of outside observers worked on the assumption that Pete Carroll was prepared to go...
Excluding kneeldowns and including plays that ended in a penalty, the Seahawks called 13 passes to 10 rushes on 1st down. On 2nd downs there were 13 called passes and only 4 designed rush attempts — Smith had a 14-yard scramble on a dropback. You are looking at a 65% early down dropback rate in a game they never trailed in. Even in the 2nd half, their early down dropback rate was still 64% .
Is this pass-heavy way the new standard for the Seahawks on a weekly basis? Probably not. But it shows that the concerns of Carroll wanting to go run-heavy post-Wilson might have been overblown. One of the untold storylines of Week 1 was how willing Seattle was to throw the ball with Geno, and for all we know that might have even caught the Broncos off guard in the opening half.
We’ll see if the pass-first approach continues against a more formidable defense in the San Francisco 49ers this Sunday.
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