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Once in a while, there’s some wisdom in prevailing wisdom.The prevailing wisdom about the NFL playoffs is that an offense must be able to move the ball on the ground in case there’s severe weather.
The Seattle Seahawks encountered severe weather Saturday. The light, essentially harmless flurries expected to provide a classic backdrop for the 16th postseason game played in Green Bay — Lambeau Field Ambience Flakes — instead turned out to be, at various times, heavy flurries, wet flurries, thick flurries, swirling flurries, floating flurries, bothersome flurries, blinding flurries and, ultimatetely, defining flurries.
The snowstorm didn’t make passing the football impossible; it just made winning impossible for the team with a one-dimensional at-tack facing a team with a balanced attack.
But as they girded for a playoff run that posed 50-50 odds of a road game at Green Bay, the Seahawks’ dearth of a ground attack be-came the elephant in the room.
“I thought we’d be able to run the ball better,” quarterback said Matt Hasselbeck, meaning: He didn’t anticipate a blizzard that would inhibit his receivers’ cuts, affect their concentration, numb their fingers and essentially rule out any pass attempt longer than 25 yards
Hasselbeck’s 19-of-33 passing performance was decent, considering the conditions. But, really, he never had a chance. The absence of a running attack compounded the frustration of trying to throw the ball in the snow.

The Bellingham Herald / Sports / SEAHAWKS: Seahawks one-dimensional offense sputters

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Yeah they seemed to be doing great on the passing side when there was little to no snow. But once it came, it came. And we couldnt make catches or even see the ball.

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Originally Posted by Seahawker 562

Yeah they seemed to be doing great on the passing side when there was little to no snow. But once it came, it came. And we couldnt make catches or even see the ball.

I had a hard time seeing the players. Unless my glasses were just too dirty.

[Seahawker 562]

lol we should of worn our home jerseys