Everyone is well aware of the fact that the Seattle Seahawks 2018

season came to a halt in Dallas on Sunday when they faced off with the Dallas Cowboys and a very similar style of play and strategy. Both teams want to run the ball Tre Flowers Color Rush Jersey , control the clock and play solid defense. It was the third time these two teams have met in the past thirteen months, and in watching the game it was readily apparent early on that the Seahawks were using the exact same gameplan they had used in the two prior matchups against the Cowboys. The first of those prior games game came in Week 16 of the 2017 season, after the Seahawks had been dealt losses to both the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Los Angeles Rams in the prior two weeks. The Seahawks played very conservatively in eking out a victory over Dallas that day. Then, in Week 3 of the 2018 season the Hawks notched their first victory of the season by using the same gameplan. Running often and playing the field position game, and with a handful of successful pass plays thrown in, Seattle was able to overcome a Dallas team looking to play the exact same style. In any case, there has been plenty of discussion about the why and how the team lost, but essentially, they used the same gameplan for the third time in a row against the same opponent and this time it simply wan’t quite enough. We can look at run:pass ratio David Moore Color Rush Jersey , such as I did here, to understand the similarities in the gameplan. But former Field Gulls contributor Ben Baldwin broke down the difference between Week 3 and the Wild Card game very succinctly. And that’s basically it. Go two of thirteen on third down, and it becomes very hard to win a game against any opponent, much less on the road against a playoff caliber opponent. Keeping in mind that one of those third down conversions was Mike Davis running for a first down during the two minute drill to set up a 58 yard field goal attempt, and the Seahawks went one of twelve on third downs with more than three seconds left in a half. Thinking back to the two victories over the Arizona Cardinals, the Hawks combined to go just four of twenty four on third down in those two games, and we all know how close to losing both of those games the Hawks were. In any case, here’s a rundown of the playcalls for the three matchups on a drive by drive comparison, so feel free to further dissect the gameplan and the outcome.Play by Play overview of drives in last three games against CowboysDrive and PlayWild CardWeek 3Week 16 2017Drive and PlayWild CardWeek 3Week 16 2017It’s been fun kids https://www.theseahawksfanshop.com , and don’t disappear just because it’s the offseason. We’re about to get into some fun stuff as we’ll have time to look at a lot of specific questions without the hassle of having to worry about upcoming games and what not. In any case, the Seahawks 2018 season is in the books, but don’t wander too far because there is a ton of fun stuff to look at in the coming weeks. Don’t call it a clickbait. On Thursday, Heisman-winning quarterback Kyler Murray announced that he would be attending the combine this year, an event that starts just two weeks from next Tuesday. I imagine a lot of people have been and will be comparing him to Russell Wilson, a fact that naturally should lead the Seahawks to being one of the teams that takes a close look at Murray.It’s not as though Pete Carroll and John Schneider are going to be seeking a replacement for Wilson, who has just one year left on the deal he signed in 2015, but it’s also not as though they’ll overlook a potential one when perfect timing rolls outside the pocket. If they were considering Patrick Mahomes in 2017 — when they had virtually no chance at drafting him as it turned out — then obviously they’re going to consider taking a quarterback who might not even be considered a first round pick if not for the groundwork laid down by Carroll and Wilson in the first place. And at a time when that quarterback might actually be in a draftable position for the Seahawks.Seattle is choosing 21st overall and while the expectation is that they’ll trade down in a year when they have just four picks — I’d put those odds over 90%— the front office isn’t going to be so dead set in their “down at all costs” ways as to pass over a potential franchise quarterback when they saw first-hand the value of a quarterback on his rookie deal. Wilson. Mahomes. Jared Goff. Carson Wentz. Dak Prescott. Dashaun Watson. Mitchell Trubisky. In some of those cases, we’ve seen that the quarterback doesn’t even have to be that good. The Jaguars maybe don’t get as far as they did in 2017 if not for adequate play by Blake Bortles and cap space for Calais Campbell Seahawks Customized Color Rush Jerseys , A.J. Bouye, Malik Jackson, Marcell Dareus, and others.Wilson is a $25 million quarterback now. He could be a $35 million quarterback next.There’s also the possibility of a trade either way. Seattle doesn’t have a backup quarterback other than Paxton Lynch right now. Bringing in someone of that status to groom for a year and learn from the guy who is so much like him — under 6’, baseball/football player, kind eyes — almost makes a stupid amount of sense and brings immense relief around an organization that really has nowhere to go if anything happens to Wilson. The Chargers drafted Philip Rivers when they had Drew Brees. The 49ers had Steve Young and Joe Montana simultaneously. There will be questions about Murray’s ability to succeed at the next level and maybe few places that give him as good of an opportunity to be successful — or at least seem successful — than Seattle. We don’t know yet if Murray will be a top five pick and well out of the Seahawks range. We don’t know yet how enamored the Seahawks will or won’t be by Murray as the draft season goes on. But I feel like it would be safe to say that making a connection between the two is warranted — we were already connecting Murray and Wilson long before this.