The Seattle Seahawks put up 180 yards on the ground in the Week 18 smothering of the San Francisco 49ers. How were they able to do that?
For a couple of years the offensive line has called the run game a softening process. It finally softened. In fact, the Seattle running backs – once considered the least trustworthy players in the entire NFL by my friend in a fantasy league – finished the year as one of the best duos in sports.
Here’s the top ten RB tandems, ranked by yards.
- Los Angeles Rams
Kyren Williams + Blake
Corum 1998 yards, 16 TD
2. Detroit Lions
Jahmyr Gibbs + David Montgomery 1939 yards, 21 TD
3. Atlanta Falcons
Bijan Robinson + Tyler Allgeier 1992 yards, 15 TD
4. Baltimore Ravens
Derrick Henry + Keaton Mitchell 1936 yards, 18 TD
5. Buffalo Bills
James Cook + Ray Davis 1896 yards, 12 TD
6. Chicago Bears
D’Andre Swift + Kyle Monangai 1870 yards, 14 TD
Would you believe it – the Seattle Seahawks finished with the 7th-best RB duo by yards, with impressive touchdown numbers to boot. This includes beating out the No. 4, 5, and 6 ranked teams by total rushing offense.
7. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
Kenneth Walker III + Zach Charbonnet 1757 yards, 17 TD
8. New York Giants
Tyrone Tracy JR + Devin Singletary + Cam Skattebo 1587 yards, 12 TD
9. New England Patriots
TreVeyon Henderson + Rhamondre Stevenson 1514 16 TD
10. Washington Commanders
Jacory Croskey-Merritt + Chris Rodriguez Jr. 1305 1yards, 4 TD
It’s especially impressive considering how abysmal the Seattle run game was in the beginning of the season. In four of the first eight games the team had under 90 total rush yards. They had one over the back half of the season. In fact, in seven of the final eight games the Seahawks had over 110 rushing yards, including four games over 160.
Seattle now enters the offseason with possibly the hottest run game in the postseason. While we’re on that note, kindly note that exactly one half of the teams on this list did not even make the playoffs.
Those are some of the highest draft picks and strongest run games in the NFL ahead of your Seahawks, who were busy putting up things like 17-yard performances before becoming unbelievable.
Looking forward to the ground-and-pound in the divisional round.
