Losing Thomas Rawls may be too much for Seahawks to overcome

A 35-6 pounding by the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday left Baltimore with little to play for except pride. That includes quarterback: Matt Schaub, who stepped in for an injured Joe Flacco, was too hurt to play against the Seahawks and was replaced by Jimmy Clausen. Marshawn Lynch, missed a fourth straight game with an abdomen injury. Coach Pete Carroll said the timetable for his return is up in the air, according to Seahawks.com. “[He] just exemplifies what we’re all about: toughness, and hard-nose, and committed, and grit and all that stuff”. There are some moving parts here so we’ll get at it. But I’m not going to speculate right now if you don’t mind. He had no support from his running game, which finished with 28 total yards.

01 NOV 2015: Seattle Seahawks tight end Luke Willson (82) celebrates a touchdown but he was ruled down during the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Seattle Seahawks at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX.

However, the Seahawks overcame an error from DuJuan Harris to extend their advantage when Wilson threw his second touchdown of the game to Doug Baldwin on a crossing route. Carroll says the team still does not know when the NFL’s rushing leader from 2011 until this injury-filled season will be back on the field.

Russell Wilson will have to continue to lead the Seahawks offense with his arm after Seattle lost another running back to injury. He had 18, for 42 very tough yards, against the Ravens. Fullback Derrick Coleman could be a spot option as well as he was a former tailback in college at UCLA. We’ll see how much action he gets.

The move means Brown, who is on the Seahawks roster for the third time this season, could start this Sunday against the Cleveland Browns.

Seattle must assess whether the initial distraction of signing the embattled running back would be worth the insurance policy as the team looks to make another Super Bowl run.

“It’s a good opportunity for us to bring a guy back that we’ve been training”, Carroll said.

However, for all the bad that the game started, there are some things that we learned. “We’re happy to get him back”. The Ravens did not score a touchdown for the first time since December 16, 2013.

The Seahawks hit a snag in their return to being… well, the Seahawks, but it’s nothing that the addition of Ray Rice couldn’t solve. Lynch returned to the Seahawks practice facility last week, but still may be a few weeks away from returning, per Carroll.

Wilson was every bit as brilliant Sunday as he was two weeks ago in Seattle against the Pittsburgh Steelers, spreading the wealth equally to his three primary wide receivers with Jermaine Kearse leading the club in catches (seven for 74 yards), Tyler Lockett posting a team-high 104 yards receiving (on six catches, including two touchdowns) and Baldwin again pacing the team in scoring grabs with half of his six receptions going to touchdowns.