National Football League hit Seahawks with fines and loss of draft pick

That leaves the Seahawks pinning their hopes of improving that line – and thus, the entire, slogging offense – on the return of Ifedi from the high-ankle sprain.

Just hours after the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Hawks 9-3 in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Wilson tweeted a simple yet hopeful message to his followers. “It’s been three halves since Russell got hurt, so we have to see”. Coach Jeff Fisher’s horizontal offense continues to come up short, perhaps its time the Rams start looking downfield in an attempt to gain some offensive momentum.

-Carroll said the Seahawks will have to see how running back Thomas Rawls (leg contusion), wide receiver Tyler Lockett (knee) and wide receiver Doug Baldwin (knee) look later in the week to determine their availability for Sunday.

“We know we’re better than this”, tight end Jimmy Graham said. The third-round pick has had a high-ankle sprain for almost a month.

The game was as ugly as the score suggests, as both teams fought with defense and poor turnovers. Case Keenum threw for 239 yards on 30 drop backs, but the important thing was that he did not turn the ball over today.

The changes Del Rio will make for this week’s game at Tennessee (1-1) will be to insert first-round draft pick Joseph at safety in place of Keith McGill, and fellow rookie James at linebacker in place of Ben Heeney.

He was a star in training camp and in the preseason.

Instead, Week 2 only brought more offensive frustration. Then on the Wednesday before the opening game he got tangled with other linemen during a practice. He hasn’t been on the field since.

After that it’s a trip to another superior front line at the New York Jets and at last the bye.

J’Marcus Webb had to go from backup right tackle to starting right guard on the Thursday before the Sunday opener against Miami. But it’s the combination of issues already surfacing that are causing concern. “We probably protected better than we have against those guys the last couple of years”.

“Well we feel like we missed a big opportunity yesterday in a real close game, to not find a way to get ahead of that and get the win, in what was a big day for the league and Southern California and all that”. We’re trying to find out what the limit is and do the right thing.

There’s no way to put a positive spin on the numbers associated with the run game.

“So much has been the same for two weeks”.

Ifedi is the only option now on the roster viable to make the league’s lowest-paid line better. Fant was a college basketball player at Western Kentucky. But it appears more likely he will return for the Seahawks’ fourth game, October 2 at NY against the Jets’ nasty defensive front.

“I think we just have to do better”, Carroll said. The fact that we had three offensive pass interference penalties. “I don”™t think it”™s indicative of a rogue organization, certainly not one that is disdainful of the NFL”™s newfound safety concerns, particularly regarding concussions, which is the reason the National Football League is trying to tone down practices.