The Seattle Seahawks are getting concerned. The team has started 0-2 on the season and has yet to look like the dominating force fans expect them to be. Something just seems off for the Seahawks as the offense has yet to find a rhythm and the defense is struggling as players like Kam Chancellor continue to hold out. One of the victims of the slow start is Jimmy Graham who is not used to putting up just one catch in a game.
Graham is used to being the go-to guy. The tight end was the start of the New Orleans Saints and Drew Brees' favorite safety blanket. However, following a trade to the Seattle Seahawks, things have not been the same. Graham recorded just one catch against the Green Bay Packers and now frustration is growing. According to Michael Silver of NFL Media, Graham is not thrilled with his lack of involvement in the Seahawks' offense as he has just seven catches for 62 yards and a touchdown through two games. Head coach Pete Carroll confirmed that Graham might not be happy.
"I think he is [frustrated]," Carroll said, via the Seattle Times. "I think he's a competitor. He wants the ball. He wants to help us win, I don't think there's any question about that. I feel that, too."
Against the Packers, the Seahawks were trying to force the run game with Marshawn Lynch while Russell Wilson took to the air more in the second half. Things never truly got going which has been the story through two games. Carroll stressed that it simply takes time to figure out how to best use a dynamic player like Graham. For the time being it appears fantasy owners might just need to be patient.
In place of Graham, Wilson appears to be favoring players like Doug Baldwin and Jermaine Kearse along with Lynch being active in the passing game. Wilson stressed to the media that he is hopeful to look Graham's way more often in the coming weeks. The Seahawks are in desperate need of a win if they want to avoid sounding the alarms and Graham will be a critical component of making that work.
"Obviously we want to get him the football," Wilson said, via ESPN.com. "We have so many guys. ... We're looking for him for sure. I think I had one where it was play-action looking for him downfield, but they covered him -- double-team I think on that one. ... It's not one of those things that you try to force, but you want to find him. He's a great, great football player. So we've got to try to find ways to get him the football."