The Seattle Seahawks are trying to figure out their run game heading into Week 15. Last week the team lost their No.1 running back in Thomas Rawls who was filling in for the still-injured Marshawn Lynch. That leaves the Seahawks with little options as they have yet to sign anyone off the free agent market. Now their depth is getting even thinned as the Seahawks opted to release DuJuan Harris.
According to ESPN's Field Yates, the Seahawks have parted ways with Harris despite having given him a bulk of the workload when Rawls went down in Week 14. Harris had 42 yards off 18 carries when Rawls went down. It was assumed that he would be the starting back in Week 15, but the Seahawks opted to release him instead. So where does that leave the run game? On Monday, head coach Pete Carroll had said Harris would compete for carries with the newly signed Bryce Brown. Now, it appears that Brown will get a bulk of the carries, something he has been waiting for.
"I mean anything can happen,'' Brown said, via the Seattle Times. "It's this business. It's crazy, It's unpredictable. Just the nature of the beast. This league is about opportunity and that's what I've got - an opportunity - and I'm just looking to make the most of it."
The Seahawks also have Fred Jackson and fullback Derrick Coleman to work with on the ground. The biggest thing for the Seahawks would be getting Lynch back on the field. According to Carroll, Lynch is rehabbing off-site after undergoing surgery on a sports hernia. Carroll continues to stress there is no timetable for his return to the field as the Seahawks prepare to not have Lynch in Week 15.
"He's going to be continuing to rehab, and he's going to be rehabbing off-site until he's ready to get back and start practicing," Carroll said, via the Seattle Times. "We don't have a timeline on that. He went through a big surgery. He's got a lot to get through, and he's got to get past that, whatever impact that's had, and then he's got to get back into shape and get going."
With the way Russell Wilson is playing the way he is right now, the Seahawks might be able to get away with a running back rotation that starts Brown with Jackson backing him up. The quarterback is thriving right now making the most of Doug Baldwin and Tyler Lockett. Wilson will be the key to getting the Seahawks into the postseason.