Seattle Seahawks: 3 Standouts from Week 3 vs. Cowboys

The Seattle Seahawks got their first win of the season against the Dallas Cowboys thanks to some great performances from key players.

The Seattle Seahawks had an impressive showing on Sunday when they beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-13. The win was the Seahawks first on the season and came at the perfect time. The Seahawks have never started off 0-3 during the Russell Wilson era, and that didn’t change thanks to some great individual performances.

In the first two weeks of the season the Seahawks didn’t have many individual standouts save for one or two. There were a lot more players to choose from this week though, which is why the team did so well. The struggling offense ignited, and the bemoaned defense shut down the Cowboys air attack.

Now lets get to the three biggest standouts from the much-needed victory.

Chris Carson

It’s no secret that the Seahawks have struggled to run the ball in recent years. In the first two weeks of the season, the run game was practically a non-factor and the team moved away from it quickly. Things were different in Week 3. Carson carried the ball an incredible 32 times, twice the number of carries Ezekiel Elliott got, for 102 yards and a touchdown.

You might’ve noticed that Carson only averaged 3.2 yards per carry. That’s considered pretty low for a starting running back, but in this case the low yards per carry total actually helped the Seahawks win. When the team ran the ball, it wasn’t to get huge chunk plays, but rather to slowly and methodically grind down the Cowboys defense.

And it worked, the Cowboys were routinely pushed back just enough by the Seahawks to get Carson decent yardage and run down the clock.