The Seattle Seahawks rebounded from their loss to the Cincinnati Bengals with a gritty 20-10 win over the Arizona Cardinals at Lumen Field.
But despite the win, the Seahawks' red-zone issues again plagued them, as on three trips, only one was punched in for a touchdown.
For running back Kenneth Walker, the recipe for success in the red zone is rather simple.
“Execute," Walker said. "We just don’t execute. We’ve got the good play calls, but we just got to execute.”
Sitting at 4-2 while still having plenty of room for improvement is a nice place for Pete Carroll's team to be, but over the last two weeks, turnovers have crept into the offense's game.
After only having one turnover in the first four games of the season, in their last two, the Seahawks have committed five.
For Walker, he commends the defense for bailing out the offense, but the turnovers need to stop.
“Like I said, things happen. I congratulate our defense for playing hard," Walker said. "They kind of get us out of some tough situations. The defense played a great game, and we got to fix the turnovers.”
With plenty to fix going forward, the turnovers and red zone issues appear to be No. 1 and No. 2 on the checklist. What is perhaps the silver lining is that despite those issues, the Seahawks are 4-2 and within a game of the San Francisco 49ers while having the 11th-ranked offense (24.0 points per game) and the 12th-ranked defense (19.7 points allowed per game).
If those two key issues can be addressed, then there is no telling how far this version of the Seahawks can go.
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