Dan Quinn is focused on fixing one area for the Commanders that must improve in biggest test vs Seahawks

The Washington Commanders are heading into a must-win matchup against the Seattle Seahawks, and they'll need some help to get it done.

Wide receiver Terry McLaurin has already been ruled out for Sunday, and Jayden Daniels will be practicing all week to see if he can go with his hamstring injury. The offense will be missing some key players once again, and the Commanders need to find a way to get back to running the ball, but it's the worst week possible to do so.

The Commanders have their toughest test of the season against the Seahawks, who have the best rushing defense in the league.

The Commanders need to run the ball again

The run game has been missing over the last few weeks, but their performance against the Kansas City Chiefs was the worst of the season. Backup quarterback Marcus Mariota was the leading rusher with 28 yards, which is not ideal. The Commanders' running back room of Bill Croskey-Merrit, Jeremy McNichols, and Chris Rodriguez was held to just 31 yards on 11 carries. Head Coach Dan Quinn went into what has been the struggle in the run game.

"Yeah, we're going to dig in hard. We already have," Quinn said. "We didn't love the targeting in the game for us. That's a fancy term for who has who, and that's a common thing. Defenses that have multiple fronts and different looks, but we've got to be able to nail those down and make it really clean and really fast for us to go hit those targets. When we do that, we like how that looks and the results of it, and we'll need that this week. This is a team with an excellent defensive line, big guys, speed edges, the whole thing. So, we'll have to really nail the targeting to make sure it's at the right spot, right locations, and if we do that part right, our success in the run game usually follows that. But it'll be really important in that space.”