5Qs, 5As: Previewing Seahawks-Rams with Turf Show Times

John Gilbert is the Field Gulls Deputy Editor and has covered the NFL's Seattle Seahawks since 2016. He specializes in the salary cap, the collective bargaining agreement and statistical analysis, with an occasional film breakdown sprinkled in.

After a hot start to the Mike Macdonald era, fan hopes for the Seattle Seahawks have cooled considerably over the past five games as four losses have some fans looking ahead towards a potential rebuild. The next three games all have the Hawks taking the field against a division opponent, with the first of those in Week 9 when the dreaded Los Angeles Rams come visit Lumen Field.

Sean McVay had Pete Carroll’s number, winning two thirds of the 15 games…