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Seahawks’ post-bye defensive goal? Eliminate big plays

The Seahawks hadn’t played the day before thanks to their annual bye, but it was still Tell the Truth Monday for the players when they returned earlier this week.

Almost no sooner had the Seahawks defensive players arrived back at the VMAC when defensive coordinator Kris Richard turned off the lights and turned on the video.

Then the players got to watch every big play the defense allowed in the first five games — the 75-yard run by Tennessee’s Demarco Murray that was the longest of the Pete Carroll era, the 62-yard run by the 49ers’ Carlos Hyde, the screen pass Tennessee’s Rishard Matthews turned into a 55-yard touchdown.