With the only offensive touchdown of the Seattle Seahawks’ first two games belonging to Paul Richardson, it’s fair to say Doug Baldwin was not as big of a factor early in the season as he’d been in 2015 and 2016.
You’ll remember, of course, that Seattle’s transition from sputter mode to video-game mode two seasons ago was fueled by ridiculous numbers from Touchdown Doug Baldwin (TDB), when he led the league in scores. He broke an all-time NFL record with ten receiving touchdowns in a four-game stretch.
You’ll possibly even remember that Doug’s 2016 was a quite good, if not excellent, follow-up act — 94-1128-7 — which included mind-twirling moments like this:
So it should come as no coincidence that as the Seahawks offense began to run through Baldwin again, the points started to flow again.