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Takeaways from Pete Carroll’s Wednesday press conference: New starters at free safety, weakside linebacker present challenge against high-flying Rams

And then there was one.

When the Seahawks attempt to slow down the hottest offense in the NFL Sunday when they host the Los Angeles Rams they will try to do so with a defense featuring just one player from their 2013 Super Bowl title team — middle linebacker Bobby Wagner.

The Seahawks already knew they’d be without free safety Earl Thomas, placed on Injured Reserve Tuesday with a broken left tibia.

Wednesday, during his weekly press conference, coach Pete Carroll confirmed what also had appeared obvious — that Seattle will have to go another week without weakside linebacker K.