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Three takeaways from Seahawks offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer: Does a good running game help play-action passing?

Play-action passing. Rashaad Penny. David Moore.

Those were among the topics Seahawks offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer discussed when he met the media Wednesday.

Here are highlights:

RUNNING SUCCESS SETS UP SEATTLE’S PLAY-ACTION SUCCESS

You don’t have to look hard on the internet to find debates about play-action passing and whether a team really needs to be good at the run to make it work or whether it’s irrelevant and all that really matters is being good at play-action passing itself.

One person who won’t enter that debate is Schottenheimer, who said emphatically Wednesday that he thinks the team’s rushing success Sunday — Seattle had a season-high 190 rushing yards against the Rams — led directly to the success the team had with play-action.