Difficult got daunting for the Seahawks even before they put on their uniforms.
The team announced 90 minutes before Sunday’s kickoff against the division-leading Rams (8-1) at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum that lead running back Chris Carson and plowing right guard D.J. Fluker were inactive because of injuries.
Fluker tried to test his strained calf for a few minutes on the field Sunday morning. I didn’t see Carson on the field before the team announced he was out.
So the two most important pieces of what’s been Seattle’s vital part of the offense this season, its running game, were in sweat suits instead of helmets and shoulder pads.