The Seahawks entered their divisional playoff game at Atlanta Saturday knowing that the best way o cool down one of the best offenses in recent NFL history would be to keep it off the field.
And for a while, the plan appeared to be working.
On a game-opening 14-play, 89-yard drive, the Seahawks had 10 official runs for 49 yards (one of the runs was a pass to Doug Baldwin officially called a lateral that went for one yard).
Thomas Rawls, fresh off a franchise-record 161 yards in the wildcard round against Detroit, had six carries for 29 yards on the first drive and quarterback Russell Wilson, looking as agile as at any time all season, had two runs for 16 yards.