1. Can Seattle's offense fix its turnover problem?
The Seahawks turned the ball over eight times in their first six games, not an ideal number, but not an overly alarming one either. They even played turnover-free football in a win at Jacksonville, which at the time led the NFL in takeaways. Since that Week 6 victory over the Jaguars, however, the Seahawks have committed 12 turnovers in their past four games, including four in last week's loss to the Rams, bringing their season total up to a league-high 20.
The Seahawks, who rank third in scoring offense and sixth in total offense, have been good enough to overcome those turnovers in a lot of games, but turnovers have also proven costly in all three losses, something the Seahawks know needs to change.
"It's unacceptable," quarterback Sam Darnold said. "We understand as an offense, we have to be better. I have to be better at protecting the football and we're doing everything that we can in practice for when the game comes to try to take care of the football a little bit better."
Seattle's turnovers have come in different ways in different games, so there isn't one single fix that needs to happen, but that trend needs to change, nonetheless, because as Kubiak put it, those turnovers are "things you can't do and win. Our defense has been playing great, and a game like the last one, where you have four turnovers, normally not that close, but our guys did a great job of fighting back all the way to the end and gave us a chance to win. I also think when the bad stuff happens things can go one of two ways, and I thought our guys really responded well, so I was very pleased with that."
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