Ben Solak

I know the running game is dramatically improved, and you should test the Rams' run defense, and you're running the ball better out of 12 personnel.

That's all well and good.

But if my number one objective is to get Sam confident so I can get good Sam faster, then I would want to start the game with rhythm throws.

And that's what he did in Week 16.

It didn't go great.

He's just not a consistent quarterback.

It's a complete mystery to me.

I really don't know what I expect from Sam Donald.

The third game this season, fourth game in the last 12 months against Chris Shula.

You should have answers by now as a quarterback.

I just don't know if he does.

I think they played the Niners twice.

Like, you know, that's the reason why we feel better about it is kind of a little bit of the defense that they faced and obviously the context because those were still really important games.

I've never been as down on the run game for Seattle as I think even when they were bad early in the season and we did that whole week of discourse where it was like, they pass, doesn't have the run, they buff the threat, and they still get base defense.

Kenneth Walker, when Kenneth Walker's your running back, you are not going to have a good success rate.

No matter how many carries you get to Zach Charbonnet, ain't nothing going to save the way Kenneth Walker runs the football.

You can get redonkulous explosives.

And one of the things that you see Seattle do in their bigger games, they do this against the divisional balance, is they'll throw Kenneth the ball a little bit more.

Because they're saying, let's try to get the explosive without suffering some of the tackle for loss and some of the success rate issues.

So I generally...