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Key for Seahawks to beat the Patriots

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Stopping the run. All the talk about Brady, the passing game, Deflategate and all that aside, the Seahawks can't let the Patriots run the ball like they did against the Colts.

In every game the Seahawks have lost this year, the opposing team has been able to run the ball. Minimum of something like 30 carries and 120 yards in all 4 losses. So that is unofficially the key to beating the Seahawks. I think it particularly applies to this matchup with the Patriots and how the 'Hawks handle Gronk. The Hawks are 4th in the league in yards allowed to TEs mainly because of KJ and Kam. If they have to do double duty on slowing down Blount then that opens it up for Gronk to have a monster game.
The Seahawks as everyone knows like to get Kam helping out in the run game and often deploy him as an extra defender in the box. They probably won't be able to do that very much against the Patriots. Kam will be spying Gronk and providing help for KJ whenever possible. But if Blount starts tearing up our run defense, it'll turn into a nasty situation of the Hawks being forced to pick their poison. Keep Kam in pass coverage or line him up in the box to help stop the run, leaving KJ pretty much on his own vs Gronk.

Gronk is the main key to their passing game. If he's ripping off a 130 yard, 2 TD game the Patriots probably can't be stopped. If he's contained and gets 50 yards and zero TDs, like in the 'U Mad Bro' game from 2 years ago, the edge tilts heavily towards the Hawks. It all depends on how well they stop the run without much help from Kam.
 
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