A key part of Seattle Seahawks' success isn't on stat sheet

There are plenty of things on the stat sheet to point to as reasons for the Seattle Seahawks’ success.

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Focusing specifically on Sunday’s 27-10 win over the Carolina Panthers, which moved Seattle within one victory of clinching the NFC West crown and No. 1 seed to the playoffs, there’s their advantage in total yardage (288 to 139) and time of possession (34:18 to 25:42), plus their 14 points off of two Panthers turnovers.

Also worth highlighting is that the Seahawks had one of their best performances of the season in the run game, with 163 yards on 36 carries for 4.5 yards per rush. Zach Charbonnet led the way with 110 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries.

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What is missing from the stat sheet is the role of something that stood out to Seattle Sports’ Brock Huard, a former NFL quarterback and longtime football broadcast analyst. And that would be the blocking of Seattle’s wide receivers, with veteran Cooper Kupp leading the way.

“Cooper Kupp yesterday, phenomenal,” Huard said on Monday’s edition of Brock and Salk. “You saw him attached, you saw him in the backfield, you saw him in motion, you saw him constantly (blocking).”

Huard also complimented Jake Bobo and Dareke Young, a pair of receivers a bit farther down Seattle’s depth chart, for their blocking contributions Sunday.

“Bobo had a phenomenal, phenomenal block on one of the long runs on the outside zone that Zach cut it up,” Huard said. “He and Dareke both had tremendous blocks, and Cooper had a bunch of them, too.”

You can see Bobo’s block referenced by Huard in the video below – keep your eye on No. 19, who goes in motion from the top of the screen to the bottom at the beginning of the play.

HE’S OFF! @zachcharbon for 29 yards.

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— x – Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) December 28, 2025

Young and Bobo played a combined 28 snaps on offense with no catches and just one target between the two of them, and Kupp had just one reception for six yards in his 58 snaps, but that didn’t stop them from contributing on offense. It’s all in line with what the Seahawks preach under head coach Mike Macdonald.

“I think one of the big messages coming out from the game, I think offensively, is it’s all 11 (players) all the time,” he said on Monday’s Mike Macdonald Show. “The product is really because of everyone working together, the synergy of what we’re trying to do. And as little as your role is or as big as your role is on that play is essential to the success that we’re gonna have as a team. And so receivers blocking in the run game is a great example of that – and there’s a lot of great examples of that.

“When we do it in all three levels of the offense, we’ve had great plays. We have talented enough guys where if things don’t go right, we can kind of get out of the down by making it a good play. But when it all works together, it’s powerful stuff.”

Catch Brock and Salk from 6-10 a.m. weekdays on Seattle Sports, which includes The Mike Macdonald Show at 9:30 a.m. on the first weekday after each Seahawks game.

A key part of Seattle Seahawks’ success isn’t on stat sheet

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