The 13-3 Seahawks are one win away from earning the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Still, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak sees one factor as the team\u2019s potential Achilles heel.<\/p>\n
Turnovers.<\/p>\n
The Seahawks have 28 overall, in 16 games. Quarterback Sam Darnold, with 14 interceptions (third most in the league) and six lost fumbles, has 20 alone.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not a number that we\u2019re proud of at all, something that we\u2019re always preaching, things that we\u2019ve got to improve on,\u201d Kubiak told reporters on Thursday. \u201cObviously, we want to maximize our possessions and we\u2019re giving away points when we give the ball away. So, whether it\u2019s decision making, throwing the ball, holding onto it, then protecting our quarterback so that we\u2019re not getting sack fumbles. There\u2019s a lot of things that go on there, but something\u2019s got to get better if we want to be a championship team.\u201d<\/p>\n
The clock is ticking. And it strikes midnight on Saturday, when Darnold gets a chance \u2014 for the second straight season \u2014 to beat a division rival on the road with the top seed on the line.<\/p>\n
Last year, Darnold\u2019s 14-2 chariot turned into a pumpkin during a Week 18 visit by the Vikings to the Lions. Two weeks ago, Darnold got a measure of redemption by overcoming two interceptions to beat the Rams in overtime.<\/p>\n
But that was just the appetizer. The main course for Darnold and the Seahawks arrives in two days. Against the 49ers, Darnold will either scrap the narrative for good or confirm it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 13-3 Seahawks are one win away from earning the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Still, offensive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-383441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}