Zach Charbonnet who is part of the one-two punch in Seattle’s running game (which steamrolled San Francisco two games in a row) is out for the playoffs (at least). Torn ACL.
He has 12 touchdowns on the year and has been a reliable “punch it in” guy all year, so it’s a significant loss.
Thank goodness Kenneth Walker III is so good (he had three touchdowns on Saturday) so they still have a run game but it’s not going to be as good, and with the Rams coming to Seattle (and they always play the Seahawks rough) that’s going to make things really difficult.
My hot take… Beating the Rams in the NFC Championship is going to be harder than beating either the Patriots or Broncos in the Super Bowl. I’m getting memories of the 2013 season, where Seattle fans considered the NFC Championship against the Niners to be the “real” Super Bowl, as that was a tough fight down to the wire in an instant classic. They absolutely destroyed the Broncos in the following Super Bowl in a game that was really no contest.