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The Seattle Seahawks talked all offseason about how they wanted to get running back Chris Carson more involved in the passing game and in Week 1 against the Cincinnati Bengals they did it.
Carson was targeted seven times which led the team. He caught six of those passes for 35 yards and a crucial touchdown.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told the media on Monday that they were happy to see a big performance out of Carson and they plan on using him the same way going forward.
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“Well, it worked out,” coach Pete Carroll told via Pro Football Talk. “It was something that was part of the offseason to involve him and he jumped out with six catches. That was a lot of catches for him. It’s clear why we’re trying. He made some nice plays running with the football. The touchdown play was a phenomenal run after catch. We’re not talking about him lining up as a wide receiver to run post routes and digs and stuff like that. We want to use him in classic fashion for the running back position and letting him catch the ball with space and run for obvious reasons.”
Even though Carson had a lot of success out of the backfield, the Seahawks still have some work to do on the downfield passing game. Tyler Lockett only had two targets, and Jaron Brown had zero, and that is something the team will try to work on.
“We weren’t looking at that,” Carroll said. “We looked at him a number of times. The idea was to go there, and we couldn’t get there. We didn’t forget he was out there.”
