Everything was working in concert.

The offensive line was winning the line of scrimmage. The tight ends and receivers were getting good blocks on the edge. And running back Thomas Rawls was making defenders miss and getting yards after contact.

The Seattle Seahawks had all those aspects working in their 26-6 playoff victory over the Detroit Lions on Saturday night at CenturyLink Field, and that’s why the Seahawks were able to put together their second-best rushing effort of the season.

Seattle coach Pete Carroll had his weekly radio show Monday morning on 710 ESPN, and two days after the victory over the Lions the main topic of conversation continued to be the Seahawks’ success in the run game.

“It was really sharp and it fit together well,” Carroll said. “Obviously with Thomas hitting it, we’ve been waiting to see Thomas get warmed up, he finally got warmed up, he looked great. So it was all on point with the receivers, tackles, the perimeter did a nice job getting him some extra yards, the effort was good.”

The Seahawks came into the game with all kinds of issues running the ball. In the final three games of the regular season Seattle managed just 72, 78 and 87 yards on the ground, averaging just 2.9 yards per carry. Rawls was limited to 56 yards on 37 attempts. What made it more alarming is that Seattle couldn’t even get its running game going in its regular season finale against the San Francisco 49ers, who had the worst run defense in the NFL.

But it all came together against Detroit. The Seahawks rushed for 177 yards, the team’s second-highest total of the season — behind only the 240 gained in a 40-7 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Dec. 4. Rawls set a new Seattle franchise record for rushing yards in a playoff game with 161.

While Rawls received the headlines following the victory, Carroll continued to heap praise on the offensive line, which has been the subject of criticism this season, for the success in the run game.

“I think the line of scrimmage was the best (it’s been this season),” Carroll said. “The combination blocks, those guys did a really good job, got guys on the move. It makes those cuts on their side of the ball rather than in the backfield at times. (Rawls) had a lot better chance to get in the flow of where we were going, and that’s exactly what we saw.

“It can’t come from just the running back, it’s all dependent on the guys up front,” Carroll added. “They have to get it started and initiated so that (Rawls) can get his reads and make his moves and all that. Every once in a while a guy can make a play where he makes guys miss and he cuts out and breaks out or something like that, but that’s not very often. It’s really the combination. So it definitely starts up front, and it’s not just the line. The tight ends are a big deal, the fullbacks are a big deal, our wide receivers have always been really consistent blockers and are always part of the running game, too. So all of those factors together is what it takes.”

While Carroll gave much of the credit to the blocking, he also had good things to say about Rawls, who’s had a hard time matching his rookie season of 2015, when he led the NFL with 5.6 yards per carry. Rawls came into the season still trying to make a full recovery from the broken ankle and ligament damage that ended his 2015 season, then he suffered a cracked fibula in his shin in Week 2, an injury that kept him out seven games. He averaged just 3.2 yards per carry during the regular season.

But against the Lions, Rawls looked like the explosive and energetic runner he was as a rookie, spinning his way around defenders and fighting through tackles.

“Remember that play when he came back against (Lions defensive end Ezekiel) Ansah and spun around and broke out?” Carroll said. “Well, that’s a play a lot of running backs don’t make; they get tackled for no gain or a one-yard gain. He makes 25 on that play. That’s where the quality of the running back shows up, when he can make guys miss, get out of trouble and create. For years we’ve had plays that started where it was kind of messy in the backfield, and then the running back shakes and goes and then started to make his yards. That creative part of the guy, that’s the stuff you’re looking for, the kind of plays that separates him from the normal players who get tackled or knocked down in those situations.”

And that success in the running game opened up opportunities for quarterback Russell Wilson in the pass game in the second half. In the first half Wilson was a mere 6-for-10 for 45 yards. In the second half he was 17-for-20 for 179 yards as he was able to take advantage of play action.

“Coming out of halftime we had run the ball well enough we knew the naked (bootlegs) and all the play passes should have been effective because of that,” Carroll said. “(The Lions) were in their locker room talking, ‘We’ve got to stop the run, Rawls is killing it.’ That all leads to the opportunity.”

Injury update

Carroll said running back C.J. Prosise (shoulder) will practice Tuesday. Prosise, who was emerging as a legitimate offensive weapon, has been out since suffering a broken scapula during Seattle’s 26-15 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 20. However, Carroll said he’ll need to see how Prosise responds in practice to know whether he’ll be able to play in Saturday’s divisional playoff game on the road against the Atlanta Falcons.

Carroll also said fullback Marcel Reece came away from the Detroit game with a sore foot after it was stepped on. Carroll said there were no broken bones as initially feared, but Reece’s status remains in question against the Falcons. Defensive tackle Tony McDaniel, who sat out the Lions game because of a concussion, also remains questionable.

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