The Little Things: Week 1

Preseason is half a year away, but at least something is kicking off this morning: a new offseason column. Think of “Little Things” as a weekly methodical stroll through the weird, maddening, exhilarating, maddening again, and full-circle-back-to-weird-again season of your 2016 Seattle Seahawks.

Richardson shows the flash in Seattle’s romp of Detroit

With the emergence of Doug Baldwin, the arrival of Tyler Lockett and a list of injuries that slowed his development, Paul Richardson was seemingly forgotten as one of the pass catching options for the Seattle Seahawks. Richardson’s acrobatic 2-yard touchdown reception was the beginning of Seattle’s 26-6 romp over Detroit in the NFC wild card game on Saturday night, sending the Seahawks into an anticipated matchup with the Atlanta Falcons.

Rawls, Seahawks run past Lions

Seattle advanced to an NFC Divisional Playoff game at Atlanta after winning its 10th consecutive home postseason contest. The Seahawks haven’t lost a postseason game at home since 2005.