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Seahawks Reacts Results: All aboard the Christian Haynes train?

J.Jones40 min ago
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Each week we ask questions of the most plugged-in Seattle Seahawks fans and fans across the country.

Seattle Seahawks fans are riding high after a 2-0 start. That's clearly evident looking at the first result from this week's poll .

Ok, raise your hand if you're part of the 5% that thinks the team is heading in the wrong direction. Did you accidentally click the wrong button? Or perhaps you misunderstood the question?

Seriously though, the vast majority are happy with the little morsel of Mike Macdonald's Seahawks that we've been treated to thus far. Is it perfect? Absolutely not. Yet, the foundation is seemingly there for another great run.

The next test comes this week courtesy of Mike McDaniel's Miami Dolphins . Side note, what's the over under for how many times there will be a Macdonald/McDaniel mixup on the broadcast? Either way, McDaniel brings the high flying Dolphins offense to Seattle minus their starting QB. That's right, there will be no 'Hawk/Tua matchup this year, sadly, as Tagovailoa was put on injured reserve after suffering another concussion. Did that affect your expected outcome of this week's game?

Yeah, I'm thinking it did.

Once again, we have a 5% minority predicting the Seahawks will lose. Is it the same group of people? Show yourselves!!

Even though most are expecting a win, 67% still believe it will be a one-score game. I would side with that group as well since Miami still has plenty of weapons and will probably feature a heavy dose of De'Von Achane. Considering the rushing yards the Seahawks defense gave up last week, Achane could pose plenty of problems for the Seahawks and keep the game tight.

On offense, we're all hoping that Seattle can get the ground game going after a poor performance on the road last week. The key to that will be along the offensive line which didn't get enough push to give Zach Charbonnet a chance on most of the plays. Maybe getting rookie guard Christian Haynes more snaps is the key to a better performance? If so, should those snaps come on the left side in place of Laken Tomlinson or on the right side for Anthony Bradford?

Interesting...

The results show that 74% of you want Haynes in the lineup with the biggest chunk (51%) feeling like he should replace Tomlinson. More of you would rather have Haynes remain as a backup than replace Bradford who has managed to mix in some excellent play along with boneheaded penalties and whiffed blocks. Honestly, I agree with these answers. I'm always in favor of playing the young guys to get them more experience if there isn't a huge dropoff in play. Nothing so far has shown me that Tomlinson has his spot nailed down and having two young guards in Bradford and Haynes is an enticing proposition.

Unfortunately, it seems like increasing Haynes' snaps will come at the expense of Bradford.

Maybe Bradford can play on the left side?

Wherever they line up against the Dolphins, I'm ready to see how the Seahawks fare this weekend. Let's hope the overwhelming majority predicting a victory are correct!

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