Terry Blount, ESPN Staff Writer 9y

The Film Don't Lie: Seahawks

A weekly look at what the Seattle Seahawks must fix:

This team is known for its success on special teams, but there was nothing special about the Seahawks getting faked out of their socks on Sunday at St. Louis, including a 90-yard punt return for a TD by Stedman Bailey.

Now the Seahawks face one of the top punt returners in the league in Philly Brown of the Carolina Panthers, who averages 11.4 yards per return and has a 79-yard TD this season.

But this is all about not being outsmarted. Bailey's return was a trick, with the Rams coaxing all the Seattle defenders to go to the wrong side of the field because that’s where the Rams' blockers went.

And the Seahawks were fooled again on one of the key plays of the game, a fake punt by the Rams on a fourth-and-3 at their own 18-yard line late in the fourth quarter. Rams punter Johnny Hekker threw to a wide-open Benjamin Cunningham in the left flat for an 18-yard gain.

The good news for the Seahawks is these mistakes are easily fixable by being more aware and expecting the unexpected. The blame goes to the Seattle coaches on the fake punt, not realizing that a 1-4 team with nothing to lose would be willing to gamble to try to get a second win.

And the odds of a similar magic trick on a punt return working again and fooling any team, much less the Seahawks, are more remote than Percy Harvin getting traded for a sixth-round draft pick.

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