Run first?
The one common thread that we can tie back to Bevell - without a shred of assumption or doubt - is that he is a balanced play-caller. In a league where quarterbacks are reaching forty or more pass attempts in a consistent basis, Bevell has instead crafted the brunt of the playbook around the traditional tailback. Very rarely has the
Seahawksasked
Marshawn Lynch to carry less than 20 times per game, and in the few times that he had, it either resulted in blowouts or close games and losses.
This promise has led Bevell to many instances of praise and criticism. More recently, Bevell has been targeted by Seahawks fans for the sputtering inconsistencies of the offense, in particular the idea of the passing game and how it has seemingly shifted from "
working off to play-action and capitalizing on large gains" to
"traditional West-Coast offense routes in the short/middle routes". Of course, injuries and game-planning plays a huge part in these differences, but it does beg the question of what exactly Bevell believes to be his true philosophy, and more importantly, why he bases his play-calling upon those respective schemes.