The rest of the league has acknowledged what many Seattle fans have been revealing in, that is the emergence of Rashaad Penny as a legitimate threat to score when running the football.
Penny had a career-high 185 scrimmage yards (career-high 170 rushing, 15 receiving) and two rushing touchdowns in the Seahawks’ Week 17 victory. It marked the most rushing yards by an NFC player in Week 17. The award was a first for Penny and who joined Shaun Alexander (seven-time winner) and Chris Warren (two-time) as the only Seahawks running backs to win Offensive Player of the Week.
With his injuries behind him, Penny has been able to show his explosiveness as a ball career. Something head coach Pete Carroll emphasized in his weekly press conference.
He really has a great knack and a great sense for finding the running lanes, then he has the burst to take advantage of it. He’s not making five or six, he’s making ten and 12’s with a chance to pop it. He’s really added to it a tremendous amount. It’s the working together, but it was there. I’ve been saying it for a couple of months, it’s really been a couple of months that I thought that we really made a big advancement, but we hadn’t been able to cash in. I’m thrilled to see it now.”
Penny joins Pro Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk (eight-time winner) and Ronnie Hillman (Week 17, 2015) as the only former San Diego State running backs to earn the award.
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