Jadarian Price didn’t need long to make his first NFL impression. After sitting out all three preseason games, the Seattle Seahawks rookie running back finally got live action in Wednesday’s season opener, and he made it count in a 13-10 win over the New England Patriots.
Price led the Seahawks with 52 rushing yards on 10 carries, finishing just ahead of Rhamondre Stevenson’s 51 yards for New England. His first carry in the league even went for a first down, a clean opening to a debut that showed exactly why Seattle wanted to see more of him.
By Thursday morning, Seattle Sports’ Brock Huard had already settled on a word for Price’s performance: “powerful.” A little later, Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald went with “decisive.”
Huard saw a runner who brought force on contact and never got knocked backward. He pointed to how Price kept earning extra yards after first contact, noting that he was getting hit at or near the line and still pushing the pile forward. Huard also liked what he saw on outside zone, especially early in the game, when Price hit his landmarks with conviction.
“He is decisive, and then he’s a little patient and then he’s explosive and powerful.”
Huard added that for a rookie making his first NFL appearance against a legitimate front seven, Price “did his job and then some.”
Macdonald echoed that sentiment while also praising the way Price handled the moment without any preseason reps.
“I thought he ran the ball really well. There’s a couple plays that I’m thinking where we can talk about, maybe improve a little bit situationally, but I thought he had a really good start and I’m excited about him.
He should be proud of himself going in there with no preseason reps and taking care of the football and staying square and making decisive cuts. I thought that was really cool.”
For Seattle, it was a debut that checked the right boxes: no wasted motion, no lost yardage, and a rookie back who looked ready for the load.
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