Seattle Seahawks Offense Has 'Great Confidence’ Ahead of Tilt vs. Los Angeles Rams

The Seattle Seahawks face the Los Angeles Rams in Week 11, and coordinator Shane Waldron says that the offense gained a lot of confidence from its second-half efforts vs. the Washington Commanders.

Confidence is odd. It takes so long to get it, and once it's obtained, it's easy to lose. But right now, the Seattle Seahawks offense has it in spades after their 29-26 win over the Washington Commanders in Week 10.

With the division rival Los Angeles Rams next on the schedule on Sunday at Lumen Field, the Seahawks will want retribution for the Week 1 debacle that saw them lose 30-13 at Lumen Field.

Both teams have gone in opposite directions since that Week 1 outing, and Seahawks offensive coordinator Shane Waldron says that’s due to his unit's second-half efforts vs. the Commanders last week, the offense is in a confident mood.

"Last week, we did a good job of creating explosives, still want to look for areas of improvement on third down overall, and then I think just in the second half, just keep playing football," Waldron said. "I thought Geno (Smith) and the rest of the offense did a great job of that, and then as the tide started to change towards the end and getting points on the last three drives obviously leading to the victory was important for us. I thought it was great for our confidence and great for our offense moving forward."

After scoring just nine points in the first half vs. Washington, the Seahawks scored on four of their six possessions in the second half, which included three straight drives in the fourth quarter.

Quarterback Geno Smith led the game-winning drive that set up Jason Myers for the 43-yard field goal attempt - which he converted. With the offense against the Commanders struggling in the first half, the players could have been forgiven for being a little ticked off.

Geno Smith and the Seahawks offense gained a lot of confidence from the second half vs. Washington, says Shane Waldron / Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports

But for Waldron, it wasn't frustration that was eating away at Smith as things weren't working out. It was simply the mindset of the offense to score on every possession.

"I don't know if frustration is the right word," Waldron said. "It's more the competitive nature of wanting to score every time you have the ball. That is the goal of the offense. But also knowing that we're playing against some great defenses around the league and it might not play out that way every single drive, so how do you harness that want-to and expectations of scoring every drive to also if it doesn't work out on a particular drive, get to the sideline, hit reset, learn from what happened on that drive, and then apply it to the next one moving forward."

The Seahawks definitely clicked into gear in the second half as they scored 20 points (13 in the fourth quarter) and now enter the Rams game full of confidence in what they can do as an offense.

With the Week 1 game likely fueling the want to set things straight, this late-season division game has a little more riding on it.

Seattle faces the San Francisco 49ers in Week 12, so it's back-to-back division games for Waldron's offense. With the Seahawks’ renewed confidence, this two-game stretch is vital in the context of their season.

But with Seattle in a confident mood, it will fancy its chances in both games - Waldron just has to harness that confidence and keep it in a bottle on the sideline for if things get tough.