RENTON, Wash. -- In Seattle's Monday night victory against the Buffalo Bills, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell called 10 run plays.

And according to assistant head coach/offensive line coach Tom Cable, the Seahawks made mistakes in execution on seven of them.

"Out of the 10 runs that we called, we only targeted two of them correctly and read them correctly," Cable said. "Both of those were C.J. [Prosise]. He ran a little hard dive play and then a wide zone to the right. Christine Michael did a nice job on the goal line. I should take that back, seven of the 10 we called didn’t target right or read right."

It's a revealing admission by Cable because it speaks to the current state of the team's run game. The team had just 33 yards rushing against the Bills and ranks 23rd overall in rushing efficiency.

The Seahawks have the lowest-paid offensive line in the NFL and are playing without Thomas Rawls. When they lose one-on-one matchups against talented defensive fronts, it shouldn't be that surprising.

But according to Cable, the errors (last week, at least) were because of poor targeting (errors in blocking execution) or wrong reads by the running backs. Given that the Seahawks are eight games into the season, that speaks to some kind of disconnect between the coaches and players.

As for personnel, Prosise played 26 snaps last week, compared to 18 for Michael. On the offensive line, George Fant got his second consecutive start at left tackle in place of Bradley Sowell.

As a team, the Seahawks are averaging 1.82 yards before contact, which ranks 28th in the league. They are averaging 3.21 YPC, which ranks 30th. Given that Russell Wilson has been a nonfactor with his legs (54 rushing yards on the season) because of injuries, the Seahawks' run game has struggled to function.

There are plenty of issues, but the primary one that the Seahawks can control is execution. And that's where the focus will be going into Sunday night's game against the New England Patriots.