Christine Michael was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2013 NFL draft and while he has shown flashes of potential, he has been largely irrelevant to the Seattle Seahawks to this point. For RB Christine Michael, it’s now or never for his career with the Seahawks.

At OTAs this year, Pete Carroll told reporters at OTAs he will have every chance in the world to prove himself this year.

We have heard the praise from coaches towards Christine Michael every year. Pete Carroll isn’t one to publicly insult the players of his team. Even Percy Harvin never got publicly bashed by Pete Carroll because that just isn’t the type of coach he is. The only time he’ll take a problem with a player to the media is if he needs to fat shame an offensive lineman to spark the player.

That doesn’t mean Christine Michael isn’t capable of the praise he is receiving. The Seahawks wouldn’t have taken him in the 2nd round of the 2013 NFL draft if they didn’t think he had it in him. We’ve seen it first hand that he has some explosive play-making ability that the Seahawks love to have at their offensive skill positions. He just needs to be a more complete RB and not just a home run hitter. Pass protection, trusting your blocks, one cut and go or see the cutback and go. The Seahawks don’t want a dancer behind the offensive line and they don’t want a fumbler.

Speaking of flashes from Christine Michael, here is a video from Christine Michael’s instagram himself to remind you of the big play ability he has. This was against the Packers in the 2013 pre-season, AKA the beginning of the Christine Michael hype train volume 1:

I Said "F wrong with these ni$&!s"…#409 A video posted by Christine Michael (@chrismike33) on Apr 19, 2015 at 8:33pm PDT

This run was against the Falcons in 2013 when the Seahawks eradicated the Falcons from the face of the universe for beating us in the 2012 playoffs. It’s a garbage time run, but it still shows off what he can do:

Had to get them jitters out lol… Not playing with these ppl this year…If lord say the same…#itdntstop#hardwork#paysoff A video posted by Christine Michael (@chrismike33) on Apr 19, 2015 at 8:36pm PDT

It isn’t a full hype train if we don’t post an off-season video showing Christine Michael doing drills. Also courtesy of his own instagram:

Trying to get better…#409#teamBEAST#teamkb A video posted by Christine Michael (@chrismike33) on Apr 14, 2015 at 1:03pm PDT

Expanding upon that FoxSports article, Pete is right. Christine Michael will have every chance in the world to prove himself. Marshawn Lynch hardly takes any pre-season snaps, and Robert Turbin won the “Seahawk-who-needs-offseason-hip-surgery award” so he is likely to miss time too. That leaves Christine Michael as the #1 RB for a majority of the off-season and for pre-season games. There won’t be any excuses for any lack of Christine Michael production in the 2015 season.

There is a very real possibility that soon this team could be without Marshawn Lynch and Robert Turbin if they choose to let Turbin go in free agency as this is his last year on his rookie deal. Christine Michael is being given every opportunity to seize this moment.

I don’t have any special sources for you, but I can’t help but assume given how high Christine Michael was drafted that by now they would have assumed he would have supplanted Turbin as the RB directly behind Marshawn Lynch. To get this little production out of a 2nd round pick was not apart of the plan. Everything doesn’t always go according to plan though, and regardless of how we got here, C-Mike has the chance yet again to impress his coaches, teammates, and try to state his case that he is too talented to ride the bench. If he can do all the standard RB things like ball security, trusting his blocks and pass protection, he should be able to find ways to get on the field and help make an impact on this offense for the 2015 season.

Should Christine Michael not show enough to the coaches this year, it could put the Seahawks in position to feel they need to draft another RB relatively high in next years NFL draft. There won’t truly be an heir to the RB throne once Marshawn Lynch is retired because he is such a special running back, but C-Mike has his own traits that make him potentially a very good offensive weapon for the Seahawks.

For Christine Michael, it’s now or never.