LOS ANGELES -- One of the goals during the Seattle Seahawks’ offseason was to position the offense to pick up where it left off in the second half of 2015.

After the midway point of last season, the Seahawks averaged 31.25 points per game, second to only the Carolina Panthers. But through the first two weeks of 2016, they have performed like one of the worst offenses in the NFL.

The numbers are ugly any way you slice them. After Sunday's 9-3 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, the offense has totaled 15 points in eight quarters. Only the Rams, who were shut out in Week 1, have totaled fewer. The Seahawks have scored one touchdown in 22 offensive possessions, punted 13 times and turned it over on four occasions.

It wasn't Russell Wilson’s best performance Sunday, but he was good enough (22-for-35 for 254 yards), considering he was operating on an injured ankle.

Wilson was sacked twice and hit nine times, but Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said he thought the protection held up fine.

"I think they protected well today, for the most part, and gave us a chance," Carroll said. "I thought we protected better than we have in past games against these guys, so we're going in the right direction, but we've got a lot of work to do."

There's no way to put a positive spin on the numbers associated with the run game. According to research by ESPN Stats & Information, the Seahawks were hit at or behind the line of scrimmage on 62 percent of their designed runs Sunday. That's the second highest percentage since Wilson became the quarterback in 2012.

And Carroll pointed to another issue.

"Third downs have to go up again," Carroll said. "We've got to get our third downs going on offense and keep converting them."

The Seahawks are converting 31 percent of their third downs through two weeks. That ranks 25th. Last year, that number was 46.5 percent, which ranked fourth. According to Football Outsiders, the Seahawks were the best third-down offense in the NFL last year.

Asked if there was a feeling of frustration, Jimmy Graham said, "We know we’re better than this, and so we need to put it together and figure it out. We’ve got too many playmakers on this side of the ball, and we’ve got to put it together."

Added wide receiver Doug Baldwin, "We’ll watch the film, figure out where we think we can improve, which is probably every facet of it. But we’ll make a list and go to work on it."

As for Wilson, he will continue treating his ankle going into next week's game against the San Francisco 49ers.

"He's going to be involved with rehab throughout this week," Carroll said. "I already told him about that. He knows exactly what he needs to do. He did an incredible job this week, dedicating his entire week to getting right, which he did. He was able to play. He feels OK now, so we're ahead of where we were last week at this time."

Added Wilson, "We accelerated the rehab process so fast, probably accelerated two weeks. By the time, you know, how fast we’ve done it. Hopefully by this weekend I will feel amazing. I feel pretty strong right now already. Just keep icing it, keep praying and keep working."

The Seahawks' offense is at its best when everything is working together: the quick passing game, the shots downfield, the run game and Wilson's improvisation. Right now, Wilson is not able to be a factor in the run game or with his scrambles. He insisted he could do everything he normally does, but this was a slightly different version of the Seahawks quarterback.

"You could see he was a little bit limited, but I thought he did great under the circumstances, and he was able to get out a few times and avoid some pressure," Carroll said. "I thought it was a really good effort by him."

Added left tackle Bradley Sowell, "For the most part, I thought we had everything we usually have in. We ran a lot of the same stuff so I don’t think there was a whole lot of adjusting going on. I think it hurt us, you could see that when he went to take off, he wasn’t quite the same guy. So I think that would have helped us out a little bit at times today as well."

The Seahawks will have several injury questions to answer this week. Baldwin will get an MRI on his knee Monday. Wide receiver Tyler Lockett suffered a sprained knee in the second quarter. And running back Thomas Rawls has a leg contusion.

The offense needs to get healthy, and it needs to find some answers.

"We got the right guys man," Wilson said. "We’re just one or two plays away."