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There are three things you need to do to stop Seattle's offense.
1. You cannot let Marshawn Lynch have a hole. Once he gets any room at all he will break tackles and boom. I do not watch the Redskins every week, but I saw them a couple of times earlier in the season and watched the Dallas game. If they play Seattle like they played Dallas, Lynch will crush them into a paste-like substance and that will be the story of them.
2. While ensuring Lynch does not have a hole to run through, you must ensure that you don't overcommit to that because if so Wilson will simply take a running option. This creates a problem for the above because when you're also worried about Wilson peeling out you're bound to leave Lynch a bit more room at some point.
3. You need to limit Wilson's time to make a decision and keep him in the pocket. This requires not only an effective pass-rush, but also a disciplined pass-rush that doesn't overplay things, because if you do that Wilson will simply dodge a tackle and boom, he's out of the pocket and there's a good chance he's running it for a first down or finding an open man. The Rams did a great job of this last week especially in the first half and got 5 sacks out of it but they have exactly the tackles to do it and few teams do.
Making one of those things happen is do-able, but making all three happen at once for four quarters is extremely difficult, particularly because they are interrelated. If you get two out of three, you're still completely hooped.
All of that said, the fourth aspect of Seattle's offense is its defence. They often start possession in good field position. I expect Wilson and co. will have a shorter field to play on than RGIII all day.
