It was another one of those tough
games for the Seahawks at home against the Washington Redskins. I wouldn’t say
it was a great offensive game like last Sunday against the Texans. Both teams
defense played well for most of the game.
The game ended because the Redskins
were able to score a late touchdown against the Seahawks with little time for
them to be able to score themselves. This time the score ended 17-14.
Place kicker Blair Walsh missed
three field goals in the first half. If he had made at least one of them they
would have tied or made two they would have won. We could blame Walsh for the
loss and I would not be surprised if the Seahawks bring in at least one field
kicker to try out this week however the blame could go around.
First thing is that the Redskins
played a very competitive game against the Seahawks. Throughout the game it was
pretty tight. The Redskins defense was good especially in the red zone where
the Seahawks have had trouble all season so you could blame the offense for
that along with some penalties by the line. The defense who played outstanding
throughout the first three quarters for the Seahawks didn’t do well in the
fourth quarter especially against the Redskins on their final drive. The
Seahawks were able to let the Redskins receivers get by them for long gains and
then there was the final catch where the receiver caught the ball within the
one yard line. The Seahawks probably should have allowed them to score there so
that they had at least some extra time on the clock to help score themselves.
I wonder how much affect there was
for the Seahawks without Earl Thomas not playing on Sunday. Most of the game
they played well as I mentioned but the last drive might have been prevented a
touchdown if Thomas had been in the game. Of course we will never know for
sure.
The running game was better this
week than last week though the Redskins were able to do a good job against it
though the primary defense was the job they did against the receivers. Often
the Seahawks receivers were not open. I am sure other teams will watch on how
the Redskins play the pass on them. Eddie Lacy who started the game had to end
up leaving in the third quarter because of an injury so Thomas Rawls did most
of the running after that. I expect with one week under his belt Duane Brown
should do even a better job next week in the Seahawks running game. The pass
protection wasn’t as good as the week before since the Redskins were able get
to Russell Wilson where he had to run some out of the pocket. In fact it was
the next to last play that was very critical where he went down to the ground
while trying to pass the ball. It was ruled a down play with four seconds left
and then Russell had to throw a Hell Mary into the end zone where the ball went
to the ground for the Redskins victory.
The Seahawks next game is on
Thursday night against the Arizona Cardinals. We will preview that game before
Thursday. Go Hawks.
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