Seahawks Fall Short

The Seattle Seahawks eleven game winning streak on Monday Night Football came to an end on November 20 losing to the Atlanta Falcons 34-31 where Blair Walsh missed a tying field goal.

The Falcons dominated the game for the most part despite the final score. The Falcons were able to pass the ball consistently against the Seahawks in a manner we are not used to seeing because of the absence of cornerback Richard Sherman and safety Kam Chancellor being hurt in their last game and out for the season.

The Seahawks also lost rookie cornerback Shaquille Griffin who was playing opposite of Jeremy Lane in for Richard Sherman early in the game. Byron Maxwell former Seahawk and member legion of boom that was signed early in the week took over at Sherman’s position and then Lane was moved back to his more familiar spot in place of Griffin. Justin Coleman who has played a lot in passing downs continued to do that as well.

Mike Davis who was on the practice squad and then activated this week played well for a while before he was injured in the third quarter. At that point Eddie Lacey and J.D. McKissic played the rest of the way though they played a little action before Davis was hurt. McKissic came in primarily on third downs though he was shown on early downs as well.

There were some mistakes made in the game for instance at the end of the first half the Seahawks decided to make a fake field goal that was botched and the Falcons played well against. The down alone if the Seahawks had gone for the field goal could have had the score tied.

In general Russell Wilson had a good game completing 26 passes on 42 passes for 258 yards however he had an interception and a fumble that went for a touchdown. Tyler Lockett had kick-off returns that helped the Seahawks stay in the game. The Seahawks though fumbled after the first one that could have helped the Seahawks tie the Falcons at 14-14.

For the Seahawks to stay in the race for the playoffs they need to stop making errors both offensively and defensively. We do hope that the defensive backs will be able to play better against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Go Seahawks!!