Seahawks Overwhelm Raiders

Although it was counted as a home game for the Oakland Raiders the largest crowd for a NFL game in London, England over 84 thousand spectators the Seahawks looked and sounded like the home team.

Right off the bat the Seahawks scored on their opening drive that took about eight minutes ending with a 5 yard pass to receiver Jaron Brown from quarterback Russell Wilson. The Seahawks scored three touchdowns in total with Wilson throwing to three different receivers. Besides Brown’s touchdown David Moore scored a touchdown in the second quarter. Janikowski kicked a field goal in the second quarter to make the score 17-0. He kicked another in the 3^rd quarter and Tyler Lockett ended the Seahawks scoring in the 4^th quarter with a 10 yard pass complete before the Raiders were able to finally score with a field goal. The Seahawks took care of and ended the game keeping the ball the remaining seven minutes and fifty seconds of the game for the final of 27-3.

The Seahawks are now 3-3 in second place of the NFC west division behind the undefeated Los Angeles Rams. The Seahawks have a bye week coming up before taking on the Detroit Lions on the road. The Seahawks will be able to rest after this tremendous trip to London along with the players have been hurt.

The Seahawks split up the running game behind three main backs in Chris Carson who started the game carry the ball 14 times for 59 yards, Mike Davis carried 6 times for 21 yards and Rashaad Penny 9 times for 43 yards. Most of Penny’s carries and yardage happened late of the 3^rd quarter and the fourth quarter. For the Seahawks be successful in the running game it is good to spread out the carries to keep all three of the guys healthy.

Again the success of the Seahawks was they ran the ball thirty-seven times while passing 23 times. This is the ratio that will allow them to win most games. The teams remaining ten games six of them will be at home. Besides the Lions they will play the Rams, Carolina Panthers and the San Francisco 49ers on the road. The home games will be the Los Angeles Chargers, Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, Kansas Chiefs and ending the regular season against the Arizona Cardinals. Be a tough schedule ahead for sure. Go Hawks!