Seahawks Loss In Minnesota

The Seattle Seahawks lost to the Minnesota Vikings Sunday night on Fox TV 25-19. Being a pre-season game it isn’t whether you win or lose it is how you play the game.

I would say the game had good points and bad ones too. This was the second game of the pre-season and the first action by quarterback Russell Wilson. He looked good throwing the ball. The Seahawks only scored a field goal in the time Wilson was in the game.

It was penalties primarily stopping the Seahawks in two possessions. After two nice passes by Wilson in the first possession the Seahawks offensive line had a penalty where the offense wasn’t able to go anywhere after that, and they had to kick.

The second possession the Seahawks were able to get near the red zone on a couple good passes to Tyler Lockett. Also, Jared Brown had a good catch as well. Penalties cost the Seahawks again and had to settle for a field goal.

The same thing happened to the Vikings after a couple long passes and pass interference by the Seahawks they had a penalty along with some good rushes the defense was able to stop for the Seahawks. The Vikings settle for a field goal too.

The highlights of the first half was a good tackle by defensive lineman Poona Ford for a two-yard loss. It looked like a fumble with the Seahawks recovering, however, the Viking running back shown on replay was down so they kept the ball. Another play was interception by DeShawn Shead returning the ball 88-yards for a touchdown giving the Seahawks 10-3 lead. It looks like Shead is back for the Seahawks. Likely he will be playing in the nickel defense. He can play cornerback or safety if the Seahawks need him to as well.

The Viking though was able to tie the game with a touchdown by their offense under a minute to go in the first half. It was against the Seahawks second unit.

Paxton Lynch vying for the backup quarterback role came in the middle of the second quarter. He didn’t play extremely well along with the rest of the second unit.

J. T. Barrett making his Seahawk debut only threw three passes and one was critical turning into an interception for a touchdown making a big difference in the Seahawks losing.

2^nd round Seahawk receiver DK Metcalf is going to lose a little time because of an injury to a knee. It isn’t serious so he should not miss much time. They expect him back early on in the season.  As we know injuries are part of the game.

In other football news, college ball will be starting on Labor Day weekend. The Washington Huskies will take on Eastern Washington at home on August 31. The WSU Cougars will be at home as well taking on New Mexico State. Both games should be interesting as the Huskies and Cougars will be going with new quarterbacks.

I will let you know how things go all season long for the Seahawks, Huskies and Cougars. Go teams!