“Carson is playing phenomenal football”, Carroll said during the week.
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“When you were in middle school and playing touch football with your friends, if I gave you seven alligators, or I only gave you five alligators, you’d take seven”, Jordan said.
The final score of this game was misleading, because the Seahawks never had this game in the bag. I legitimately wondered on multiple occasions whether Lindley was actually lefthanded and no one had ever told him. “It just helps to build it. A win like that could lead to a really good week of practice, which leads to better weeks”. It led to Marshawn Lynch’s 3-yard touchdown run 16 seconds into the fourth quarter. Nine games in, they now sit in second place, a game back of the Minnesota Vikings.
The Seahawks finally got on track on their next offensive possession, when Wilson fired deep and found receiver Paul Richardson for a 40 yard reception to the ARZ 15 yard line. Sunday’s totals were roughly equivalent to the penalty numbers the Seahawks accrued in their previous three games combined (18 penalties for 138 yards).The 14 penalties matched the fifth-highest total for any team in the National Football League this season, and the 131 yards were the ninth most. The penalties played a profound role in the outcome on both sides of the ball. It would take a collapse possibly worse than a year ago for the Cardinals to let Seattle back in the division race at this point.
After Seattle’s next drive stalled near midfield, the Cardinals went 80 yards for their final touchdown, highlighted by Ellington’s long run with 1:50 remaining. Using the almighty eye test, it seems as if every quarterback the ‘Hawks have played have had their way with the cornerbacks and safeties, able to get first down after first down at 10-yard clips. “Our guys have had their eye on him for a few time, and he just popped available here and so we jumped on the opportunity to get him”.
Lockette appeared in the locker room following the game and vowed to play again.
“When you’re under duress like that, if you’re really fast like Russell Wilson, you can get out of the pocket and go run”, Jordan said. “To be that far behind the sticks with penalties and all that, it’s really hard to play ball”. The Cardinals ended up scoring 14 points on those drives.
Sunday’s game embodied the storyline for this season, from the absolutely atrocious start to the comeback that stirred memories of the Seahawks’ success the past two seasons only to see their defense unable to hold onto a lead in the fourth quarter.
As left tackle Russell Okung said, “We got beat up front a little bit early”. “And we are good at doing that, and we are going to do that really well”.
I don’t think anyone is willing to say Sherman has lost his ability to stop wide receivers – he hasn’t – but shutdown corners don’t give up five completions on eight targets. Rams quarterback Nick Foles posted a monstrous passer rating of 115.8 against Seattle in Week 1, capping the performance with a game-tying 37-yard touchdown pass to Lance Kendricks – who burned Chancellor’s backup, Dion Bailey.
“I don’t see all the mystery to it, it’s just we’re not quite right, ” Carroll said. “We have a full day on Friday we dedicate to the crew that’s coming in, the tendency of their calls, we show film of calls they’ve made to make them aware”. We take a lot of care there. The team’s air game has looked stale, overall. “Carroll said Sunday’s officiating crew largely called the game the way the Seahawks expected”. As it turns out for Seattle, that was not the case against a much-improved Arizona squad.
The loss to Arizona likely puts the divisional title out of reach and forced Seattle to chase a wild-card berth into the playoffs. He described both injuries as “pending” and “legitimate.”… Those drives resulted in two touchdowns and an Earl Thomas interception in the end zone to prevent more points being scored.
If the Seahawks plan to make a run, they’re going to need Wilson to return to form.
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And unlike last season, when they rallied from being 3-3 and 6-4, they don’t control their playoff fate. He was listed as questionable leading up to the game with an abdominal injury….
