Teammate Doug Baldwin said after the game that he hoped Graham could come back sooner, but at this point, it does indeed appear that Graham’s first season in Seattle, star-crossed as it has been, has come to an abrupt end.
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Russell Wilson has always done a good job spreading the football around to a multitude of receivers, and Sunday was no different.
“That was a lot of fun”.
“We made some mistakes that gave him some chances that we normally would like to eliminate, and we’ll get better at, ” Carroll said.
Seattle’s third-down touchdowns came on third-and-goal from the Steelers’ 16-yard line in the second quarter and third-and-10 from the Seahawks’ 20 with Seattle leading, 32-30, just ahead of the two-minute warning. Baldwin shook off two would-be tacklers, stiff-arming one, and raced home for the clincher.
The beneficiary was Markus Wheaton, who had a career-high nine receptions for 201 yards, including a 69-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter that gave the Steelers a 27-26 lead. Three of Seattle’s first four touchdowns came after interceptions, then safety Kam Chancellor clinched the win when he picked off a Jones pass with 1:37 remaining. The Steelers allowed quarterback Russell Wilson to throw for 345 yards and five touchdowns without intercepting him. He finished with a 147.9 passer rating and was 7 of 9 for 164 yards and three TDs in the fourth quarter. “I don’t want to get into all of that”, Tomlin said. He needed three IVs to make it through the wild game.
“We’ve loved Jimmy Graham coming to our team and we’re very grateful that he’s been part of it”, head coach Pete Carroll said.
He felt just fine by the end of the day, after one of the best performances of his career led the Seahawks to a needed 39-30 victory over the Steelers. Both sat out the rest of the game in a lopsided win.
Backup quarterback Landry Jones took over the offense on the final drive, while Roethlisberger headed to the locker room.
Seattle Seahawks tight end Jimmy Graham suffered a right knee injury in Sunday’s 39-30 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, and will miss the remainder of the season.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. Carson Palmer ran for a go-ahead 8-yard touchdown with 2:28 left and tumbled after spiking the ball, and Arizona squeaked by San Francisco. The Texans have won four games in a row for the first time since winning six straight in 2012.
In general, though, this latest game illustrated how unsafe the Seattle passing game can be when the offense spreads out and utilizes some well-designed routes.
CINCINNATI Andy Dalton threw three touchdown passes – two of them to A.J. Green – and the Bengals ended their brief slide.
Wilson and Warren Moon only have one such game apiece, though Moon did throw five touchdowns a few other times for different teams.
This game marks yet another standout performance for Wilson – the quarterback now has thrown for eight touchdowns in his last two games.
Raiders 24, Titans 21: NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Raiders handed Tennessee its ninth loss in 10 games. The Steelers already lose out on the head-to-head tiebreaker with Kansas City.
Chargers 31, Jaguars 25: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Graham had four catches for 75 yards against the Steelers. Rivers passed Joe Montana (273) and tied Vinny Testaverde (275) for 11th on the NFL’s TD pass list.
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Giving up almost 500 passing yards, as they did on Sunday, would have put to rest the Legion of Boom nickname for the Seahawks secondary. Watching from the cozy indoors at field level was Peyton Manning as Brock Osweiler and the Broncos (9-2) overcame an early 14-0 deficit and handed the Patriots (10-1) their first loss since 2014. Wilson and the coaches constantly harp on “staying on schedule” to set up manageable third-down situations.
