Carroll said Wilson’s approach to the injury was the same as with everything else. It ended in overtime with Steven Hauschka’s 27-yard field goal to win it 27-24. Wilson turned his right ankle while trying to avoid Suh and limped through two plays before seeking assistance from team trainers when the Dolphins took possession of the ball. “The one way that you can put yourself in a good position is you have to execute what your game plan is and you can’t get caught up in what’s going on outside of the field”. Then it gets turned over to the Dennis Eckersley of football: the Seattle defense. Wilson hit Sidney Rice for a 46-yard touchdown in the final two minutes to give Seattle a 24-23 win.
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The play, which came on second-and-goal, was scheduled to be a run.
Robert Griffin III will miss at least eight games – and potentially the season – after breaking a bone in his left shoulder during his regular-season debut with the Browns on Sunday. Wilson was hampered by a hurt ankle, but came through when the team needed him most. Tannehill was selected eighth overall by Miami, while Wilson went 67 selections later to Seattle and the opposite corner of the country.
Without starting center Mike Pouncey available, the Dolphins and Tannehill were working with a depleted offensive line. Earlier in the drive, Seattle running back Christine Michael broke off a seven-yard run on fourth-and-1. Foster was held 38 yards and 13 carries and no rush longer than 9 yards. “I’ll go out there and make plays for this team”. He was equally good in pass coverage and run support. “We respect these liberties and appreciate the sacrifices that everyone has made for our country, especially on this day of remembrance”. On their next series, Kenny Stills got free behind Seattle’s secondary only to drop what would have been a sure touchdown.
“He’s walking around today, you can hardly tell anything’s wrong with him, ” the Seahawks coach said during his weekly news conference Monday. The entire game illustrated Seattle’s continued evolution into a pass-first offense under Wilson – which could again shift if he’s sidelined.
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The concerns about whether Wilson would be able to play in Week 2 against Los Angeles seem to be at rest for now. “The biggest thing that we talked about the entire week was that bad things happen”. He liked that he had to try and finish this thing because he wanted to see if he could do it.
