Seattle kept up its recent dominant play as the Seahawks were strong in all three phases of the game. The injury will end Rawls season as he becomes the third Seahawks’ player in the last six games to have their season end due to injury, with wideout Ricardo Lockette (neck) and tight end Jimmy Graham (knee) going down.
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-WR Jermaine Kearse created matchup problems for the Ravens most of the game.
The Seahawks will be heavily favored to beat the Cleveland Browns next Sunday at home.
The thorough defeat left the Ravens with a 4-9 record and secured the first losing season in John Harbaugh’s eight-season tenure. “Wilson is only good because of his defense” is also a false statement.
“It’s all on the secondary”, cornerback Jimmy Smith said. Wilson was 23-of-32 for 292 yards, five touchdowns, no interceptions and a passer rating of 139.6.
“It’s a great opportunity”, Clausen said. It was also the Ravens’ most lopsided defeat since a 41-7 loss to New England on December 22, 2013. Well, now we can say that quite literally. “For some reason, it seems to be catching up to us this year”. Clausen was 23 of 40 for 274 yards with the interception.
For some perspective on his run right now, consider this: Wilson is the first quarterback since the National Football League merger to put together four straight games with a 138.5-plus quarterback rating and his four straight games with three touchdown passes or more is a Seahawks franchise record. Terrence west had a 17 yard rush, and ended with only 16 yards.
Seattle Seahawks rookie running back Thomas Rawls is out for the season with a broken ankle.
“It doesn’t get any tougher than that”, Wilson said. “Just exemplifies what we’re all about, toughness and hard-nosed and committed and grit and all that stuff”. Wilson has tossed five scoring passes to Doug Baldwin in the past two games while rookie Thomas Rawls has thrived in the absence of injured running back Marshawn Lynch, rushing for 391 yards and three touchdowns in the last three wins.
The Seahawks are currently two games out of first place in the NFC-West behind the Arizona Cardinals (11-2), and must now find a way to replace Rawls and possibly even Marshawn Lynch in the backfield as they push towards the playoffs. It feels like every week now that a big time back bites the dust. They couldn’t run the ball and finished with just 28 yards on the ground.
The Seahawks have won six of seven to move into position for an NFC wild card. Wide receiver Doug Baldwin had three touchdown receptions.
Late in the half, Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner recovered a fumble by Javorius Allen at the Baltimore 14.
Wilson faced constant pressure against Baltimore, but made several key throws. Richard Sherman had an interception in the fourth quarter.
Running back Justin Forsett, his right arm in a cast, posed for pictures. And Fred Jackson, the 34-year-old, third-down back, allowed an accurate Wilson pass to go through his hands over the middle to end a two-minute drill before halftime.
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Michael Bennett has a refrain that’s as familiar this time of year as holiday wreaths, Christmas trees – and the Seahawks winning. In eight quarters against Seattle, with two different teams, Clausen-led offenses have managed two field goals.
