He threw for five scores in a win over Pittsburgh, then shredded the Vikings in a 38-7 rout.
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In fact, it’s time to stop thinking about this season and begin preparing for the future. His 26 touchdown passes on the season matches his career high, set in both 2012 and 2013.
The Seattle Seahawks lead the Baltimore Ravens 14-6 in the second quarter on Sunday morning. Wilson found Baldwin wide open in the middle of the field for a 22-yard touchdown that increased the lead to 21-6.
The loss assured Baltimore its first losing season since coach John Harbaugh took over in 2008.
“We had assignment issues [on defense]”. We didn’t match up correctly on the bunch route. “That’s our big thing, making them one-dimensional. It was bad. It has to be better than that”.
“It seemed like he did pretty well”, Harbaugh said of Clausen. While the Ravens have struggled all season, they still play hard.
But maybe that was an attempt to boost confidence with Wilson coming to town. They faced quarterbacks Case Keenum, Ryan Tannehill and Josh McCown. As noted in Fox’s telecast of the game, it was the fourth consecutive game in which Wilson had a QB rating of at least 135.8% – a mark no other quarterback in the NFL has attained since the league merger back in 1966.
The veteran saw an increased workload after Thomas Rawls left with a season-ending injury, finishing second on the team to only DuJuan Harris. “You have to always get ready for the next play, the next challenge”. I don’t know what that timetable is at this point. “I was able to get a better feel for the game and I’ll be better next week”.
There is enough blame to go around. “I just think the defense, the way we are playing the way we play, and the offense, the way they are playing right now, that there’s really not a team that can beat us”, Seahawks middle linebacker Bobby Wagner said. Sherman added that it was the third time that’s happened to him in a game, an opponent pulling his hair, but the first time he’d been tackled by such a tug. Regardless if the Ravens are playing zone or man to man, they can’t cover crossing routes.
Even though Seattle is not showing any signs of decline in their future they still need to keep their eye on the Rams. Palmer has 4,003 passing yards, 31 touchdowns, and nine interceptions. The chances are slight though, first off the Cardinals would have to lose their next three, and the Seahawks would have to win three straight.
Otherwise, the Ravens didn’t do much. The rookie came into the game with 786 yards rushing on 141 carries and four touchdowns.
First quarter, 5:08 left: Tyler Lockett catches an eight-yard touchdown pass from Russell Wilson.
“I’m not going to stand here and make excuses”, cornerback Jimmy Smith said. It’s on the secondary. We’ve been telling you to pick up Lockett for a while, and after two straight good games, you’ll likely see a waiver-wire rush this week. He did a nice job getting us in and out of plays…. In fact, the next four games have the makings for a miserable end to the season.
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Brandon Mebane and Athyba Rubin again formed a solid wall in the middle to help hold down the running game.
