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04 December 2024

• Seahawks Reacts Survey: Will Jaxon Smith-Njigba set a new franchise record?

  JSN needs 31 catches to be the Seahawks’ all-time single-season leader in receptions. Will he get there?

  Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-inSeattle Seahawks fans and fans across the country.Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

  It’s time for another edition of Seahawks Reacts! I know the confidence polling will remain high after last week’s win over the New York Jets. It’s a good thing there is no confidence polling for special teams coach Jay Harbaugh, for those results might be different.

  After taking last week off, we’re bringing back the score prediction for the Seahawks’ rematch with the Arizona Cardinals. Last go-round saw Seattle win by 10 points, which by Seahawks standards is a resounding blowout. Will this week be any different?

  Our main question of the week is about Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Seattle’s emerging superstar receiver. He’s been outstanding since Week 9 against the Los Angeles Rams and he’s especially starred in a 3rd/4th down role.

  Jaxon Smith-Njigba on 3rd/4th downs this season:
  
  T-7th in receptions (21)
  5th in receiving yards (276)
  T-4th in first downs gained (17)

  — Field Gulls (@FieldGulls) December 3, 2024

  JSN has 70 catches for 829 yards and 4 touchdowns, all of which are tops among Seattle’s receivers on the season.

  With five games left in the regular season, Smith-Njigba has a chance to eclipse Tyler Lockett’s single-season franchise record for receptions. In 2020, Lockett had a career-high 100 catches, becoming the first (and only) Seahawk to reach the century mark. That extra game plus Seattle’s pass-heavy offense makes it very possible that JSN can go beyond Lockett. The question is: Will he?

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  Please take our survey

  Check back later in the week for the full results. Here’s a link to last week’s results!

• Pulse of the Hawks, Ep. 4: The state of Ryan Grubb’s Seahawks offense

  Field Gulls and the HawksZone Rundown podcast join forces for a review of the Jets win, Ryan Grubb’s offense, Jay Harbaugh’s special teams, and more!

  For the second time this season, the Seattle Seahawks have won three straight games. Hopefully the response is not to lose three in a row like they did the previous time, because Seattle will be out of the playoffs in that scenario. If they can topple the Arizona Cardinals for a seventh consecutive time, they’ll be in prime position to return to the playoffs and hang an NFC West banner at Lumen Field.

  Yours truly joined Bryce Coutts and Ryan MacMillan for another episode of ‘Pulse of the Hawks’ on the HawksZone Rundown podcast. We ran a little longer than normal for our Monday night live stream, but you can still catch the full replay in the video below! Be sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel if you haven’t already.

  2:32 - Recapping a wild win over the New York Jets

  15:08 - WTF was that special teams debacle?

  26:53 - Ryan Grubb and the shambolic state of the Seahawks offense

  1:01:55 - Comments and questions, including from Field Gulls social media followers
• NFL Week 14 national power rankings: Seahawks hold steady after rocky win vs. Jets

  Take a look at how national media views the Seahawks after a third consecutive win.

  Welcome to another Seattle Seahawks power rankings update!

  After a narrow 26-21 win over the New York Jets, the Seahawks have now rattled off three straight victories and have climbed from the NFC West cellar to the top spot. Unlike the previous two wins, having to rally from 14-0 down to beat a bad Jets squad was not a huge needle mover in terms of Seattle’s status in national media power rankings. If anything, the Seahawks generally held their position from the previous week.

  Here’s the latest roundup of notable NFL outlets!

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  ESPN: No. 13 (Last week: 13)

  Week 13 result: Beat the Jets 26-21

  Week 13 ranking: 13

  First-time Pro Bowl nominee: Wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba

  Four wide receivers from each conference are selected to the Pro Bowl, and Smith-Njigba’s 829 receiving yards are the fourth most at that position in the NFC. He’ll likely need to add to his four-touchdown total to earn a nod. But Pro Bowl or not, Smith-Njigba is having a second-year breakout, routinely coming through as a chain mover and a deep threat, as well. He has overtaken Tyler Lockett as Seattle’s No. 2 receiver and actually has outproduced DK Metcalf (763 yards in 10 games). — Brady Henderson

  The Athletic: No. 12 (Last week: 12)

  Last week: 12

  Sunday: Beat New York Jets 26-21

  Worst-case scenario: The pass blocking gets Geno Smith hurt

  Smith was sacked three more times Sunday, and the Seahawks are 28th in the league in pressure percentage allowed (38.4 percent), according to TruMedia. If Seattle can keep Smith healthy, it may be on to something. He is second in the league in passing yards per game among qualified QBs (270.1), and the Seahawks lead the NFC West by a game. Sunday’s play of the day was 300-pound defensive lineman Leonard Williams returning an Aaron Rodgers interception 92 yards for a touchdown.

  Yahoo: No. 13 (Last week: 15)

  The Seahawks’ win vs. the Jets wasn’t pretty but they’ve put themselves in a great spot. If they win at Arizona next week, they’ll be up two on the Cardinals in the NFC West with the tiebreaker and just four games to go. Mike Macdonald isn’t out of the Coach of the Year running.

  NFL.com: No. 14 (Last week: 14)

  In the history of the NFL, has any team won a game with a special teams performance as poor as what Seattle put forth on Sunday? Jason Myers made two long, clutch field goals and the Seahawks blocked a Jets extra-point try. But they also had one of their own blocked, lost a fumble on a kick return (and muffed another) and allowed a 99-yard touchdown return. The Jets had great starting field position all game, and Seattle also coughed up a red-zone possession by being stopped on fourth down. It took a heroic effort, but the Seahawks finally found a way to win this game. Keeping New York off the scoreboard from the 10:40 mark of the second quarter on certainly helped. Leonard Williams’ 92-yard pick-six was the spark Seattle needed. The ‘Hawks won the game in the fourth quarter, turning Breece Hall’s second fumble into a field goal and marching 71 yards (46 of which came thanks to Jets penalties) for the go-ahead TD. Let’s just say that it wasn’t the most convincing victory for a division leader against a down-and-out team in Week 13. But the Seahawks got it done and stayed in first place.

  CBS Sports: No. 11 (Last week: 11)

  They’ve won two straight to take over first in the NFC West. The defense has made big strides. Now comes a tough one at Arizona.

  Sports Illustrated: No. 11 (Last week: 13)

  I really liked the Seahawks’ Jake Bobo packages from this weekend, which had the utility wideout motioning into the backfield and emerging as part-blocker, part defender-gobbling wideout. This series of tiny little winks and nods led to a very critical opening score for Seattle in which Bobo cleared out Sauce Gardner and trailblazed a huge swath of land for AJ Barner to score. This one is pretty to watch in slow motion but was set up by Bobo coming in and blocking out of that same look on earlier downs.

  For The Win - USA TODAY: No. 12 (Last week: 15)

  Leonard Williams had a 91-yard interception return for a touchdown and it wasn’t a pick-six. Seattle head coach Mike Macdonald read the Jets offense, knew a slant was coming and dropped a 300-pound defensive tackle into coverage on third-and-goal. It worked. Hooooo, brother, did it work. No one should want to face the Seahawks in January.

  The Ringer: No. 10 (Last week: 10)

  After a blowout loss to Buffalo and an overtime disappointment against the Rams, I couldn’t see a pathway to the playoffs for Seattle. But head coach Mike Macdonald has found something with this defense, and defensive tackle Leonard Williams has found a new gear over the past month. Now that the run defense is fixed and Williams has provided some needed juice as a pass rusher, I’m confident that this team can ride the momentum into a road matchup with Arizona—and a win would put it in great position to control its fate in the NFC West.

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  If the Seahawks beat the Arizona Cardinals for a second time in three weeks, they’d be in strong position to win the division for the first time since 2020. A loss would not only drop them in the hypothetical power rankings, but they’d lose top spot in the division and be in deep trouble in terms of getting back in the playoff hunt.

• Seahawks sign rookie UDFA center to practice squad

  The Seahawks tinkered with their practice squad some more, adding two players and letting go of N’Keal Harry.

  The Seattle Seahawks have done some practice squad shuffling on the eve of their first practice for their Week 14 rematch with the Arizona Cardinals.

  Defensive tackle Quinton Bohanna has returned to the practice squad after being let go last week to re-sign Myles Adams. With Adams now on the Detroit Lions active roster, that gave Bohanna a path back onto the team.

  Meanwhile, undrafted rookie center Mike Novitsky has joined the Seahawks practice squad, as first reported by Bleacher Report’s Ryan Fowler and confirmed by the Seahawks on Tursday. Novitsky signed with Seattle as a UDFA in April but was let go in August prior to the start of preseason. He hasn’t signed with any practice squad until now.

  Tight end N’Keal Harry was let go in a corresponding move.

  Seahawks practice squad as of Dec. 3

  Offense

  • QB Jaren Hall (No. 15)
  • QB John Rhys Plumlee (No. 17)
  • RB George Holani (No. 36)
  • WR Miles Boykin (No. 81)
  • WR Cornell Powell (No. 0)
  • TE Tyler Mabry (No. 85)
  • OL Jason Peters (No. 73)
  • OL McClendon Curtis (No. 66)
  • C Mike Novitsky (No. 60)

  Defense

  • DL DeVere Levelston (No. 56)
  • DT Quinton Bohanna (No. 92)
  • NT Brandon Pili (No. 76)
  • OLB Tyreke Smith (No. 59)
  • DE Kenneth Odumegwu (No. 77) - International Pathway Player
  • LB Patrick O’Connell (No. 52)
  • S Ty Okada (No. 39)
  • CB Ryan Cooper (No. 35)
  • CB Damarion Williams (No. 37)

  Injured Reserve

  • OLB Jamie Sheriff (No. 44)

• Damning stat shows the collapse of Seahawks offense under Ryan Grubb

  The Seahawks offense ranks dead last by DVOA since Week 7.

  In a perhaps unexpected twist to the Seattle Seahawks’ 2024 season, the defense is carrying the offense, and they’re the main reason Seattle is in position to win the NFC West instead of setting up tee times and vacation trips.

  The Seahawks offense under first-year coordinator Ryan Grubb is struggling. They’re worse by EPA/play, DVOA, points per drive, and several other advanced metrics than any of Shane Waldron’s three seasons as Seahawks OC. Believe it or not, the only area of significant statistical improvement from the 2022-2023 seasons is the red zone, but we’ll save that for another article.

  Grubb’s offense had a promising start to the season, particularly the 500+ yards of offense and 38 first downs achieved in a 42-29 shootout loss to what has been an elite Detroit Lions defense. It’s been pretty ugly since then and it’s possible that we’ve already witnessed this offense’s peak for the year.

  No stat is more indicative of how bad the Seahawks offense has been than this article from FTN Fantasy’s Aaron Schatz, aka the godfather of DVOA. When splitting performance in half(ish) from Weeks 1-6 to Weeks 7-13, no offense has had a more pronounced dip in efficiency than the Seahawks.

  Biggest Offensive Declines:

  Seattle from 9.1% (10) to -18.3% (32)

  Atlanta from 14.8% (7) to -2.4% (19)

  Indianapolis from 2.1% (14) to -14.8% (26)

  San Francisco from 17.3% (5) to 1.3% (17)

  Over the totality of the season, the Seahawks offense is 20th overall (17th pass, 25th rush) but 23rd in weighted DVOA, which de-emphasizes early-season games.

  What’s alarming is that the parameters used by Schatz for Weeks 7-13 include the 34-14 win over the Atlanta Falcons, which saw the Seahawks score 27 points on offense and put up a net positive game by DVOA.

  Extracting the game-by-game data, the inability to run the ball is the main culprit and it’s not even close. They’ve not posted a positive rushing day by DVOA since Week 4 versus the Detroit Lions, and they’ve had single-game rush DVOAs of -30% or worst in four of the last six games. The passing offense has been close to neutral or a net negative in three of those six games.

  On the flip side, Seattle’s boasted the sixth-best defense by DVOA since Week 7, which underscores how vital the defense has been in turning the season around.

  If you took out the Falcons game, the Seahawks are 28th in EPA/play (which doesn’t account for opponent quality), 19th in EPA/dropback and 32nd in EPA/rush. This offense is too talented to have a mediocre pass game and a rock-bottom rushing attack.

  While the offensive line is certainly a major culprit for the poor showings win or lose, this is neither the first bad offensive line nor even the most egregiously poor offensive line the Seahawks have within the last 10 seasons. These are the worst results we’ve seen out of any Seahawks offense since Darrell Bevell’s first season in 2011, when the Seahawks were 20th overall (19th pass, 20th rush). Of course, Seattle leveled up the following year by drafting Russell Wilson, providing an instant upgrade from Tarvaris Jackson and Charlie Whitehurst. I don’t think there are too many quarterbacks above Geno Smith who can overcome the deficiencies of this year’s offense.

  There was always a risk to hiring Grubb and former Washington Huskies OL coach Scott Huff to go straight to the NFL with zero prior NFL experience. The college and pro games are fundamentally different, including in something as simple as the disparity in hashmark placement. If the Seahawks do not fix their offensive woes over the remainder of the season—spoiler: they play a hard schedule of defenses over the rest of December—I think it’s distinctly possible that Grubb and Huff are both one-and-dones on this coaching staff.

• Mike Holmgren takes one massive step toward Pro Football Hall of Fame

  Former Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren is on the cusp of Canton!

  Nearly 20 years removed from taking the Seattle Seahawks to their first ever Super Bowl, former head coach Mike Holmgren could finally find himself in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

  Holmgren was named the coaching finalist for the Class of 2025 on Tuesday, notably beating out fellow Super Bowl champion coaches Mike Shanahan (who beat Holmgren in the Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos), Tom Coughlin, and George Seifert, as well as fellow former Seahawks head coach Chuck Knox.

  This is the first time Holmgren has been named a Hall of Fame finalist, having previously bowed out in the semifinals stage over the past couple of years. If Holmgren gets approval from at least 80% of the members of the full Selection Committee, he’s heading to Canton. Voting will commence during Super Bowl week.

  Keep in mind, however, that only three of the five announced finalists can be elected. The other four announced finalists are Canton Bulldogs owner Ralph Hay (contributors wing), as well as former players Sterling Sharpe, Jim Tyrer, and Maxie Baughan (seniors wing). Tyrer would’ve already been in the Hall of Fame had he not murdered his wife before dying by suicide in 1980.

  Holmgren went to two Super Bowls with the Green Bay Packers (winning one), and won two Super Bowls as a quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers. Add in his Seahawks career and you’re looking at five Super Bowl appearances and three wins over 22 years as an NFL coach. His run with Seattle might not have started all that smoothly (at least outside of his first season), but from 2003-2007 he guided the Seahawks to five straight playoff appearances, four straight NFC West titles, and the aforementioned NFC Championship in 2005. Had the Seahawks won Super Bowl XL over the Pittsburgh Steelers, Holmgren would’ve been the only head coach in NFL history with Super Bowl wins with multiple franchises, and he likely would’ve already been in Canton by now.

  Selection Committee: You know what to do! Let’s finish the job and see Coach Holmgren in Canton in 2025!

• Seahawks All-22 Film Review: The good and bad from Seattle’s rookies vs. New York Jets

  A look at how Sataoa Laumea and other Seahawks rookies performed in the comeback win over the Jets.

  The Seattle Seahawks rookies combined for 183 snaps against the New York Jets. That was six fewer snaps than the previous week, and that was with AJ Barner seeing his snap count drop significantly with Noah Fant’s return to the starting lineup. Tyrice Knight was back in the starting lineup, and Sataoa Laumea made his NFL debut after beating Christian Haynes in practice. Byron Murphy II doesn’t have “starter” status, but he was second on the iDL in snaps.

  Let’s review the film and see how they played! All data used in this article was taken from PFF.

  Byron Murphy II, Defensive Lineman (36 snaps)

  Byron Murphy’s rookie season probably fell short in the pass rush department. In this game, he didn’t generate any pressure stats, but he was fourth on the team in pass rush grade with 58.3, behind Leo Williams, Dre Jones and Coby Bryant.

  However, his production in the run game has been much better than I expected from the rookie in his first year. He’s been playing much more than the grids and stats. He’s been creating plays snap after snap for his LBs and DL teammates. In this game, he had 5 tackles, the third most on the team.

  Murphy shows incredible lateral speed and is able to make the tackle, covering sideline to sideline.

  Good job by Murphy against the double team, not allowing much of a run. He infiltrates between the two and manages to make the tackle.

  Christian Haynes, Offensive Guard (0 snaps)

  Haynes managed to lose without even getting on the field. I confess that I cannot understand the fact that Sataoa Laumea “wasn’t good enough to even be activated” and suddenly, “earned it in practice,” not only went to the game, but became a starter.

  Tyrice Knight, Linebacker (53 snaps)

  After getting his first sack of his career last week, he continued to be used in blitzes with 3 pass rush snaps this time. This was a facet of his college game that surprised me positively.

  This time his tackle numbers were not eye-catching, ranking fifth with 4 tackles. This does not diminish his impact in the running game nor does it mean that he was not a standout.

  In addition to recovering a fumble, he had good snaps in coverage. He only gave up 1 reception for 17 yards on 3 targets. This reception was against Garrett Wilson, and the passes that were not completed were to Breece Hall. Knight has been evolving well marking the flat zones, underneath and making 1v1 against RBs.

  The motion makes Davante Adams Knight’s responsibility. He does a good job without giving up too much space and Aaron Rodgers has to go to the second read.

  AJ Barner, Tight End (26 snaps)

  He had the second highest receiving grade on the team, behind only Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He had 2 receptions for 14 yards and his second TD of the year. In this game Ryan Grubb called a little more play action than in previous games; Barner could be a player who will benefit if play action enters our gameplan.

  On the TD play he stays on the block and goes on a short route, this time finding the end zone. Note the good block by DK Metcalf. The “concern” is due to his snaps. I liked his blocking work better, compared to past games, even though PFF only gave him a five-point higher grade than Noah Fant (I totally disagree). I expected a drop in snaps, which is natural given Noah Fant’s return. However, he played 16 snaps less than the veteran and the same amount of snaps as Pharaoh Brown.

  Nehemiah Pritchett, Cornerback (0 snaps)

  Inactive, behind Josh Jobe and Tre Brown on the depth chart. The team drafted two CBs, the CB3 role (behind Spoon and Woolen) is perhaps the team’s most lacking one, and one is not even on the NFL roster and the other cannot be active.

  Sataoa Laumea, Offensive Guard (63 snaps)

  It was a debut with ups and downs. However, something to be expected for someone who was out of rhythm and played in a problematic unit like the Seahawks’ OL. PFF gave him the worst grades on the team in Pass Block and Run Block at 30.8 and 37.2 respectively. He may not have been fantastic, but I don’t think he played as poorly as those numbers indicate.

  Laumea double-blocks with Abe Lucas and advances to the second level to create space for Ken Walker.

  The officials called two holds here. I understand the call on Lucas (although it’s strict), but Laumea’s doesn’t make any sense. He actually blocks very well.

  The TD play was his best play. Grubb uses a two-RB formation and has the threat of Walker in motion. Charbonnet gets the ball and Abe Lucas slips on the block, Charb advances into the space created by Laumea and the RB finds the end zone.

  Mike Jerrell, Right Tackle (0 snaps)

  As Abe Lucas gets healthy and starts to get into the swing of things, Jerrell’s chances of playing diminish.

  Dee Williams, Special Teamer (Only special team snaps)

  I don’t know if Williams will have been cut by the time this article is published, but I hope so. He was signed for ONE POSITION. He only has one job: return kicks. He is listed as a CB as a mere formality; if the team needs someone, they will elevate a player from the practice squad before considering using Williams on defense.

  The former Vols returner has not had any positive impact on special teams. Quite the contrary, he has caused problems for the team. Many muffed punts, decisions to return when he should have called a fair catch and vice versa. His decisions have cost the team dearly and even though he is a cheap player (UDFA) there is no reason to keep him on the roster.

  Jalen Sundell, Offensive Lineman (3 snaps)

  He has been coming in as an extra OL on some snaps. He has lined up as a FB and as a sixth offensive lineman, but without much impact.

  Final Thoughts

  You have a rookie scoring a touchdown, another rookie being a key player on the touchdown (Laumea), and two rookies playing important parts of the defense’s evolution. You can’t ask for much more from a class at this point. The one that really fell short was the UDFA in the class who shouldn’t even be on an active NFL roster.

• This Week in Seahawks History: Refs hand Cowboys prime-time win in Seattle

  Are you ready for a weekly blast from the Seahawks teams of the past?

  This will be a weekly article series throughout the season looking back on what happened for the Seattle Seahawks 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week.

  I’m not trying to be a downer but outside of the 2014 win, this week’s article is full of both on-field and off-field mishaps. The off-field incident in 1994 is particularly tragic.

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  40 Years Ago

  Sunday, December 9, 1984

  Game Log

  The Seahawks were 12-2 at this point and were facing a 7-7 Kansas City Chiefs team, so this should’ve been a mismatch. Well, it was but not in the way Seahawks fans were hoping…

  Seattle kept it close in the 1st Quarter when they tied the game at 7 on a 49-yard TD pass from Dave Krieg to Daryl Turner. After that, they gave up 27 unanswered points and got creamed. Dave Krieg’s 5 INTs certainly didn’t help and 1 of them was returned for a TD by KC’s Scott Radecic.

  Dave Krieg was 17/38 for 263 yards, 1 TD, 5 INT. David Hughes had 8 carries for 32 yards. Steve Largent was the leading receiver with 4 catches for 98 yards.

  Seattle’s defense didn’t record any turnovers or sacks. They did give up 8 catches for 166 yards and 1 TD to Henry Marshall, however.

  30 Years Ago

  Sunday, December 4, 1994

  Game Log

  We’ll get to the actual game later but the real story here is an unfortunate one. A few days before the game, Lamar Smith, Chris Warren and Mike Frier were involved in a car crash. Smith was driving and crashed into a utility pole. Both he and Warren suffered minor injuries while Frier had a large speaker fall on him, resulting in a spinal injury that paralyzed him from the waist down. It was an absolutely tragic accident for Frier, who had just joined the Seahawks a few weeks prior.

  There’s really no good way to transition back to football other than to say that they still had to play the game.

  The 2-game winning streak for the 1994 Seahawks came to an end against the Indianapolis Colts, quarterbacked by Don Majkowski. It was a sloppy game overall with 9 total turnovers - 4 from the Colts and 5 from the Seahawks.

  Rick Mirer was 5/13 for 28 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. Dan McGwire wasn’t much better at 15/24 for 145 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. Chris Warren, nursing 2 fractured ribs from the crash, had 23 carries for 81 yards. Brian Blades and Robb Thomas tied for the receiving lead with 55 yards each. Neither scored a TD though as those were reeled in by Steve Smith and Paul Green.

  Patrick Hunter and Eugene Robinson both had 1 INT and Robinson also recovered 1 fumble. In a neat coincidence, 4 of the 5 sacks recorded by the Colts came from someone named Tony. Tony Siragusa had 2.0 sacks while both Tony Bennett and Tony McCoy notched 1.0 sack a piece. Ray Buchanan had their final sack along with an INT returned for a TD, 1 of his NFL-leading 3 in the 1994 season.

  20 Years Ago

  Monday, December 6, 2004

  Game Log

  A Monday Night Football matchup between Bill Parcells’ Dallas Cowboys and Mike Holmgren’s Seattle Seahawks?? What could go wrong?

  A lot.

  Let’s cut to the chase. There was a ton of scoring in this game with the Seahawks taking a 10 point lead with 2:46 left in the game. Dallas “scored” on a Keyshawn Johnson TD pass with 1:45 left to pull within 3. I put that in quotes on purpose because he only got one foot down in the end zone before his hand touched out of bounds. Since it was within the 2-minute warning, the coach isn’t allowed to challenge and it falls on the replay booth. They inexplicably didn’t stop the game to review the play.

  Of course Dallas would recover the onside kick after that and score again with 37 seconds left to steal the win away from the Seahawks. I remember this game vividly because I, along with every other Seahawks fan I’m sure, was pissedoff at the refs. Little did we know just a mere 14 months later we’d have another reason to be mad at them…

  Matt Hasselbeck went off to the tune of 28/40 for 414 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT. Shaun Alexander had 21 carries for 83 yards and 2 TD. Seahawks Legend Jerry Rice had 8 catches for 145 yards and 1 TD.

  Terreal Bierria and Ken Hamlin both had 1 INT. Grant Wistrom, Rashad Moore, and Chike Okeafor each had 1.0 sack.

  I’m not saying this was the reason why he eventually ended up in Seattle but future Seahawks Legend had 30 carries for 198 yards and 3 TD - both the yardage and TDs were career highs.

  10 Years Ago

  Sunday, December 7, 2014

  Game Log

  This matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles happened in the short window when Chip Kelly was still an effective head coach in the NFL. Maybe this was the beginning of the end as the Seahawks defense held the Eagles offense to just 139 total yards while Seattle’s offense exploded for 440 yards. Kelly’s uptempo offenses were generally poor in time of possession but this may have been his worst with Seattle owning a nearly 41:56-18:04 advantage!

  Russell Wilson was 22/37 for 263 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT. He also had 10 carries for 48 yards and 1 TD. Marshawn Lynch had 23 carries for 86 yards. Doug Baldwin had 5 carries for 97 yards and 1 TD.

  Tharold Simon recorded his lone career interception in this game. Jordan Hill, Michael Bennett, and Marcus Burley all had 1.0 sack.