'The Seahawks have dragged us out to the middle of that rickety bridge spanning the chasm between rebuilding + contending. It would take just as much effort to go back now as it would to get to the other side' JacsonBevens’ latest CigarThoughts are here
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It started with a toss to Walker III around the right end but instead of charging upfield, the rook stopped, turned, and threw it back across the field to Smith. Geno caught it cleanly and launched it downfield to Fant for 18 yards. Walker III would add a 15-yard run up the middle and then get eight more on the next play, putting Seattle on Arizona’s 8.
Murray would respond with a great drive, including a zig-zagging 17-yard scramble that showcased his water-skeeter running style. Then, on 3rd & 14 a few plays later, he dumped it off to Eno Benjamin to keep the drive alive but Robby Anderson would drop an easy one on 3rd & 4 that appeared to kill whatever momentum the Cardinals might have otherwise had.
*Did Lockett get away with pass interference for pushing off at the top of his route? Yes, absolutely. But do you really wanna live in a world where they penalize toddlers for shoving full-grown adults? Is that the America you want?? Huh???**That put the onus back on the Cardinals to score but their next effort at doing so would end when Shelby Harris discarded the center with a ferocious spin move and spun Murray to the turf for a 3rd down sack.
On the first play, Smith faked a handoff and hung out in the pocket as Fant dodged his way through traffic around the line of scrimmage. The athletic tight end picked his way through the melee and squirted out the other end and into the wide open flat on the right side. Smith rolled with him and hit Fant in stride with no one around him. For the first time since he was traded to Seattle, we got to see the tantalizing open-field speed that made Fant a high-end pick four years ago.
~DK Metcalf has yet to turn in the type of field-flipping, game-breaking plays we grew accustomed to seeing when Russell Wilson was the quarterback but he’s evolved into a very dependable possession receiver with serious after-the catch prowess. He had five catches for 37 yards on six targets, turning one of them into that graceful first quarter touchdown.
~The defense struggled with some bad tackling in the first half but that got tightened up over the final two quarters. The Seahawks held the Cardinals to just 94 yards on 30 plays in the second half, dominating over the final stretch while notching four sacks and forcing yet another fumble. The open sore that was Seattle’s defense over the first five games is scabbing into tough, unfeeling scar tissue that opposing offenses can’t seem to cut through.
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