For the first time all year, the Seattle Seahawks defense just flat out lost a game. This wasn’t just any loss either; it was the franchise’s most lopsided in two years, a stunning 34-17 setback against a Chicago Bears team that proved far more formidable than anyone expected.
That Fleeting Fourth Quarter Spark
Man, it sure felt for a very specific and very brief moment that it didn’t have to. We’re talking those tantalizing four minutes and 13 seconds in the fourth quarter when the Seahawks actually looked like themselves, making a game of it. It all kicked off with Seattle’s lone takeaway, which was immediately followed by the team’s lone sack. After that, defensive holding gave us a fresh set of downs, and then, *finally*, Sam Darnold found Cooper Kupp in the end zone for , you guessed it , Kupp’s lone catch of the game! Tory Horton snagged the conversion, making the score 20-17. Game on, right?! It felt like we had a real shot to turn things around.
When Breaks Break Bad and the Spark Dies
But none of that momentum held. On Chicago’s very next possession, the Dark Side came ready, bottling them up on 3rd and 4. It looked like it was gonna be 4th and six, with the ball coming our way inside nine minutes. But then, as it goes when things are breaking bad, lots of things just didn’t happen as they should. The officiating crew, for once in their striped lives, actually got a delay of game right, even though Coach Mike Macdonald tried his best to finagle a way to decline it. But no matter, the Bears were still in third and long. We should’ve stopped ’em, no harm, no foul.
Except that’s not what went down. The witching hour hit at 9:01 left on the clock, meaning our 4:13 of competency had totally expired. Instead, all hell broke loose. A seemingly cute little lateral to Kalif Raymond outside the hashmarks turned into a brutal 39-yard gain as he slipped tackle after tackle. Then, D’Andre Swift punched it in on a hurry-up snap before we could even blink at a replay. Bam, 27-17, and the Seahawks never scored again. Darnold’s eyes bugged out at how open A.J. Barner was on a subsequent play, he threw it, but that was pretty much it for any remaining hope. We just performed poorly across the roster for most of the game, against a well-coached contender, and when several bang-bang calls broke the wrong way, these are the lopsided setbacks that happen. Gotta be better.
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Originally reported by Field Gulls.
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