The Seahawks kicked off their NFL preseason Week 1 with a gut-wrenching 17-7 loss to the Dallas Cowboys right here at home. We were all hyped to see what Head Coach Mike Macdonald and Offensive Coordinator Brian Fleury had brewing, but instead, we got a dose of cold reality and a highlight reel moment that’s gonna stick in our craw. This wasn’t the kind of statement we wanted to make.
That Stinging 10-Point Deficit on Our Turf
Let’s just be real for a second: a 17-7 loss to start things off is a tough pill to swallow, even in preseason. We know these games are about evaluating talent and working out the kinks, but you still want to see some fight, some promise, something to get hyped about. We’re watching our guys like Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Cooper Kupp, and Rashid Shaheed, ready for them to light up the field. We wanted to see what kind of connection Darnold was building with those receivers, or how the new schemes would look. But the score tells a different story, and it’s one where our offense just didn’t get enough going to put points on the board. This early look showed us we’ve got work to do, big time, if we want to show up strong when the real games count.
The One-Handed Grab That Just Twist The Knife
And if the score wasn’t bad enough, then there was *that* play. Dallas Cowboys rookie Camden Brown, a dude we probably didn’t know existed five minutes ago, pulled off a “CRAZY ONE-HANDED TD GRAB” right there against our Seahawks. Are you kidding me? A one-handed touchdown catch? You want to see our guys making those jaw-dropping plays, not being on the receiving end of them. We’re watching the replays of Courtland Sutton making ridiculous one-handed snags, Caleb Douglas making waves, Garrett Wilson making insane catches, and Myles Price pulling off gorgeous grabs, and all these highlights are happening for *other* teams. We’re sitting here wondering why that kind of spectacular play isn’t coming from our own squad, especially when it’s being made *against* us. It’s a bitter pill to watch a rookie make a highlight reel play that goes viral, and it happened at our expense.
This is just Preseason Week 1, but the message is clear. Coach Macdonald and the whole squad have got to go back to the drawing board and iron out these wrinkles fast. We need to see a totally different energy and a different outcome next time out. We’re looking for Sam Darnold to connect, for Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp to be making those spectacular catches, and for Rashid Shaheed to be flying down the field. This is our chance to clean things up and show the Emerald City what we’re really made of before the season gets real. Let’s get it done.
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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