Man, that Seahawks loss to the Denver Broncos was a gut punch, right? Our offense was straight-up dysfunctional, somehow managing to lose to a Broncos squad that practically disappeared after their first two scoring drives. Denver scraped together just 30 yards in the entire second half and then another eight on their lone overtime possession, but we just couldn’t seal the deal. Our guys left crucial points on the field, and it really stung.
Offensive Blunders Are Killing Us
The truth hurts: our only touchdown came super late in the fourth quarter. Even after rallying to force overtime, we couldn’t finish the job. Sam Darnold threw two picks, which you just absolutely cannot do when the game is on the line. The offense struggled big time to sustain drives, and we were bleeding points with mistakes like Jason Myers missing a field goal that we desperately needed, and Rashid Shaheed putting the ball on the ground with a fumble. These offensive blunders are costing us, point blank. We’ve got to clean this up if we want to make any noise in the NFC West.
Defense Showed Up, Then Didn’t, Then Did Again
Look, the defense absolutely deserves credit for shutting down Denver after those first two scoring drives. For most of the game, they were locking things down, and they weren’t the main reason we lost this one. But we can’t ignore those two drives where they just blacked out. Those two possessions ended in touchdowns and gave the Broncos all 14 of their regulation points. Our red-zone defense is still a huge concern, letting opponents turn scoring opportunities into touchdowns far too often. That’s a trend we gotta watch.
Remember that crucial fourth-and-three? Tyler Badie got a six-yard run, and our defensive alignment just looked off. Byron Murphy was the only defensive tackle on the line, with Leonard Williams out on the edge, leaving interior gaps wide open. We looked unprepared for that run call. Later, on their second touchdown drive, Byron Murphy got hit with a facemask penalty on third-and-ten, handing Denver a fresh set of downs. Then, Devon Witherspoon’s defensive pass-interference penalty helped put the Broncos on our one-yard line for another score. Denver kept hitting us with screens to RJ Harvey, and our guys looked too aggressive, sometimes undisciplined, trying to shut them down, without consistently accounting for the space created by the offensive design. Plus, there were way too many uncharacteristic missed tackles and poor angles. Just sloppy.
So, where does that leave us? We’re sitting at a frustrating 3-3, while San Francisco is already cruising at 6-0. This loss didn’t just hurt, it made our path through the NFC West and the playoff race considerably more difficult. We need to clean up these offensive mistakes and defensive lapses NOW if we want to turn this season around. Let’s get it together, Hawks!
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Originally reported by Field Gulls.
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