The Seahawks dropped a heartbreaker, 33-31, to the Commanders in Week 3, and it’s a loss that’s going to stick with the 12s for a while. What makes it sting even more? Washington pulled off this win without Jayden Daniels on the field.
A Tough Pill to Swallow in Week 3
Man, that 33-31 scoreline against the Commanders is just brutal. After a week of figuring out the NFL landscape, we’re still left with more questions than answers here in the Emerald City. The league is wild right now, with the Browns beating the Panthers 21-18 and the Steelers’ offense exploding for a 30-27 win over the Bengals just a week after everyone was trashing Pittsburgh’s offense. But for us, that close loss in Washington, especially to a team missing its star, feels like a real gut check. It’s early, but every game shows you something about where this team is at, and this one showed us we’ve still got work to do.
When Other Teams Find a Way to Win
While we’re trying to make sense of things here, some other teams are finding ways to get it done, even when it looks bleak. Take the Ravens, for example. Over the last five years, they’ve blown a ridiculous 10 double-digit, second-half leads, the most in the entire NFL. It seriously looked like No. 11 was coming against Dallas, but Lamar Jackson just said, “Not again.” He threw a go-ahead touchdown pass to Matthew Hibner with only 1:30 left, then the defense held Dallas to a field goal. And get this: Jackson found Zay Flowers for 27 yards with one second left, setting up Tyler Loop for the game-winner. Jackson threw for 186 yards and two scores on just 20 attempts, plus he ran for 50 yards. That was a demon-exorcising win for them, a massive reality check that some teams just figure it out when it matters.
Then you have the Raiders, sitting at a completely surprising 3-0. Seriously, no one saw this coming. Kirk Cousins, who was supposedly just a placeholder, is now tied for the NFL lead with nine touchdown passes and has only taken five sacks through three games. Brock Bowers, who missed the first two games, came back with 10 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown against the Saints in a 35-27 win. They lead the NFL with a +5 turnover margin, and rookie corner Hezekiah Masses is tied for the league lead with three interceptions. What’s going right for them shows how quickly perceptions can change in the early season. We need to see that kind of decisive play from our squad.
We’re only in Week 3, and the NFL landscape is still shaking out. This 33-31 loss for our Seahawks wasn’t how we wanted to kick off this part of the season, but it’s a chance to reassess and come out stronger. Every Sunday is a new battle, and we’re gonna need that 12th Man energy more than ever to push through. Let’s see what adjustments the team makes and how they respond, because every game from here on out is about shaping our season.
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Originally reported by CBS Sports.
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