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Seahawks prevail 6-3 in defensive battle with Bears

It was not pretty from an offensive perspective, but all that was called for when the Seahawks lined up against the Chicago Bears Thursday night at Soldier Field Stadum was to win. And win they did. The Seahawks’ 6-3 victory over the Bears was a defensive gem for those who like defense. The Seahawks’ defense recorded a season-high seven sacks and snapped Bears Rookie quarterback Caleb Williams’s record of 354 passes without an interception. The interception came on William’s last gasp 4th and 10 pass with 20 seconds left in the game. The Seahawk’s defense hunted and hounded Williams all night long. The dominating performance kept the Seahawk’s slim playoff chances alive.

A TOUGH WEEKS ENDS IN TRIUMPH

It is only fitting that Williams’s desperation pass ended in the hands of Riq Woolen.  Fitting in that, Woolen was benched and did not start against the Vikings after breaking undisclosed team rules.

 “I was hoping he went down after he caught it. Look, I mean, this is why we have the make-it- right system,’ said  Mike  Macdonald after the game .” You move on and go to the next play. He’s been doing that, so happy for Riq makingthat play. It was a great play.”  

In addition to a great play by Woolen, give credit to  Macdonald for dialing up a nine-man blitz that sealed the win.

“Our guys were excited about getting to that particular call. Man, I mean, you just call something you haven’t executed and it’s basically the season is on the line, and just shows, hey, our guys can handle it. They’ve earned that confidence to call those types of high leverage plays. I know (CB Devon Witherspoon) Spoon was asking for it, so when Spoon is excited about it then we’re excited about it.”

A GUTSY DEFENSIVE  PERFORMANCE 

What the Seahawks got from their defense was a gutsy team effort that recorded ten tackles for a loss, and ten quarterback hits in edition to the aforementioned sacks. Preparing to stop a struggling but dangerous Bears took determination, energy, and execution in a matter of days,  four to be exact.

AN OFFENSE STILL STRUGGLING TO FINISH OFF DRIVES

Despite the offense’s inability to finish off drives and score a mere touchdown and a lost fumble, there were positives. Okay, let’s start with the good. After placing Ken Walker III on injured reserve for the rest of the season, the run game managed 122  yards.  Zach Charbonnet led the charge with 57 yards on 15 carries. Ken McIntosh had another productive day with seven carries for 46 yards.   Geno Smith added 19 yards on three carries. Smith was 17/32 for 160 yards and was sacked three times.  Smith was asked if there was an emphasis on the run game against the Bears.

“ We want to run the ball even if there is a heavy box. We got to run the ball and commit to. That is something we been, again, working on all season, committing to the run game and finding answers versus what looks they give us, “ said  Smith. “ Today they were playing a little shell, but also some three-weak. Some things we are working through. When we can get the run game rolling that’s going to make our offense that much tougher to defend.”

SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS CONTINUE

While the Seahawks minimized their self-inflicted wounds regarding penalties, they had just three for 25 yards. One of those was on Jaxon Smith-Njigba for lining up offside that penalty was declined. On the Seahawk’s next offensive series, DK Metcalf was called for two unsportsmanlike penalties on the same play, if one can believe that. The Bears accepted one of the penalties. The offense settled for a 50 ayrd field goal. As for the fumbles, the Seahawks had three total fumbles, two by Smith and one by Pharoah Brown. Smith recovered one of his fumbles; Center Olu Oluwatima recovered the second one. The Bears Kyler Gordon recovered Brown’s fumble at the Chicago 42-yard line. The defense weathered the storm and forced the Bears to punt.

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