While he was happy with his team’s resounding 44-22 win over the Arizona Cardinals , head coach Mike Macdonald saw plenty of room for improvement.
“ The players are in right now; we’re just finishing up. Food trucks are out there, so positive Monday, but also time to move on, starting two minutes ago. The guys played great. We had the lull there in the third quarter, which we need to learn from, “ said Macdonald.
“The ball has been in jeopardy too often, offensively, and that’s something we need to focus on moving forward. And tell you what, the guys responded in really tough situations. We knew this game, it seems like based on the score you’d think that it’s like a whatever in the second half, but that was not the case. Arizona did a great job coming back, fighting, and making it a couple-score game, so we had to close it out there in the fourth, and the guys responded and did a great job.”
Jalen Sundell will miss some time
Starting center Jalen Sundell suffered a knee injury in the second quarter and was replaced by Olu Oluwatimi who played 33 of the 62 offensive snaps.
“Really excited for Olu (Oluwatimi), talking about staying ready, and then when this opportunity presented itself, he played some really good football for us, and he was really a catalyst behind a lot of those runs,”said Macdonald . As for Sundell Macdonald said it will be several weeks before he can return
“It’s going to be multiple weeks, and I’d say IR (Injured Reserve) is under consideration with it. Not season-ending as of today. He’s tough as crap, we’ll see how it goes, but hopefully we’ll get him back.”
Nehemiah Pritchetts had a Sports center type of play
Among the many highlights in the Cardinals was cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett’s touchdown-saving defensive play. Late in the third quarter on fourth down and five from the eight yard line, Pritchett broke up a pass intended for Marvin Harrison in the endzone
“We showed the TV copy to the guys multiple times. The body control and awareness, I’ve never really seen a play like that before. I know I sure as heck can’t do that, I can barely run from here to that door over there. He’s playing with confidence, “ said Macdonald. “ Nehemiah (played his best game as a Seahawk yesterday, and we expect that from him moving forward. It’s on tape now. That play probably ultimately sealed the win for us, because otherwise if they make that touchdown, it’s down to a two-score game with, 20 minutes to go or something. That was a big-time play.”
Nick Emmanwori balled out
Rookie safety Nick Emmanwori had his best game as a Seahawk on Sunday, leading the team with nine tackles five of which were. Emmanwori had half a sack, one quarterback hit and four pass defenses.
“Nick (Emmanwori) had a great game. We’re moving him from two different spots right now and thinking about maybe another spot. There’s attention to detail on those things. It’s easy to call a lot of the things that we’re putting him into because you have a lot of confidence in him being able to execute those things, and there’s room for improvement. I haven’t talked to him since we watched the tape, but it’s interesting to hear what he thinks about a couple of those plays where I think he can play a little bit better,” said Macdonald .” To me right now, it’s a marginal game thing with Nick. How can I just keep chiseling away at my game like with Drake, so I can just be that more decisive, that more anticipatory, play ahead of play is a little bit more, and then his talent will come to life.”
OTHER INJURY UPDATES
Macdonald gave some what of an injury report. After the team placed him on injury reserve on Saturday, Jaran Reed had surgery on his wrist on Monday morning. When asked about the status of Ernest Jones IV, Josh Jobe, and Tory Horton, were noncommittal on a possible timetable for the trio who missed the Cardinals game.
“It’s too early to know. We’re probably going to stick to a similar schedule as we did last week. We’ve got to play it day by day with those guys, but I’d say all three are hoping to play,” said Macdonald
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