It was a slow start for the offenses; the Seahawks and Vikings’ defense dominated the first. The Seahawks offense scored two field goals, and it was the Seahawks defense that scored the game’s only touchdown of the first half. Ernest Jones‘ 85-yard pick-six on a Max Brosmer pass led to his first NFL touchdown and helped the Seahawks step into the first-half break with a 13-0 lead.
“I saw DeMarcus (Lawrence) holding him, getting ready to bring him to the ground, and when you catch these interceptions, everything slows down. I’m thinking, ‘There’s no way he’s about to throw this.’ He let it go, then I catch it, and I’m like, ‘There’s nobody in front of me.’ So, I immediately started running,” Said Jones.” I look up at the video board, and I’m like, ‘Dang, somebody’s catching me.’ It was Riq (Tariq Woolen). Riq was trying to beat me to the end zone. That was my first-ever defensive touchdown. It’s been a while since I’ve seen the endzone, so it’s great.”
The second half started the way the first half ended. The Seahawks’ defense played dominant football while the offense continued to struggle to find the end zone.
The Vikings’ first four possessions of the second half were a fumble and three interceptions. Demarcus Lawrence caused the fumble, which Ty Okada recovered. The Seahawks offense settled for a Jason Myers 40-yard field goal. Coby Bryant picked off Brosmer for his third interception of the season. The offense continued to struggle and punted the ball back to the Vikings.
ANOTHER TURNOVER BY BROSMER
The Vikings offense continued its giving ways on its next possession when Brosmer’s pass intended for Justin Jefferson was picked off by Jones at the Vikings’ 24-yard line. The Seahawks offense continued to struggle to move the ball and faced a 4th-and-1 at the Vikings’ 23-yard line. After a timeout, Mike Macdonald pulled the field goal unit off the field and went for it.
Sam Darnold’s two-yard pass to AJ Barner extended the drive. Two plays later, the Seahawks scored their first touchdown of the game on a Zach Charbonnet 17-yard run with 9:11 left in the game and extended the lead to 26-0.
“To be able to essentially—it felt like—put the game away at that moment in time was good for us. Obviously, we’ve got to do that earlier in the game and finish drives out earlier in the football game,” said Darnold. “ Again, it’s a credit to our offensive line, tight ends, receivers, running backs, everyone doing their job, doing their 1/11th to put the ball in the end zone on that drive. Good to end the game that way.”
CONTINUED HARRASSEMENT
The Seahawks continued to play dominant ball-hawking and opportunistic defense. With the front seven continuing to hunt Brosmer, Riq Woolen made it four interceptions for the game. Woolen picked off Brosmer, and tried for the pick-six was tackled and lost the ball which was recovered by the Vikings’ Jalen Noir at the Seahawks’ 28-yard line. Sacks by Bryon Murphy, Drake Thomas, and Uchenna Nwosu forced the Vikings to punt the ball back to the Seahawks, who ran out the clock for their 9th victory of the season.
“ Great win for our team. You know, we’re just really doubling down on our process every week and really trying just to be dedicated to playing our style of ball, and I think that is starting to show up, which is excellent, “ said Mike Macdonald after the game.
“Offensively today, we started the game slow, but we stuck to the game plan, found some more runs in the second half, and were able to close the game out there on that Charbs run, which was a dynamite play. I know the defense played really well. Proud of them. Takeaways on defense make a huge impact on the game. Really was a team win. Complementary football and excited to kind of get back to get to work for Atlanta.”
BIG TAKE
On one hand, scoring just one touchdown in a 26-0 win can be looked at as a lack of execution by the offense. On the other hand, four field goals by one of the league’s elite kickers is a good insurance policy to have . Especially when those field goals helped build separation from your opponent.
The Seahawks are 9-3 and tied with the Los Angeles Rams for the top spot in the NFC West. While the Vikings are one of the tougher defenses in the league , the Seahawks offense has to improve it’s red zone touchdown scoring efficiency as the season winds down.
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