Seattle Seahawks beat Denver in 2022 opener – Overreaction Tuesday
The Seattle Seahawks came out of Week 1 victorious. It wasn’t the most entertaining game, but it did result in Seattle leading the NFC West. Here are some overreactions from the game.
The Seattle Seahawks showed that “having a team around you” isn’t as great as Russell Wilson thinks. The Seahawks also proved me right in saying that this would be the best opportunity they’d have to pull off an upset. To some fans, this game was the equivalent of the Super Bowl.
Regardless of how the rest of the season unfolds, claiming victory over Wilson is glorious. To his credit, Wilson was nothing but professional after the game when he spoke. Is anyone surprised by this, though? We’ve seen it all from him before. He knows how to say the right thing on camera. What he told privately is a different story and up for your speculation.
Russell Wilson receives boos from the Seahawks fans. pic.twitter.com/To0JuAadJN
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 12, 2022
Let’s get to the fun and grossly overreact to this week’s game. Most of these statements have a bit of truth to them but mostly won’t be true for the course of the season. Or, at least, let’s hope not all of them.
The offensive line is finally fixed
After years of watching the inept play from offensive linemen who shouldn’t be starting or whose skills are declining. It is refreshing to see an offensive line that was able to keep their quarterback’s jersey clean (at least as realistically clean for an NFL game).
Geno Smith was sacked twice and hit only four times. This is outstanding, especially considering Denver has Bradley Chubb and Randy Gregory coming after him.
The O-Line, however, needs to do a better job in the run game. Monday night, the Seattle Seahawks gained a total of 76 rushing yards. Of those 76, Rashaad Penny had 60.
On the bright side, Penny averaged five yards a carry. This is even more impressive when you realize he had a 23-yard run called back due to a holding penalty on rookie right tackle Abe Lucas.
Penny’s longest run of the game was a 26-yarder, which he subsequently fumbled. Give the Denver D a little credit; they made a great play by the safety to set Penny up so the cornerback could punch out the ball.