Seattle Seahawks: Dud and Stud of Game 5 – Minnesota
Ed Stein
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D.K. Metcalf, Seattle Seahawks.
After every Seattle Seahawks game, Pacific Northwest Sports presents our Dud and Stud of the week. Here are the Zeroes and Heroes from the Seahawks 27–26 win over Minnesota.
Every week the Seattle Seahawks play, Pacific Northwest Sports will present our Dud and Stud of the game. It’s a way to pay tribute to those who played well and call out the players who didn’t.
The Seattle Seahawks first half performance can be summed up in one word, ugly. Although each team had four possessions, Minnesota dominated. They held the ball for 20:16, running 41 plays for 197 yards, while the Seahawks could only muster 61 net yards in 18 plays. At the half, Seattle trailed 13–0.
The game changed drastically in the second half. Minnesota’s first three possessions of the second half were a three-and-out, a fumble, and an interception. In six minutes the Seahawks turned a 13–0 deficit into a 21–13 lead. Just like every other game this season, the lead didn’t last. Minnesota rallied for two touchdowns of their on their next two drives to retake the advantage.
After a Russell Wilson pick, they were on the move again late in the fourth quarter with two minutes left in the contest. That’s when Seattle’s heroics started.
Two-minute warning
Facing a fourth-and-one at the Seattle six-yard-line, Minnesota decided to go for it instead of kicking a field goal to put them up by eight points. It was the wrong call. The Seahawks stopped running back Alexander Mattison cold, to force a turnover on downs. That allowed the Russell Wilson kitchen to open back up for the finale.
If I told you beforehand that Wilson could drive the team 94 yards in 1:42, you would believe it was doable. If I then told you he had to convert two fourth downs, you might be a little wary but would still believe me. What if I added in that the league’s most efficient passer would throw eight incomplete passes on the same drive. Then you would say no way.
That’s exactly what happened. The winning drive culminated with a fourth-and-six bullet to D.K. Metcalf int the end zone, for the winning score with 15 seconds left.
Here are the Zeroes and Heroes of the Seattle Seahawks gritty 27–26 victory.
.@PeteCarroll has our whole team FIRED UP in the locker room ?#GoHawks x #MINvsSEA pic.twitter.com/FCpcLZSf92
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) October 12, 2020