Seattle Seahawks Dud and Stud of Week 5 – New Orleans
There are many candidates for the Dud of the Week, especially when a game ends this ugly.
The Seattle Seahawks defense looked bad again. They gave up 39 points to the Saints, who were missing their starting quarterback, and by the end of the game, all three of their starting wide receivers.
Second Dishonorable Mention
The 2nd Dishonorable mention goes to kicker Jason Myers. Usually locked in from almost any distance, he made two field goals, including a long of 56-yards. But Myers missed an extra point, which forced the Seahawks to go for two and fail.
If he had made the XP, the Seahawks would have been up by 3 instead of 2.
First Dishonorable Mention
Tackling, as in, does the Seattle Seahawks defense know how to do it? There were times on Sunday when it seemed like they were intentionally throwing the game by missing their tackles.
Although they made 82 tackles, they probably missed as many, especially early in the game.
Taysom Hill looked nearly invincible as he accounted for 4 TDs on the day, 3 rushing and 1 passing. He racked up 112 yards on 9 carries, most of which came on a 60-yard TD run where he was virtually untouched.
Alvin Kamara gained 103 yards rushing on 23 carries for the day.
TAYSOM HILL TAKES IT 60-YARDS TO THE 🏠
That's Hill's FOURTH TOTAL TD.
(via @Saints)pic.twitter.com/Ac72lwgZfd
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 9, 2022
Dud of the Week
The biggest dud this week is D.K. Metcalf. He was targeted 8 times but only had 5 receptions.
On the Seahawks’ second drive of the game, Metcalf had an offensive pass interference call. Seattle had to settle for a field goal.
Later in the game, D.K. dropped two more passes, including one in the endzone forcing the Seahawks to kick another three-pointer.
He made a catch on the Seahawks’ first offensive play of the second half but fumbled the ball away. Metcalf did haul in a 32-yard TD catch, but the play was nullified due to a holding call on offensive lineman Charles Cross. So it didn’t count.