Seattle Seahawks Dud and Stud of Game 14 – Washington

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Dec 22, 2020
Seattle Seahawks
Carlos Hyde, Seattle Seahawks.

After every Seattle Seahawks game, Pacific Northwest Sports presents our Dud and Stud of the week. Here are the Zeroes and Heroes of the Seahawks’ 20–15 victory over Washington.

The Seattle Seahawks came out like gangbusters against The Washington Football Team (WFT). Taking a quick look at the scoreboard, you might disagree, but Seattle’s defense, especially in the first half, was just awesome to watch. It was vintage Seahawks defense. Bending but not breaking and making life miserable for Dwayne Haskins.

Seattle went into the half up 13–3. It looked like this week’s game would be a repeat of last week’s game when the Seahawks manhandled New York’s AFC team. After scoring a touchdown only four plays into the third quarter that extended their lead to 17, Seattle went into cruise control. Or Washington went into overdrive, depending on what side someone is pulling for.

Washington Football Team’s mid-season resurgence is led by the defense. They held the Seahawks to 16 first downs.

Washington got 16 first downs from pass plays alone and 26 total. File this under bizarre but true, WFT also had the edge in time of possession while gaining more total yards than the Seahawks. It would have been so bad had Seattle played the second half as they did in the first, on both sides of the ball.

WFT quarterback Haskins, who up until Sunday’s second half looked like he couldn’t lead a bunch of thirsty men toward the drink aisle in Walmart, marched his team down the field several times. Washington scored a pair of second half touchdowns, which made this game close. Had they converted both point-after attempts, Washington would have had a chance at a game-tying 45-yard field goal in the final minute.

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