Seattle Seahawks: Thoughts from a convincing 51-29 win over Detroit
Chris Phillips
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Not so Special Special Teams
For maybe the first time ever, I’m going to talk about special teams, and it won’t be all about the poor play from the guys kicking the ball. Swain received two punts and gained five yards combined. If this type of performance happens, better it happened this week. Deejay Dallas took his two returns and turned them into a combined 48-yards.
The Seattle Seahawks kick coverage was abysmal. Allowing Godwin Igwebuike to take his two returns for a combined 74-yards. Granted, over half of that came on his one 47-yard return that he almost broke for a touchdown (a nice tackle by kicker Jason Myers). Then there’s Detroit’s SUCCESSFUL onside kick. The Seattle Seahawks hands team poorly executed on that attempt.
Now, talk about the two guys who kick the balls for the Seattle Seahawks special teams. First, Jason Myers was perfect on the day. He went nine for nine on all of his kicks, six extra points, and three field goals. His longest and the most difficult kick was good from 51 yards out.
Michael Dickson practically took the day off. He made one punt for 45-yards that Detroit didn’t return. I don’t know the math, but that one kick was an expensive game check for the Seattle Seahawks to write. Maybe the only better day at the office for Dickson is if he didn’t even get one snap.
Nigel Warrior aparecendo pela primeira vez em jogada para o Seahawks. Dando o onside kick para os Lions pic.twitter.com/C4EwOPuAyn
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