The Seahawks looked like a different kind of team in week 9. A junior varsity team. For an assisted living home.
This photo lives on for a second week. Seattle Seahawks fans came to the game with a healthy dose of optimism that comes from being the first team in the NFC West. They left feeling like Mason Rudolph when he was beat by his own helmet. Pain. Humiliation. Purgatory if that’s you’re thing.
Seattle is Mason Rudolph again in this analogy in week 9 this time (Jason Miller/Getty Images).
You wound us, Hawks. You make us feel like Baker Mayfield after CJ Stroud made a game winning touchdown in the final minute of the fourth.
Seattle Seahawks Slayed In Week 9
#1- Lamar Jackson
Lamar Jackson get’s called out for the negative while he is simultaneously looked over for anything positive. There could be a lot of reasons for why that is, but today Lamar get’s the last laugh.
Jackson made 21 out of 26 passes for 187 yards, and he rushed 60 yards himself over the period of 10 carries. A strong performance against what was supposed to be a strong team.
The Raven’s QB likely enjoyed not having to do all the work himself with Keaton Mitchell lending a much needed helping hand.
#2- Keaton Mitchell
Keaton Mitchell made a name for himself in week 9.
Rookie Keaton Mitchell deserves all of the acknowledgement today. The undrafted free agent has only played in a few games, but he made his mark fully today.
Mitchell rushed nine times for a total of 138 yards, with his first NFL touchdown. It was also the Raven’s first 20-plus-yard TD in 17 games, with the rookie running in from 40 yards out.
#3- OBJ
OBJ had a mid performance. He did fumble the ball once, and he also made a touchdown. However, it’s his birthday, so HBD OBJ.
Also, it’s hard to dwell on just how well the Ravens’ did today, because that requires examining a painful loss even closer. So OBJ you get 3rd for slaying the Seattle Seahawks in week 9. Congrats.
The Biggest Seattle Seahawks Bombs In Week 9
Every Hawks fan in week 9 (Photo courtesy of The Source).
#1- Geno Smith
Geno Smith was sacked four times, intercepted once, and made 13 out of 28 passes.
There has been a steady decline in Geno’s performance, which I have tried to ignore because he has done a lot of good for the team. But it was impossible to ignore this week, unless you buried your head in the sand, or in a paper bag you got from the corner store. Like most of us did.
Smith’s unique story to get where he is. It’s heart warming to see his come up and some of his great performances. But that’s been harder and harder to see in past weeks, and nonexistent in week 9.
Don’t write back, Geno.
#2- The Defense again (for the most part)
Leonard Williams has thoughts (Patrick Smith/Getty Images).
Our defense struggles in some ways, but is strong in others. We signed Leonard Williams on Halloween, for Pete’s sake.
It’s hard to batter a side of the ball that normally does well with everything besides the screen passes. And it was clear that the defense was playing the hearts out. It just seemed like anything they tried, no matter how hard they ran, they couldn’t get anywhere.
Just like on the offensive side of the ball, the defense played poorly. Combine that with the Purple demons coming to play, and it created the 37-3 blowout we saw today.
The defense is going to get it together (I think), and frankly they aren’t the biggest concern (cough, Geno Smith, cough), so we will just run them through the verbal gauntlet of shame for their week 9 performance.
Boye Mafe is a glimmer of hope in a sea of darkness in week 9 (Photo courtesy of The Athletics).
#3- Our O-Line
One question: were they on vacation in week 9? Were they replaced with cardboard cut outs that could move?
Oh ya, and rookies like Charbonnet and JSN, we know you aren’t tackles, but if you could lend a helping hand to your QB who is about to eat the turf in front of your face again, that would be super awesome.
Seattle Seahawks Summary
I predicted last week that week 9 would be a tough week for us. I wasn’t anticipating a blow out of epic proportions.
In week 10 we face off against the Washington Commanders and normally I would say that would be another win under our belts, after we lost to the Baltimore Ravens by 34 points, anything is possible. In the worst way possible.
Let us never forget Bobby Wagner and the pink smoke (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez).
Bobby Wagner and Boye Mafe in particular get shoutouts for performing well despite being on the biggest loser of week 9. I can’t dwell on it though, the grief is too strong.
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