SEATTLE — It felt eerily similar to Week 1.

Just with a lot more scoring.

But, in its most basic comparison to the opening day loss to the 49ers, the Seahawks’ last chance that had promise turned into utter disaster.

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“Obviously very disappointed. Our guys played extremely hard. Fought all the way to the end, but I told the team, ‘Look, this game is my responsibility.’ You’ve got to give Tampa Bay a lot of credit. We knew they would fight to the very end, which they’ve done all year, and are a very tough and very good football team,” said Mike Macdonald

The Hawks took a 35-28 lead on a gutsy 4th and 2 call from the Tampa 21-yard line that Sam Darnold and Tory Horton turned into the go-ahead touchdown.

Tampa, though, marched right back down the field to tie the game up at 35 with around one minute left. Still, the game was tied, and the Seahawks’ offense was on fire; getting into field goal range felt quite attainable.

That is, until Sam Darnold’s attempt to throw the ball away hit a Tampa defender’s helmet at the line of scrimmage, ricocheted into the air, and was intercepted – in Seattle territory.

Tampa had no issue turning that into the game-winning field goal to complete an incredible turn of events at the end of this game.

“It hurts. It stings. It should, because our guys work extremely hard and they care,” said Seahawks Head Coach Mike Macdonald.

“But we’re going to use this to move forward, and that’s the only thing we can do. We’re going to take it on the chin and move forward tomorrow, and move on and grow and go get ready to play our best game against Jacksonville. It’s that simple.”

In Week 1, the Seahawks gave up a late touchdown to lose the lead to San Francisco, and their final attempt to recapture the lead was foiled by a fumble. As heartbreaking as that was, given the rivalry, this game appeared even more well in hand in the final minutes.

“I think being up late the way that we were, the way our offense was rolling, too, the confidence I have in our offense in two-minute situations, even with them tying it at the end there, I felt like we could go down and put Jason Myers in a position to be able to win the game there. So that was disappointing for sure. But at the end of the day, that’s football. We’re going to look at it. We’re going to look at the tape, grow from it, and just continue to get better,” Darnold said after this game.

Mike Macdonald was quick to say injuries aren’t an excuse and that he needs to call a better defensive game. Noble as that may be, the Seahawks entered the game without cornerback Devon Witherspoon and safety Julian Love. In the course of this battle with Tampa, Riq Woolen exited with a concussion, and his replacement Nehemiah Pritchett was injured as well. Rookie safety Nick Emmanwori, who just returned from a Week 1 injury, left this game, too.

Long story short, the secondary was decimated. Tampa took advantage with Steilacoom native and rookie Emeka Egbuka going for 163 yards and a score. It’s what allowed Baker Mayfield to throw for 379 yards and march his team down the field for the game-tying score late.

In short, everything that could have gone wrong did. That’s not going to be the norm by any stretch. So the Hawks, while hurting after the loss, look at a 3-2 record. They see those two losses coming by a combined 7 points and know they can clean things up, frustrated as they are in this moment.