The offense started fast, stalled out, then closed things out in style.<\/p>\n
Things looked good for Seattle’s offense early on, with an efficient five-play drive resulting in a first-quarter touchdown, followed by a one-play scoring drive, a 71-yard DK Metcalf touchdown<\/p>\n
But while it looked like the Seahawks might roll to a huge lead, the offense went into a bit of a funk following those two scores, failing to score points in the second or third quarter and well into the fourth quarter. A big problem for Seattle’s offense was a 3-for-11 conversion rate on third down, a number that was a reflection of what was happening on first and second down as much as it was a sign of how the Seahawks were executing on third down. Of the eight third downs the Seahawks didn’t covert, seven of them were third-and-15 or longer, the result of penalties, sacks and other negative plays putting the offense in nearly impossible positions.<\/p>\n
The offense, was, however, able to get things together late in the game to put the game out of reach, driving 98 yards on 11 plays for a touchdown, a drive that followed a fourth-and-goal stop by the defense.<\/p>\n
And on a day when the defense was so dominant, a hot-and-cold day for the offense was more than enough to get the job done.<\/p>\n
DK Metcalf just keeps making big plays.<\/p>\n
With the offense struggling to sustain drives beyond the first quarter, DK Metcalf didn’t have as productive of a day as he did in Week 2 when he caught 10 passes for 129 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown. But what Metcalf was able to do once again was show that, even with limited opportunities, he can make game-changing plays.<\/p>\n
Metcalf’s biggest play came as time expired in the first-quarter, a 71-yard touchdown that gave the Seahawks the two-score lead they would never relinquish. He also had a 22-yard catch over cornerback Kendall Fuller, who was in great position to make a play, a catch that helped set up an eventual Zach Charbonnet touchdown run.<\/p>\n
Those plays helped Metcalf finish with 104 yards on four catches, his second straight 100-yard game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The offense started fast, stalled out, then closed things out in style. Things looked good for Seattle’s offense…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,509,216,251,38178,2087,36829,507,39743,506,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-190284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-dolphins","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-homepage-hero","11":"tag-miami","12":"tag-miami-dolphins","13":"tag-miami-dolphins-at-seattle-seahawks-2024-reg-3","14":"tag-miamidolphins","15":"tag-news-gameday","16":"tag-news-national-feature","17":"tag-news-rapid-reaction","18":"tag-news-stories","19":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114816304069259838","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}