From my perspective, this game underscored two major truths about this team. First, Sam Darnold is playing winning football. He finished 18 of 26 for 242 yards and a touchdown, managing the game with poise and avoiding costly mistakes. And second \u2014 Jaxon Smith-Njigba is a star. JSN continues to prove why he\u2019s the focal point of Seattle\u2019s passing attack, hauling in 4 catches for 79 yards, including a back-breaking 36-yard grab. He\u2019s not just breaking out \u2014 he\u2019s arrived.<\/p>\n
Seattle\u2019s offensive balance showed as well. Kenneth Walker powered his way to 81 rushing yards and a 29-yard reception, Zach Charbonnet added 39 more and scored his second touchdown of the season, and both Elijah Arroyo and AJ Barner chipped in with important catches, including Barner\u2019s touchdown. The offense spread the ball effectively, making defenses respect more than one option.<\/p>\n
Defensively, it was a mixed bag. Six sacks and two interceptions highlighted Seattle\u2019s disruptive ability, but surrendering 14 points in the fourth quarter nearly undid everything. Mike Macdonald\u2019s group has to find a way to finish games cleaner, especially with the currently undefeated Tampa Bay Buccaneers up next.<\/p>\n
I break all of this down in detail on the newest episode of The Hawks Eye Podcast. From JSN\u2019s emergence as Seattle\u2019s star receiver to Myers\u2019 redemption kick, we cover every angle of this nail-biting win.<\/p>\n
Come watch the full post-game show and join the conversation, whether in the comments section or in the YouTube live chat! The show begins live at 4:30 pm PT!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From my perspective, this game underscored two major truths about this team. First, Sam Darnold is playing winning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2604,1327,7,6,52202],"class_list":{"0":"post-401038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizonacardinals","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-seattle-seahawks-podcasts"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115276347158049001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401038","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=401038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}