Field Gulls
Well, it wasn’t quite Rocky vs Apollo, but the heavyweight (sorry, that was mean) battle between the Seattle Seahawks’ much maligned kicker and Rivers doing his best Dennis Quaid “The Rookie” impression was some of the best bad football I can remember.
It was a historic day in Seattle for a lot of reasons. We saw a Seahawks team that looked like they may have been looking ahead to their date with the Los Angeles Rams, instead find themselves in the fight of their lives as the 44 year old gunslinger had Seattle on the ropes. The all-field goal performance brought Seattle their first 11 win season since 2020, and only their fourth win in 50 seasons in which they failed to score a touchdown.
It was a wacky one to say the least, so let’s break it all down.
Mr. Smelling salts to the rescue! On a night where the offense found itself stuck in quicksand, and never able to break through to the end zone, it was Myers who carried the day, and kept Seattle in the hunt for the NFC West title. A career best six-for-six on field goals made, Myers’s game winning 56-yard field goal was his second game winning kick of the season.
It hasn’t always been roses for Jason in Seattle, but 2025 has been a real breakthrough season. The 11 year veteran is 37 for 42 on field goal attempts, both career highs. He’s also a perfect 42 of 42 on extra points. This year has been a revelation for Seattle’s special teams unit, and it was cool (although stressful) to see Myers have his special moment in a special season.
I was fortunate enough to be at the game Sunday, and you could just feel that we were about to watch something special when Phillip Rivers walked out onto the field.
No, he didn’t look like the guy that used to cook NFL defenses to a Hall of Fame career, but he was an absolute gladiator that entered a brutal arena and walked out upright and with the respect of the entire sporting world.
He’s a little crazy, but you kind of have to be to do what he did. I still find it equally terrifying and inspiring that he almost pulled that upset off. He truly is an inspiration to never being afraid to say yes to a challenge, no matter the odds.
This journey he is on will delay his inevitable trip to Canton for another five years, so enjoy these bonus final games we are witnessing. Hopefully he pulls off some magic against the 49ers as well.
Was this Sam Darnold’s best game as the Seahawks quarterback? No, but I believe it was his most important. On a night the Seahawks couldn’t score a touchdown, there was no running game, and the offensive line was getting bludgeoned, Sam had...
