It’s been a long time, my friends. For the first time in what feels like forever, the Seattle Seahawks had a comfortable win, blowing out the New Orleans Saints 44-13 at Lumen Field. In case you hadn’t heard, Seattle was in the midst of the worst eight-game home stretch since that putrid 1992 team with this version going 1-7 in their last eight home contests.
The Seahawks were helped along on their first drive by a Saints penalty, and scored an opening drive touchdown for the second game in a row after not accomplishing that feat since 2023. Rookie Tory Horton returned a punt 95 yards for a touchdown – the longest in Seahawks history and the first punt return TD in a decade.
This was a fun one, with Seattle going ahead big early on and then keeping their foot on the gas until bringing in the backups early in the fourth quarter. My heart could use more victories like this!
Seahawks Droppings
- It would be a crime if I didn’t start with the Seahawks special teams units because they were superb today. Jay Harbaugh’s coaching has been maligned in the past – and fairly so – but outside of allowing a long punt return in garbage time, everything was working. We already mentioned Horton’s long punt return TD, and he had a few other nice punt returns to give the offense better field position. Dareke Young busted out a long kick return of his own later in the game. D’Anthony Bell blocked a punt that directly led to the Seahawks third TD. Besides that one poor punt coverage, the tackling on returns was also excellent. Jason Myers was perfect on his field goals and extra points. Good day all around!
- Ok, let’s get the few blemishes out of the way so we can get back to the good stuff. George Holani fumbled in the fourth quarter. It wasn’t big in the grand scheme of things, but it did make the turnover battle a wash. If there’s one thing I would like to see Mike Macdonald’s team clean up, it’s their propensity to turn the ball over. It didn’t matter on this day, yet has bitten them in the past and is still a huge factor in winning football games.
- Derion Kendrick has been an excellent waiver wire pickup by John Schneider, reeling in another interception. Once again, however, he should have had more. Spencer Rattler was lucky an earlier pass went right through Kendrick’s hands. Get him on the jugs machine.
- Robbie Ouzts had some key blocks today, as per usual. Unfortunately, he came up lame in the second half and Mike Macdonald said he has an ankle injury. With a short week coming up, let’s knock on every available piece of wood that Ouzts won’t have to miss any time. The run game needs him.
- There were a few foolish penalties on the Seahawks that extended drives, but what the heck...
Field Gulls
