That wasn’t a good performance in any way, as the whole game showed. The question that looms over the Emerald City is can the Seahawks fix what ails them? So if you think this Sunday’s matchup at Ford Field is a big one, you are correct. For those “Twelves” that have Super Bowl aspirations, only three teams in the history of the NFL have gone 0-2 and won a Super Bowl – the 1993 Dallas Cowboys, the 2001 New England Patriots and the 2007 New York Giants. Only 13 of those have rebounded to make the playoffs – including last year’s version of the Cincinnati Bengals. Since 2007, 125 teams started their season by losing their first two games. Now the Seahawks have to travel to Detroit to take on a Lions team that is coming off a dramatic 21-20 win in Kansas City.ĭrop to 0-2 and the math says your season is pretty much done. The Seahawks actually held a 13-7 half-time lead but saw that lead evaporate in the second half as the Rams scored on all of five of their possessions to leave with the win.
The defense wasn’t much better in the final two quarters. The end result was 12 total yards of offence and one first down (which came via penalty) in the last 30 minutes of play. The other ‘possession’ was a run by Zach Charbonnet on the final play of the game. The Seahawks had five possessions in the second half – four of which resulted in punts. How about an offense that moved the ball in the first half scoring on their first three possessions and missing a field goal on their fourth then turning into a hot mess for the rest of the game?
Unfortunately, none of that was on display against the Rams unless you want to call holding the visitors to 92 yards rushing on 40 carries a highlight. A defense that would feature a strong secondary, and with linebacker Bobby Wagner returning, a hopefully improved front seven to deal with the running game. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett would put points on the scoreboard. The Seahawks came into the season with a lot of promise.Īn offense led by Geno Smith and featuring the likes of Kenneth Walker, D.K. Of the 16 games during the first week of the NFL schedule, this game shocked me the most. That’s the best way to describe the 2023 season opener for the Seattle Seahawks – a game in which the Los Angeles Rams came into Lumen Field on Sunday and lit up the Hawks 30-13.
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