Another score for the Late Rush Cook movement. After trailing 13-0 before halftime and running just 18 plays, the Seattle Seahawks found a way to improve to 5-0 thanks to their superstar quarterback, Russell Wilson. Wills completed 20 of 32 passes for 217 yards, three touchdowns and an interruption in the game, but his shining moment came on a 13-play, 94-yard drive to give his team the victory. The drive was preceded by a fourth-down stop of the Seattle Defense, which had been battered and injured by the Vikings’ game all evening, but tightened at the most appropriate moment.
Wilson was constantly engaged with DK Metcalfe to matriculate the ball downfield, getting monster-sized wideouts on two different fourth-down plays, including a game-winning touchdown. Seattle was aided by two Kirk Cousins turnovers, both of which led to a Sea Sea Huck score, which erased the lead leading to a 13-0 lead.
In the end, Sih Hawx won undefeated 27-26 to stay undefeated and advance Wilson’s MVP candidacy. The Vikings, meanwhile, fell to 1-4 to fall further behind in the NFC North race.
Let’s get into some takeovers from the thrilling Seahawks win.
Why Sihks won
His quarterback is MVP, and his No. 1 wide receiver is a freak of nature. There is no other way to put it. The Seahawks had a very ugly night by their standards, and Russell Wilson was not right down the center, initially struggling to get Seattle out of the fun of the opening game. But then, with his back against the wall, No. 3 started slaying him the way he did all year. After helping Seattle start the scoring range – DK Metcalfe, meanwhile, overcame a last-second touchdown drop to secure Wilson’s game-winning throw. The Wilson-Metcalf couple, in simple terms, are magical.
The front four of the CXX deserve some credit for coming up with a crucial fourth-down stop and at least a temporarily delayed motion with Kirk Cousin’s second-half period, but if it hadn’t landed in the “W” column, it would have been a top offense. Were not for playmakers. Pete Carroll can rest easy knowing that, beautiful or not, he’s found in an undefeated team with almost obscure leaders.
Why the Vikings lost
Everyone will point to Mike Zimmer’s failed fourth-down gamble that gave Seattle a new lease of life instead of an eight-point hole in the fourth quarter, and that’s right. But more blame lies with its entire defensive unit, which collapsed in crunch time after Wilson and Co. were wrapped up for a majority in the prime-time contest. We know that Metcalfe, Tyler Lockett and the rest of Seattle’s weapons are good, but there’s no way Minnesota’s secondary should have lost so much with a game on the line. The thing is, D played like a consistent, gifted contender for the most part of the game, with everyone from Eric Wilson to Eric Kendricks advancing with highlight-reel plays. None of this is important when it comes to matters.
Offensively, it’s hard to put any blame on the ground game, in which Alexander Mattison da Dal emerged as a recruiting first-down machine for Levin Cook, and Kirk Cousins was largely efficient, especially when hitting Adam Thilen. But its turnover was also very expensive.
Turn
The easy answer to this is the fourth and 1st failure from the Vikings ‘C-Hawks’ 6-yard line when Bobby Wagner wrapped up Mattison for two minutes to give Seattle possession and one last chance to get Wilson back. But if you go back, the moment Dalvin Cook was put out of action showed a significant turn in the tide. The Vikings hit back to move forward well after Cook’s departure, Mattison’s consistency rode on the scoreboard, but Seattle woke up with an argument after Cook hit in the first locker room. Here is the sequence of that moment series: Vikings Punt, Seahawks TD, Vikings Fumble, Seahawks TD, Vikings INT, Seahawks TD. Everything went the way of Seattle, and Wilson eventually began to grow on this occasion.
Play the game
That’s what happened to become the game’s biggest drama. Fourth and goal. Sew Sea X down five. And then Wilson poses a full laser to Metcalfe, who stops to win:
What’s next
The Seahawks (-0-0) will have some good earnings in the Week of the Week, while they will have Oct Oct. On the 25th, the Arizona Cardinals (2-2) will bye before the division starts. Vikings (1-4) Meanwhile, the Winless Atlanta Falcons (0-5) will be welcomed into town, although the Falcons could be a wild-card opponent with the dismissal of coach Dan Quinn on Sunday night.
