It got a little hairy there near the end of the game with all the chances that the Seattle Seahawks kept giving the Jacksonville Jaguars, but Mike Macdonald’s crew stepped up when it counted and walked away with the 20-12 road victory – the ninth in a row for the franchise.
Jacksonville got on the board first, scoring an easy walk-in touchdown on what looked like a coverage breakdown. Both defenses were playing good ball early on besides Seattle’s snafu. Then, the Seahawks offense broke out of their malaise when Sam Darnold found the red-hot Jaxon Smith-Njigba for a 61-yard receiving TD.
For the most part, this game was a story about the Seahawks defense. They were in Trevor Lawrence’s grill all game long, sacking him seven times!! That was a career-high for Lawrence, and the Jaguars offensive line came into the game giving up only six total sacks ton the season. With Devon Witherspoon, Julian Love, and Riq Woolen all standing on the sidelines, that defensive output was sorely needed.
I really wish the Seahawks could bottle this up and play like this at home consistently. Seattle is a very good team teetering on the precipice of greatness. The offense is so much better than I expected and they’re not even firing on all cylinders in the run game yet. Things could get very, very scary for opponents if and when the injuries clear up.