The Seattle Seahawks are in a bit of a hole against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football. Once again, the Seahawks are back to their usual ways of starting painfully slow on both sides of the ball, particularly on offense, and trail after two quarters.
What makes this trend more frustrating is the fact it continues to happen against playoff caliber teams, which does not exactly bode well for the Seahawks moving forward. Especially when you consider it is only…. well, you know, playoff teams…. that make the playoffs.
The Packers started out hot. They won the coin toss and made the rare move to take the ball first. The aggressive move paid off as Green Bay marched down the field in 10 plays to take a 7-0 lead behind the legs of running back Josh Jacobs. After a four-play drive and punt by the Seahawks offense, the Packers found the end zone once more eight plays and 80 yards later.
Seattle got a little momentum going, engineering a seven-play, 50-yard drive to get on the board with a field goal. Green Bay scored a field goal of their own on their next possession, but the Seahawks managed to stop hold them out of the end zone this time.
A promising scoring drive for Seattle ended in a turnover, as Geno Smith’s pass was intercepted in the end zone, giving the Pack another shot to get points before halftime. Green Bay of course did, scoring another field goal to make it a three-score game.
The Seahawks will get the ball to start the second half, and some serious adjustments are necessary. Hopefully, head coach Mike Macdonald and offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb can come up with some answers. Otherwise, Seattle is going to find themselves out of the playoff picture entirely by the end of the night.
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