The Seattle Seahawks suffered an extremely disappointing defeat in Sunday’s Week 5 game versus the New York Giants, falling 29-20. The Seahawks entered the contest as heavy favorites. Instead of seeing that through, a last-second controversial field-goal attempt block by the Giants that was returned for a touchdown delivered Seattle’s worst loss of the young campaign.
The Seahawks struggled in various critical areas, including going 3-of-13 on third and fourth down attempts. The offense produced just 17 first downs versus the Giants’ 24. The Seahawks were also out-gained 420-333, committed six penalties, and lost the time of possession battle 37:22-22:38.
First-year head coach Mike Macdonald accepted blame for Sunday’s shortcoming during his post-game presser.
“It takes three phases to win a football game and we have to give the Giants credit,” Macdonald told reporters. “They outplayed us today. We gave ourselves a chance at tying the game and I came up short. We have to take [this loss] on the chin and move forward. We got out-played and out-executed.”
A terse Mike Macdonald after #Seahawks lose at home to the Giants: “We got out-played and out-executed today…all three phases. Myself included.”
“We need to get the run going. We need to get the ball to Ken more.” @thenewstribune pic.twitter.com/n1hFyuRtze
— Gregg Bell (@gbellseattle) October 6, 2024
Sunday’s defeat to a lowly Giants team was extremely disappointing no matter how you analyze it. It’s encouraging to hear Macdonald take ownership as he continues navigating being a first-time NFL head coach, though. The Seahawks and Macdonald can identify growth opportunities from a hard-earned lesson.
