A lot went wrong for the Seattle Seahawks in their disappointing home loss to the New York Giants, but they still had a chance to win the game late.

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Trailing by three in the final minutes, Seattle drove down the field and attempted a field goal, but it was blocked and returned for a touchdown that sealed Seattle’s fate in a 29–20 loss.

Three costly mistakes made by the Seahawks stood out in particular to Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk as the team beat itself and turned the game around. They discussed what they were Monday morning.

“They were bad yesterday. Mike Macdonald said it, Geno Smith said it, everyone watching them said it. There is no doubt that they played a bad game yesterday.” Mike Salk said. “… But man, there’s three, four plays, Brock, and if you handle them differently (could have changed the game), and it’s not like the other team beats you for a touchdown, it’s mental decisions, it’s mental decisions. they are concentration problems.”

DK’s fumble

The first costly play came early in the third quarter. With the score tied at 10, Seattle’s defense forced a punt on the opening drive of the half. After gaining 40 yards on their first two plays, the Seahawks looked at receiver DK Metcalf and he fumbled after catching a 10-yard pass. New York recovered and ended Seattle’s scoring threat just outside the red zone. Four plays later, Giants quarterback Daniel Jones connected with Darius Slayton for a 30-yard TD pass to go up 17-10.

“You come out of halftime (after) you’re kind of slogging through the first half where they dominated the time of possession, they ran the ball, you hardly had any (offensive) actions, and then you get a stop because they left the ball fall on third down, and you’re going right off the field,’ Brock Huard said. “… You could see (Giants coach Brian) Daboll’s reaction too, after Wan’Dale (Robinson) dropped that ball… you could see Daboll saying, ‘This is why we are the Giants. That’s why we’re 1-3. We don’t make those plays.” And here the Seahawks come straight down the field – great balance, great adjustments, total juice, total momentum – and then DK gives it all away.

Geno’s early slide

Seattle had a chance to close the 17-13 deficit or take the lead early in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Geno Smith escaped pressure in the pocket on third down, scrambling and ultimately sliding a yard short of the line to win and force a fourth down. The Seahawks went for it on the next play in their own territory, Smith was sacked and the Giants were already taking over in field goal range at the Seattle 27-yard line. New York took advantage and led 20-13 shortly after on a short field goal.

‘You get a scoop there and the ride continues. … Instead, you get desperate on fourth down, compound the problem and give the Giants three more points,” Salk said. “I mean, your defense actually did its job there, but those three points are incredibly important later in the game. There are times when you have to protect your body, and quarterbacks have to be good at that. But there are other times when you had to move the chains, and I don’t think I need to tell you what time that was.

“That was just a lack of awareness that he thought he might have the first down,” Huard said. “You could see he looked at the sideline and said, ‘Oh my God.’ That was just a bad decision. … That was unfortunately a mental mistake not to dive forward.”

The decline of JSN

After putting together their first offensive touchdown drive of the game to get within three points, the Seahawks forced a three-and-out and took over with a chance to tie the game or win with less than two minutes remaining . A long run by Smith got them to the Giants’ 40-yard line, but they couldn’t get another first down and had to settle for a long field goal attempt by Jason Myers that was blocked and returned for a touchdown that sealed the game. .

However, the Seahawks missed a golden opportunity up front when sophomore wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba got open and dropped what would have been a drive extension first down.

“That can’t happen,” Huard said. “The ball is on the money. It’s going to move the chains. Who knows, maybe they’ll block that same field goal again, but you’ll give yourself the chance to score.”

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