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 Seahawks Out-Gunned By Plunderers, Drop Out of Season finisher Race in 40-34 OT Rout

Slashed through the air and on the ground, the Seahawks yielded 576 yards of complete offense in a baffling 40-34 extra time misfortune to the Looters at Lumen Field, exiting the season finisher picture all the while.

Tossing for 328 yards and finishing 73% of his passes, Geno Smith associated with Tyler Lockett and Travis Homer for a couple of score passes, while Ken Walker III scored two times on the ground in a horrible exertion. Turning in his best execution of the time, Quandre Diggs took out Derek Carr on two of Las Vegas' initial three belongings, prompting 10 speedy focuses for the host group before things quickly went south protectively.

The following are five fast action items from the Seahawks crippling Week 12 loss:

1. Regardless of tossing for north of 300 yards, Smith couldn't will his group to a success with two unique chances to hold onto triumph.

Out of the entryway, Smith wasn't his standard precise self, however drops from his recipients added to finishing only two of his initial six passes. He got an early Christmas present when cornerback Duron Harmon couldn't get a capture on an unfortunate toss in the red zone late in the primary quarter, permitting Seattle to rescue the drive with a Jason Myers field objective. Alongside tossing a terrible capture in the subsequent quarter, he likewise bungled a handoff to Walker in the final quarter that probably cost the Seahawks three focuses least.

In any case, as he has done the entire year, the versatile veteran got a move on when difficulty struck, adapting to all challenges and answering with haymakers of his own. On the drive after his monstrous pick to Denzel Perryman and a subsequent score run by Josh Jacobs, he flung a lovely 35-yard rainbow to Tyler Lockett down the right sideline to scale the deficiency back to one point. Then, at that point, following his bungled handoff from the get-go in the final quarter, he drove another score drive utilizing his arm and legs with a 18-yard scramble for a first down and a 18-yard score pass to Travis Homer to help Seattle re-start to lead the pack. Sadly, his endeavors to lead a rebound late in guideline were hindered by a sketchy upset culmination to DK Metcalf and he was unable to make the most of his solitary open door in extra time with Maxx Crosby chasing him down off the edge.

2. Feature reel commendable scores considered, Seattle's ground game keeps on battling powerfully.

As he has been doing since he ventured into the setup to supplant a harmed Rashaad Penny, Walker kept on relocating to the end zone, scoring a couple of scores to push his all out to nine during his youngster crusade. Both were great scoring plays for various reasons. Walker quickly opened the scoring under 30 seconds into the game after Quandre Diggs took out Carr when he vigilantly skipped an inside zone wide right, following behind Smith and a convoy of blockers down the sideline prior to plunging inside the arch for six places. Later in the second from last quarter, the previous Michigan State champion copied Marshawn Lynch by going "Monster Mode" and with the assistance of individual youngster tackle Abraham Lucas, he controlled a heap of safeguards a few yards past the objective line for six places.

Tragically, regardless of Walker's heroics on those 12 and 14-yard scores, notwithstanding, Seattle didn't find a lot of footing on the ground away from those two plays. On 12 non-score conveys, he scrambled for zero net yards, including losing 13 yards on a final quarter run. The hostile line reliably battled to hinder Andrew Billings in the center and Las Vegas obliterated various runs with moment entrance right off the snap. It denoted the third time in five games Walker has been held under 51 surging yards and under three yards for every convey, a long way from the creation mentor Pete Carroll needs from his hurrying assault.

3. Botched red zone potential open doors on the two sides of the football posed a potential threat toward the finish of guideline.

Red zone productivity has been a region where Seattle hasn't really been extraordinary obnoxiously this season as the group positioned 26th in the association scoring scores on only 48% of its red zone trips heading into Sunday. These issues went on into Week 12, as Seattle couldn't put six on the board after Diggs' subsequent capture gifted the offense extraordinary field position at the Las Vegas 35-yard line. Adding an unlawful man downfield punishment careful Phil Haynes that cleared out a fourth down get by Lockett the following series, the Seahawks needed to make due with Myers field objectives on two of their initial three visits inside the contradicting 20-yard line. Losing up to eight focuses on the scoreboard, the failure to complete against the most terrible red zone guard in the association bound them eventually.

In the mean time, the Seahawks likewise passed up an essential potential turnover just before the Thieves scored their most memorable score on a pass from Carr to running back Ameer Abdullah. Hurling a ball to the end zone, Carr ousted his subsequent down pass and wellbeing Ryan Neal had a beat on it for a capture. Yet, the ball bobbed off his fingertips and he was unable to finish the play, giving the quarterback one more opportunity that he gained by hitting Abdullah on a 18-yard wheel course with Diggs following in inclusion to tie the game at seven each.