Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackOp
I said the two teams were statically almost identical last season...score ended up being 17-16.
As far as the fumbles...one of those were set up on a long 3rd down conversion where Mongo nearly beheaded a guy...even Buck mentioned it. So that was just football karma...
I believe one of those fumbles were on 4th down also...so it was inconsequential. It was a turnover on downs...he didn't break the goaline.
Seahawks failed on a 4th and inches inside the Donk 10...got zero points out of it. If you want to play the "what if" game...Hawks were driving and Metcalf lost a fumble.
|
Yep. To frame this as a “we were vastly superior but shot ourselves in the foot a million times” situation isn’t reality. This wasn’t Bengals-Steelers. Denver missed some opportunities but so did Seattle.
Like you said, one of those fumbles was irrelevant. It was a failed 4th down conversion. Seattle had their own failed conversion near the goal line on 4th and inches. Another Seattle drive that looked to be destined for a TD was disrupted by a holding call. And another promising drive ended with a fumble, giving Denver great field position.
Outside of some self-inflicted mistakes and a few plays by Chubb, Seattle did whatever they wanted offensively.