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The Seahawks announced that they are ready to contend again with a three-phase blowout of the Saints this week.
He started the game with good blocks. This time, he had no targets, and as the game progressed, he began to make mistakes when blocking. This resulted in the fourth-worst run-block grade (49.7), ahead of only Abe Lucas (49.5), Jake Bobo (37.2), and Anthony Bradford (27.7).
Sam Darnold and the Seahawks are looking to build on last week’s 44-13 thumping of the Saints. This game was over well before halftime as Seattle led 21-0 after the first 15 minutes. For the game, Seattle made five trips inside the Red Zone and scored on four of them.
Week 4 will conclude with a Monday Night Football doubleheader. The 0-3 New York Jets will visit the 0-3 Miami Dolphins in a divisional battle of winless teams, then Jake Browning and the 2-1 Cincinnati Bengals will head to Mile High to face Bo Nix and the 1-2 Denver Broncos.
If you just look at the box score between the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks' Week 3 showdown, you'd likely be somewhat surprised. Let's get into it.
A lot of defenses have good players or that one or two blue chip guys that can carry your defense to the playoffs. The Seahawks have both, and now their backups are playing even better than the starters. For the second straight week, Derion Kendrick and Josh Jobe have played like Pro Bowl and All-Pro level defensive backs.
Seattle Seahawks GM John Schneider has been praised for stealing a "find" from NFC West rivals the Los Angeles Rams, DB Derion Kendrick.
Seahawks' surprising rookie Tory Horton is only the 3rd player in NFL history with 2 receiving scores and a return TD in the first three games of their career.