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I hate that the Seahawks had a third preseason game. The best they could do is remain neutral. The worst they could do was have a key player get hurt. What we got was one of the bad case scenarios.
In a messy contest of mostly backups, the players in Seahawks uniforms had a distastrous first half:
Down 20-0 at halftime
Jake Bobo and Tyler Hall collision leads to both players getting injured
Offensive line backups struggle
Jalen Milroe continues to be a work in progress
On Bobo, a “fair” catch felt anything but…
Bobo walked into the locker room on his own power, while Hall rode on the back of a medical cart to have his leg evaluated. Bobo also fumbled on the play, the third of four turnovers by Seattle via fumbles on the day.
It is interesting that Mike Macdonald felt Bobo had to play the entire first half of a bad preseason game. Seattle’s other wide receiver decisions, including starting Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Dareke Young, suggests that the Seahawks are taking this competition down to the wire. MVS is clearly not out of the woods when it comes to final cuts (start prepping your victory speech commentsnow if my previous read on the situation proves wrong) but for what it’s worth he was also the team’s best receiver of the first half.
Valdes-Scantling had three catches for 33 yards, including a deep crosser on Milroe’s best throw of the first half, and was active as a run blocker too.
Bobo had one catch for 12 yards prior to exiting the game but also continues to work in with the punt returner competition, although clearly not always with ideal results. Dareke Young didn’t catch any passes. Cody White finished with three catches for 69 yards and a touchdown, all coming in the second half.
The Seahawks lost 20-7.
It doesn’t help that the Seahawks passing offense is so limited when Milroe is the quarterback. His accuracy is all over the place and he fumbled twice in the first half, going 7-of-12 for 65 yards prior to halftime. Milroe finished the game going 13-of-24 (54%) for 148 yards (6.2 Y/A) and one touchdown with three fumbles billed to his tab. He also had seven carries for 31 yards.
The only offensive star of Seattle’s first half was Jacardia Wright,solely because of a 61-yard run up the right sideline that was his entire production of the first two quarters. Damien Martinez had seven carries for 24 yards, not exactly helping his case either. Ty Okada made the play of the day on defense, althoughit’s hard to believe that regular season officiating wouldn’t overturn the pick on replay.
On the final Seahawks offensive play of the game, a shotgun snap went through Milroe’s hands, leading to the fourth Seattle turnover of the game. Maybe the snap should have been better, but generally speaking I can’t imagine that a quarterback would ever excuse missing a ball that was only off by a foot.
Milroe did lead one good drive on the day. The Seahawks drove down the field early in the fourth quarter with Milroe-to-Cody White serving a starring role in the action, but it would come as a shock if White makes the 53-man roster on Tuesday.
The final receiver role could come down to Valdes-Scantling or Dareke Young, although that is a question that needs some clarity on Bobo’s health before it can be answered.
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