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Brady HendersonESPN
SEATTLE – Eight points separated the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Chargers at the Sunday board, but that could have been closer to a half-inch separating them on the field.
Either whatever the level of security at your fingertips, Jahleel Addae managed to score Russell Wilson's last pass into the end zone, a gap in the last game that ended the Seahawks' return bid.
"It was very tight," said Wilson about the last piece.
The Seahawks were also about to recover after 15 defeats in the final seven minutes of their 25-17 loss. They would have needed a two-point conversion for the match to take over in overtime, but they never got the chance after Wilson's throw to David Moore bounced off the receiver's chest and in his hands after being tipped at the last second.
"It's heartbreaking, especially at home," said catcher Doug Baldwin after his second loss in three games at Seattle this season at CenturyLink Field. "We must do better."
The defeat brings the Seahawks to 4-4 as they start the second half of the season. Their road to the playoffs becomes all the more difficult and their upcoming schedule does not get any easier as they travel to Los Angeles next week for a rematch against Ram 7-1, which control still the NFC West after suffering from their injuries. first defeat of the season.
In other words: it was a victory that Seattle could really have used.
It was right there, despite the Seahawks' most unequal performance since a 0-2 start that preceded four wins in five games. They committed kill penalties on the attack, were hit in unusual ways by big defense games and did not get the type of Wilson's error-free game that it's theirs. had recently offered.
Wilson entered Sunday with 11 touchdowns and one interception in his last five games. The choice of six was his second of the season and only the third of his career.
"He's done a good game," said King Wilson. "I misread him, he snuck out underneath and played well, it will not happen again."
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Russell Wilson's pass is intercepted by Desmond King who takes him home to raise the Chargers' lead.
The Seahawks trailed behind 19-10 after a first half in which their redone defense, which had stood remarkably well at this point, finally began to crack. The Chargers responded to Seattle's opening touchdown with one of their own and scored two more with big wins. From Philip Rivers to Keenan Allen, there were 54 completions and a broken blanket to set up Melvin Gordon's 34-yard run. Rivers then hit Mike Williams for a 30-yard touchdown.
The Chargers had an impressive average of 10 yards per game in the first half, which is rarely seen against a defense led by Pete Carroll that prioritizes the elimination of big games.
And then there were the penalties.
"The game was just sloppy because of the penalties and useless things we could avoid and [instead] just give them some free space, "said Carroll. We have to do a better job there. We ended up behind the sticks today and that has not happened for about a month now. "
Seattle has been reported 10 times for 83 yards. The last was a killer – a false start on JR Sweezy who pushed the last game of the line to 1 to 6. The distance needed plus the fact that the Seahawks were without Chris Carson – who left the game in the first-half match -time when his hip tightened – there was no doubt that the match would boil down to a Wilson throw.
"I knew the window was tight," he said.
While talking this week about reducing the burden on Wilson by resuming the Seahawks' run, Carroll reminded everyone that it's time they needed their quarterback to lead them to victory.
Wilson almost did it when the time came Sunday. He rebounded from his choice of six to lead a campaign of 14 games and 54 yards that he buckled into striking Nick Vannett for his second touchdown. Wilson finished with 26 finals in 39 attempts, the highest number of the season, and was close to 27th.
The Seahawks' margin of error in their last eight games is not as small as that of Wilson 's last attempt, but it weakened with Sunday' s defeat. After the Rams, the Seahawks greeted the Packers, then traveled across the country for a quick kickoff against the Panthers in Charlotte to wrap up the toughest part of their schedule. A split of these four games, including Sunday's defeat, would leave the Seahawks well positioned to reach the nine or ten wins they may need to qualify for a player's place with a wild card. But a split will be more difficult to achieve after Sunday.
"We had a chance," Carroll said. "We were right there."
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