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The Seahawks beat two teams Sunday – Team Engram and Team Zebra

By Todd Vandenberg

GREEN BAY, WI - SEPTEMBER 10: Head coach Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks argues a call with referee John Parry
GREEN BAY, WI - SEPTEMBER 10: Head coach Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks argues a call with referee John Parry /
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – OCTOBER 22: Evan Engram #88 of the New York Giants runs 5-yards to score a touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks during the second quarter of the game at MetLife Stadium on October 22, 2017 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – OCTOBER 22: Evan Engram #88 of the New York Giants runs 5-yards to score a touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks during the second quarter of the game at MetLife Stadium on October 22, 2017 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /

Seahawks contain the red-hot rookie Evan Engram

The Giants did have one player who came to play, as the kids like to say. Rookie tight end Evan Engram was a relative monster against the Hawks. Six catches for sixty yards and one touchdown isn’t headline news, to be sure. But in the context of the absolute chokehold the Seahawks put on the rest of the Giants, Engram had a huge game. He had their only score. He accounted for 44 percent of their air attack, and just over a third of their entire offensive output. And it would have been more than double that if the refs hadn’t called him for running off the field for a pastrami during his route.

Engram accounted for almost two-thirds of the Giants receiving yards versus Denver. He accounted for their only offensive touchdown in that game, too. The Legion of Boom knew he was coming, and the rookie still got his.

Don’t fret, 12s, I’m not knocking our excellent defense. The team that rolled for over 300 yards on the ground in their past two games managed just 46 yards against Seattle. Just giving a young player his due, as everyone knew he was New York’s only weapon, and he still delivered some offense.

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In the end, it was a very satisfying win for the Seahawks. It sure didn’t start out that way. After the first quarter, I thought Twitter would have to employ about a hundred therapists. All keying on hashtag NotAgainNotAgain.

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