Don’t blame Blair Walsh. The loss was a total Seahawks team effort
It’s easy to point fingers at the guy who missed three field goals, but nearly all the Seahawks contributed to Sunday’s loss
Blair Walsh is the most obvious scapegoat, sure. If he’d made his kicks, we’re celebrating a tough 23-17 Seahawks win, not another debacle where Seattle loses to a team it should have handled easily. No disrespect to the Washington Redskins, as they never gave up. But I’m pretty sure half the roster was on a pass from Walter Reed Medical Center. If Seattle had played consistently, this game would have been a blowout. Sadly, it was anything but. Let’s see just how many goats we have in the pen, shall we?
Seahawks first little billy goat wore his horns at halftime
Let’s not mince words. Seattle kicker Blair Walsh had a lousy game. Even worse, he was shown up by a guy the Redskins picked up three weeks ago on a Domino’s run. The three week timeline is true, but I won’t swear in court about his previous job. Regardless, Nick Rose made his field goal attempt and both extra point kicks.
That being said, Walsh is just one of many architects of the Seahawks loss. Up until Sunday, he’d only missed one field goal all year. You can’t say Walsh didn’t care about the missed kicks, as he stayed on the field and practiced for the entire halftime. He gets a pair of horns, but they aren’t the only pair. Nor are they the biggest.
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The Legion of Boom gets a pair to share
The Legion of Boom played great overall, except for the key times they didn’t. They dropped two interceptions that would have given the offense extra opportunities when they desperately needed every single shot they could get. As they did against the Texans, they gave up big plays too often. Richard Sherman had a great pick, but he also dropped another and was called for pass interference in the end zone. Shaquill Griffin gave up on a ball when Josh Doctson didn’t. Then he allowed Doctson to slide about 38 yards (a slight exaggeration) and almost into the end zone (not an exaggeration). Bradley McDougald made the save at the one, such as it was. I can’t help thinking that Earl Thomas would have been over sooner and broken up the pass. Horns all round for the LOB.