Seahawks absolutely maul Raiders with a complete team effort

Seahawks dominated on the defensive side of the ball

On defense, Seattle throttled the Raiders. The hyped “revenge” game by Marshawn Lynch fizzled, as he had 45 yards on 13 carries. at that, he was much more effective than David Carr. The former wonderboy of the NFL was 23-31 for just 142 yards. The Seahawks defensive line took Oakland’s lunch money AND called all their moms bad names. Led by Frank Clark and his 2.5 sacks, Seattle put Carr down six times in all. Clark now has 5.5 sacks on the season. I think now would be a really good time for an extension, don’t you?

I’d be doing everyone a grave disservice if I didn’t mention the play of Bradley McDougald. He was great as a supersub in 2017, filling in for both Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor as needed. When Chancellor went down, the dropoff wasn’t nearly as bad as expected. McDougald has absolutely established himself as a team leader this season. He’s covering the field like Earl’s best student, and delivering hits like Kam programmed with all his best shots.

Okay, that’s a bit overplayed, but not by much. I expected big things from McDougald when Seattle first signed him, but I didn’t expect he’d be this good. Amari Cooper knows, though. Ask him, when he’s out of hospital. For the record, that’s a clean shot. Raider fan may not like it, but Raider fan was happy they got Jon Gruden back. Clearly, Raider fan struggles with critical thinking skills at times.

Speaking of critical thinking skills, here’s your weekly dose of Russell Wilson magic. Same ol’ Russell.