3 takeaways from critical Seattle Seahawks Week 4 win
By Jake Luppino
Don’t bet against Russell Wilson
Coming into Week 4, the Seattle Seahawks had never lost three straight games with Russell Wilson as their starting quarterback. When Wilson was asked about it during the week, he responded, “not thinking about losing three in a row”. We can attribute that prominent stat to Wilson’s winning mentality. If anything will attest to that, it’s the record Wilson broke in Sunday’s win. He is now the fastest quarterback in NFL history to win 100 games.
Ready for the next 100. https://t.co/nHHl5Hxpul
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) October 3, 2021
One of Wilson’s greatest qualities is his mind. It allows him to remain neutral in the midst of a crisis and be a calm leader. After the first quarter in Sunday’s game, the Seahawks literally had negative yards. They had three straight three and outs, each of those resulting in Wilson being sacked. Russell could have easily gotten frustrated on the sidelines and vent out some of his frustrations. But, we know Wilson leads in different ways.
In fact, they showed him on the sideline talking to his offensive linemen in a calm fashion with his cool demeanor, probably encouraging them to stay the course. Now, give credit to San Francisco’s defense for stopping absolutely everything. Their run defense was stout early on and their mixture of pressure and coverage caused some confusion for Seattle. But, once Wilson got cooking, they never looked back.
Late in the second quarter, Wilson led the Seahawks on a 6-play, 80-yard drive capped off with a D.K. Metcalf touchdown. Then, in the middle third quarter, the Seahawks offense got red hot. They had back-to-back scoring drives going up 14 and sucking all of the life out of Levi’s stadium. Up 14-7, coming off the forced turnover on special teams, Wilson pulled out some of that Houdini magic. Wilson spun out of the pressure of a San Francisco defensive back, evading Nick Bosa while doing so and hit Freddie Swain right by the pylon for a touchdown.
Coming into this game, many had their doubts about Seattle and during the greater portion of the first half, I’m sure Seahawks twitter was malfunctioning with the number of angry tweets that were formulating from the poor play. But, all in all, everyone should have known better than to not bet against number 3.