Seahawks lose to Steelers in overtime in week 6 after great comeback
By Lee Vowell
The Seahawks lost in week 6 but made a great comeback in the second after being dominated in the first half. Seattle was able to take the game into overtime and held Pittsburgh on the Steelers first drive but after a Pittsburgh punt, Geno Smith fumbled while scrambling deep in Pittsburgh territory. Seattle lost 23-20.
The second half is something to be proud of as a 12, however. For a team playing without Russell Wilson for the first time in a decade and trailing 14-0 at halftime and trailing in time of possession by 11 minutes, Seattle came out in the second half determined to run the ball and they did.
Alex Collins, who was missing for some reason late in the game, finished with 101 yards on 20 carries and had a touchdown. Seattle finished with 144 yards on the ground and averaged 5.3 yards a rush against a good Pittsburgh defense.
In the end, the first half doomed Seattle. After trailing 14-0 Seattle outscored the Steelers 20-9 but those first 14 were really the difference. Seattle couldn’t get any pressure on Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and late in the second half Pittsburgh started getting yards rushing consistently as well.
Seahawks lose to Steelers in overtime in week 6
But if not for a dropped Jamal Adams interception (the ball hit him in the head) the game still might have turned out differently. That wasn’t a turnover but in overtime Geno Smith, who played pretty decently overall, did fumble and that gave the Steelers a chippy field goal.
Pittsburgh is now 3-3 and the Seahawks fall to 2-4 with 11 games remaining in the season. If nothing else, though, Seattle looked good enough in the second to give hope that maybe the season isn’t completely lost. They just must beat the Saints next week.
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However, Seattle lost Darrell Taylor to injury. And it was the type of injury that makes one realize that football is just a game and a person’s life is much more important than that. Taylor was carted off the field after his facemask had been removed and Taylor was taken to a nearby hospital. On the play, Taylor’s head was pushed back in a scrum.