3 winners and 2 losers from Seahawks in preseason Week 2 versus Titans

The Seahawks lost to the Titans in Week 2 of the preseason, but they still had more winners than losers. It's worth noting that Tennessee put their number 2 quarterback in the game on their final drive against Seattle's number three and four defenders.

I know some 12s are going to be disappointed in the loss in Nashville, but come on, it's the preseason. No one should care about wins and losses until September 8th. Now, as for how the Seahawks played, that's an entirely different matter. Some players looked ready for the Denver Broncos, while a few others looked like they'd have trouble against the Western Michigan version.

Overall, the team look pretty solid in the first half. Things got a little sloppy in the second half, but to some extent, that could be expected as the Hawks were playing a lot of third and fourth-stringers at that point. Granted, if you want to make an NFL team, you have to step up and make a statement that you belong, whenever you get the opportunity.

Seattle Seahawks had more than three winners, but let's focus on the big three

Winner: Kenny McIntosh

McIntosh started off a bit slow, as did the entire team. He totaled four yards on his first two carries. After that, he looked like a number one back. He picked up two straight first downs on the Seahawks' third drive. He added a nice stiff arm on the first play of the fourth drive, picking up five yards.

He finished his outing with eight carries for 46 yards and two catches for 17 yards. One of those was a great catch for a seven-yard gain on a screen pass from P.J. Walker that sailed badly. We'll get to Mr. Walker soon enough. George Holani had two carries for three yards. Ladies and gentlemen, the competition for the third back is over.

Loser: P.J. Walker

Might as well cut to the chase, right? Walker didn't exactly look good last week versus the Chargers, but he wasn't terrible, either. Well, this week he was worse than terrible. Sure, his stat line wound up looking marginally better than the Week 1 game, when he was 4-10 for 60 yards and a sack.

4-8 is better, right? Except that he would have been 4-9, but one horribly overthrown ball was negated by a questionable penalty for roughing the passer. He was 2-6 until the Titans put in their third and fourth-string defense. I know just a week ago, I wrote that the Seahawks have a solid QB room. Well, they have two-thirds of one, anyway.

Winner: Tyrice Knight

The Seahawks fourth-round pick out of Texas-El Paso was everywhere in this game. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to learn that he was selling programs and driving the team bus. He led the Hawks with eight tackles, with four of those being solo tackles, and one for a loss.

Yeah, I know it was preseason, and I know the Titans were playing a lot of second and third-string players, too. But you sure got a bit of a Bobby Wagner vibe watching him hit and tackle. He got great pressure on Tennessee QB Mason Rudolph to force a punt, and had a second tackle for a loss wiped out by a penalty. Knight is locked in, for sure.

Loser: D.J. James

The sixth-round pick from Auburn didn't fair nearly as well as his fellow rookie and former teammate, Nehemiah Pritchett. James did have three tackles and even combined with Pritchett on a tackle that forced the Titans to settle for a field goal that kept the Hawks ahead in the fourth quarter. But other than that, he looked completely lost.

He was victimized twice on the Titans scoring drive that closed out the first half. The biggest reason Tennessee had a chance to kick that field goal was poor play by James. He blew coverage to allow one big first down, then committed a holding penalty that changed a stop to a first down. Two plays later, he was called for a facemask that gave Tennessee yet another first.

He looked like he had no business on an NFL field. Hopefully, he can rebound next week, but he showed very little reason to believe he might do so.

Winner: Sam Howell

I know, he looked rough - make that awful - on the first two series. He made two bad passes in the first series. He threw behind Shenault, forced him to spin back for the catch, then missed a wide-open Bobo would have picked up the first. Then he fumbled on 2nd and 14 on the second drive. Thankfully, the Seahawks recovered. No matter, as he ran out of bounds for three yards on third and 24. I suppose you could say, that at least he didn't throw a pick, but he didn't appear to check down but just took off running.

Howell looked much better on the third drive and every drive after that. He was 5 -5 for 53 yards on the drive, including a perfect dime to Easop Winston Jr. for 23 yards and the Seahawks only touchdown of the game. On Seattle's next series, he threw a perfect pass for a 33-yard completion to Cody White. He made another solid throw to Brady Russell, who flubbed the catch. That would have been a 15-yard gain.

He wrapped up his night by driving the Hawks 43 yards in 20 seconds to set up a 48-yard Jason Myers field goal as the half ended. He finished going 11-14 for 153 yards and a touchdown. Far more importantly, after that shaky start, he looked like he was in total command of the Seahawks offense. Yes, he was playing against mostly the Titans second string, but that's what he had on his side of the ball, too. Sam Howell is ready to play.

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