The Seattle Seahawks are 3-3 after losing to the Denver Broncos on Thursday Night Football, and a big reason for the loss was quarterback Sam Darnold's interceptions late in the game. But just as with any loss, no one player is to blame.
Seattle has some real issues it has to deal with. The defense is still very good overall, but the red-zone defense is not. Opponents had scored 75 percent of the time after entering the red zone against the Seahawks entering the game, and then the Broncos went two-for-two in Week 6.
Head coach Mike Macdonald's team is still good, but might struggle to make the postseason in a difficult NFC West unless things begin to change drastically. Darnold has to play better, but the four players that follow cannot replicate their Week 6 performances either.
Four players other than Sam Darnold who deserve blame for the Seattle Seahawks' Week 6 loss
Right tackle Abraham Lucas
After staying healthy for all of 2025, which was a relief after Lucas had gone through two previous injury-plagued seasons, the right tackle is healthy again this year but is not playing well. He was atrocious against a great Denver defensive front in Week 6.
Lucas allowed seven quarterback pressures, including two sacks. He was a bit more effective at blocking for the run, but his pass protection was so poor that it limited the entire offense.
Kicker Jason Myers
Lost in Darnold's late-game struggles is that the Seahawks might not have been in that position had Myers made a 47-yard field goal in the third quarter. He doinked one off the right upright, and the score remained 14-3.
Seattle doesn't need to get another kicker, though. Myers is having another good season, but his miss in Week 6 turned out to be crucial, especially as the miss came from makeable yardage. If he had made that field goal, and everything else had stayed the same until the end, Seattle might have won 17-14 in regulation.
Right guard Beau Stephens
Any hope that Stephens could play well enough in the absence of starter Anthony Bradford to earn the right guard spot for the foreseeable future is gone. Stephens might still be able to earn that role eventually, but not based on his play against the Broncos.
The rookie allowed three pressures in only 18 pass-block snaps, including allowing Darnold to get hit once. The right guard wasn't much better at blocking for the run, either, because many of the yards that the Seahawks earned rushing the ball (113 total) were to the left side or nice moves to get into space by the running backs.
Wide receiver Tory Horton
Entering Week 6, Horton had been targeted four times in four games, and he had caught every single one of those passes. In Week 6, he was targeted three times alone, but caught just one for 13 yards. He also had a 13-yard punt return. Where he went wrong was running a soft route late in the fourth quarter that led to Sam Darnold throwing his first interception of the game.
Horton is only in his second season and missed the last half of last season with a calf injury. Due to his inexperience, maybe he just hasn't learned to run routes well, but that would be a poor excuse. The truth is that he created a situation that led to a costly mistake, and he will probably go back to not seeing the ball very much because of it.
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