Dwell: Updates: Seahawks go to Bears in penultimate recreation of season

Caleb Williams was blitzed, chucked it up and intercepted by Riq Woolen. The Seahawks are going to win 6-3.

What a recreation!!

Two extra incompletions and it is fourth-and-10 for the Bears with 20 seconds left. They’re out of field-goal vary, so they are going for it.

And the Seahawks will take a timeout first, their second.

Caleb Williams stayed on his ft, scrambling within the pocket earlier than shifting out and discovering Rome Odunze for a 15-yard catch to the Seahawks’ 40-yard line.

The Bears are completely working the clock senselessly although.

There are 31 seconds left after a Williams incompletion. And the Bears simply took their second timeout.

After a false begin and having to name a timeout, the Bears determined to go for it out fourth-and-five as an alternative of punt … and so they obtained it. Caleb Williams was pressured rapidly and chucked it as much as DJ Moore, who gained 14 yards to the Bears’ 49-yard line.

The drive: 4 performs, 34 yards, 3:01.

The story: The Seahawks obtained a pleasant cross play off … after which gained simply 6 extra yards on the subsequent three performs. Soccer!

Subsequent possession: Bears begin at personal 11.

Time left: 5:12 remaining.

The drive: 6 performs, 5 yards, 3:30.

The story: Six sacks for the Seahawks protection. No completions for Caleb Williams on that six-play drive. Good things.

Subsequent possession: Seahawks begin at personal 12.

Time left: 8:13 in 4Q.

The drive: 3 performs, 6 yards, 2:23.

The story: One other three-and-out by the Seahawks offense, which included a run on third-and-three that Geno Smith appeared to audible to that misplaced a yard.

Subsequent possession: Bears begin at personal 24.

Time left: 11:43 remaining.

The drive: 6 performs, 1 yard, 2:44.

The story: The Seahawks protection efficiently prevented the Bears from doing something with Pharaoh Brown’s fumble. Will we get a landing on this ultimate quarter??

Subsequent possession: Seahawks begin at personal 14.

Time left: 14:06 remaining.

Third-quarter impressions with the Seahawks main the Bears 6-3 and all of our collective eyes bleeding watching this recreation:

Turnover battle: The Seahawks are shedding the turnover battle after Pharaoh Brown fumbled late within the third quarter on the Chicago 38. The fumble was initially returned for a landing by former UW star Kyler Gordon however he was dominated down on overview. Whereas the Seahawks protection has principally held Chicago in examine, they had been unable to pressure a turnover within the first three quarters.

Keep in mind me: The Seahawks obtained assist from a former teammate within the first half when Jake Curhan was known as for holding, erasing a Caleb Williams TD cross. One other former Seahawk was much less pleasant to his former workforce within the third quarter when Darrell Taylor’s strip sack blew up a third-down cross try from Geno Smith and compelled a punt. It was the primary sack for Taylor since Week 1.

Spoon fed: Devon Witherspoon has solely 4 tackles, however all 4 have been made at or behind the road of scrimmage. Witherspoon was credited with a 0-yard sack forcing Caleb Williams out of bounds and his different three stops had been tackles for loss.

The Seahawks ended the third quarter with an enormous sack of Caleb Williams on a first-down play. Seattle nonetheless leads the Bears 6-3 after a scoreless quarter.

Chicago begins the fourth dealing with a second-and-24 from their very own 37.

The drive: 5 performs, 10 yards, 3:38.

The story: Caleb Williams escaped for a 16-yard run to the Bears’ 36-yard line, however that is about all Chicago may do on their newest drive because the Seahawks blitz swarmed him for a sack on third-and-nine and compelled one other punt.

Subsequent possession: Seahawks begin at personal 35.

Time left: 4:35 in 3Q.

The drive: 6 performs, 21 yards, 4:34.

The story: On third-and-three from the 43, Geno Smith was sacked by former Seahawk Darrell Taylor and fumbled, nevertheless it was recovered by Olu Oluwatimi, forcing a punt and saving Seattle from permitting the Bears to get nice area place.

Subsequent possession: Bears begin at personal 16.

Time left: 8:13 in 3Q.

The drive: 3 performs, 9 yards, 2:13.

The story: Effectively, the Bears made this one simple for the Seahawks. On third-and-two, Chicago ran it with Roschon Johnson, who had nowhere to go and was stopped after 1 yard.

Subsequent possession: Seahawks begin at personal 20.

Time left: 12:47 in 3Q.

Discovering stability: For these clamoring to see extra stability from the Seahawks offense the primary half was a step in the correct course. The Seahawks completed the half with 15 carries — 14 designed runs — for 91 yards on the bottom. That’s probably the most run performs within the first half for Seattle since additionally working 15 instances within the first half in Arizona earlier this month. In six of the eight wins the Seahawks have run at the very least 10 run performs within the first half. The 15 runs had been countered by 15 passes by Geno Smith.  

Large Cat roars: Leonard Williams continues to be a menace. Williams had one sack, two tackles for loss and three QB hits on Caleb Williams within the first half. The Seahawks did job getting strain in opposition to the Bears offensive line, together with a holding name on former Seattle offensive lineman Jake Curhan that negated a Chicago landing cross from Williams to former UW star Rome Odunze.

DK detonates: DK Metcalf had one other second of shedding his cool late within the first half when he was flagged for a private foul for head-butting Chicago’s Tyrique Stevenson following a 9-yard run by Charbonnet. The 2 had been clearly jawing, however as an alternative of strolling away Metcalf escalated the state of affairs and value the Seahawks area place at first of a drive inside the ultimate 2½ minutes of the half. It was Metcalf’s first private foul, pointless roughness or taunting penalty this season after getting flagged 3 times for these final yr. The Seahawks had been lucky to get into field-goal vary for Jason Myers and get the halftime lead.

Leonard Williams sacked Caleb Williams on second right down to run out the clock on the primary half.

The Seahawks lead 6-3 at halftime, however the Bears will begin the second half with the ball on offense.

The scoring play: Seahawks kicker Jason Myers drilled a 50-yard area objective to provide Seattle again the lead simply earlier than halftime.

The drive: 8 performs, 38 yards, 2:11.

The story: The Seahawks’ two-minute drive began with DK Metcalf backing them up with private fouls, was fueled by Noah Fant after which ended on the Bears’ 32 with Geno Smith’s third-down cross being batted down.

The rating: Seahawks 6, Bears 3. 0:21 left in 2Q.

After a 9-yard rush by Zach Charbonnet on a draw play to open the Seahawks’ two-minute drive, DK Metcalf was hit with two private fouls for throwing a punch after which head-butting a Bears participant.

After the two-minute warning, the Seahawks face second-and-16 at their 24 with all three timeouts out there.

The scoring play: Bears kicker Cairo Santos hit a 42-yard area objective to tie this one up at 3-3 late within the first half.

The drive: 13 performs, 67 yards, 7:47.

The story: Powerful drive for the Seahawks protection, which was carved up by display passes greater than something. Caleb Williams additionally picked up a fumbled ball and hit Keenan Allen to get into the pink zone on a bizarre play. However the Bears are the Bears, as they’d an obvious landing cross to Rome Odunze scratched on a holding name.

The rating: Seahawks 3, Bears 3. 2:32 left in 2Q.

The drive: 9 performs, 43 yards, 5:22.

The story: Zach Charbonnet (seven rushes, 40 yards) and the Seahawks are working the ball fairly properly, however Geno Smith was sacked on the Bears’ 41-yard line to pressure a third-and-long that Seattle could not convert.

Subsequent possession: Bears begin at personal 9.

Time left: 10:19 in 2Q.

20 straight: The Seahawks will go the 2024 calendar yr with out scoring an opening-drive landing and have now gone 20 straight video games and not using a TD on the opening possession. A promising begin stalled and Geno Smith’s cross on third-and-three from the Chicago 9 supposed for Tyler Lockett doubtless ought to have been intercepted by Tremaine Edmunds. Jason Myers completed off the drive with a 27-yard area objective. The Seahawks rushed for 53 yards on the opening drive, together with a career-long 25-yard run from Kenny McIntosh. Fairly good contemplating they rushed for 59 complete yards final week vs. Minnesota.

3-and-out instances two: The strong opening drive was adopted by two disappointing three-and-outs from the Seahawks, together with incompletions by Smith on third-down passes supposed for Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Smith airmailed Smith-Njigba on the primary one and the highest goal was unable to drag in a contested catch on the second. Smith-Njigba completed the quarter and not using a catch.

Stable defensive begin: Caleb Williams and the Bears offense was unable to get a lot completed throughout their three possessions within the first quarter. The Bears gained only one first down, ran 11 offensive performs and gained simply 25 yards within the opening quarter.

The Seahawks lead the Bears 3-0 on the finish of the primary quarter. Seattle faces a second-and-five from its personal 21 when the second quarter begins.

The drive: 3 performs, 4 yards, 1:32.

The story: Credit score to Devon Witherspoon for blowing this drive up from the start, tackling D’Andre Swift for a 7-yard loss. On third-and-six, Caleb Williams once more couldn’t join with fellow rookie Rome Oduzne. That is three straight punts for the Bears.

Subsequent possession: Seahawks begin at personal 16.

Time left: 0:41 in 1Q.

The drive: 3 performs, 8 yards, 1:33.

The story: The Seahawks once more are prioritizing working the ball on early downs to respectable impact. On third-and-two, Geno Smith scrambled however once more could not join with Jaxon Smith-Njigba, whom he focused as an alternative of making an attempt to run for the primary down.

Subsequent possession: Bears begin at personal 31.

Time left: 2:12 in 1Q.

The drive: 5 performs, 16 yards, 2:15.

The story: The Seahawks began getting somewhat bit extra strain the previous few performs, dashing Caleb Williams particularly on third-and-five and forcing a low cross that Keenan Allen dropped in need of the sticks.

Subsequent possession: Seahawks begin at personal 5.

Time left: 3:45 in 1Q.

The drive: 3 performs, 3 yards, 1:39.

The story: Geno Smith tripped and fell on first down, gifting the Bears protection with a “sack.” Zach Charbonnet obtained a variety of yardage again on a dump-off on second down, however Geno Smith could not join with Jaxon Smith-Njigba on third-and-seven.

Subsequent possession: Bears begin at personal 29.

Time left: 6:00 in 1Q.

The drive: 3 performs, 5 yards, 1:20.

The story: Fast three-and-out for the Bears offense. The Seahawks shut down the run on first and second downs, and Caleb Williams’ third-down cross went off Rome Odunze’s fingers.

Subsequent possession: Seahawks begin at personal 17.

Time left: 7:39 in 1Q.

The scoring play: Seahawks kicker Jason Myers hit a 27-yard area objective to get the scoring began in Chicago.

The drive: 11 performs, 71 yards, 6:01.

The story: Actually strong opening drive for the Seahawks on the street, together with 53 dashing yards with Zach Charbonnet trying good but once more. However Geno Smith was fortunate to not throw an interception on third-and-three on the Bears’ 9-yard line, focusing on Tyler Lockett in double protection. Geno’s red-zone passing choices this season have been one thing else …

The rating: Seahawks 3, Bears 0. 8:59 left in 1Q.

The Seahawks gained three first downs on three consecutive performs, as Zach Charbonnet gained 2 yards on a third-and-one on the Seahawks’ 29 earlier than an 11-yard rush and a 15-yard pass-and-catch between Geno Smith and Noah Fant.

There have been no surprises on the Seahawks’ checklist of inactive gamers for Thursday’s recreation.

Quarterback Jaren Corridor was among the many six however was designated because the emergency third QB and can gown and be out there if Geno Smith and Sam Howell are unable to proceed.

The opposite inactive gamers are: tight finish Brady Russell, who had already been declared out with a foot damage, and 4 others who’re wholesome scratches, cornerback Nehemiah Pritchett, linebacker Patrick O’Connell, receiver Cody White and offensive sort out Michael Jerrell.

It’s the identical checklist as Sunday’s recreation in opposition to Minnesota.

CHICAGO — Seahawks beginning working again Kenneth Walker III will miss the ultimate two video games of the common season after the workforce introduced Thursday it has positioned him on injured reserve attributable to an ankle damage suffered Sunday in opposition to Minnesota.

The Seahawks made the announcement hours earlier than their recreation in opposition to the Bears in Chicago.

Placing Walker on IR opened up a spot on the 53-man roster for rookie George Holani, who will turn into the third working again behind Zach Charbonnet and Kenny McIntosh for the remainder of the common season.

The information ends a disappointing third NFL season for Walker, who battled three completely different accidents, and after averaging 977.5 yards per season his first two years within the NFL will find yourself dashing for simply 573 yards in 11 video games whereas averaging a career-low 3.7 yards per carry.

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Key matchup: The Seahawks vs. themselves

On paper, it is a recreation the place the Seahawks ought to have a lot of the benefits in opposition to a Chicago workforce within the midst of probably the most disappointing seasons within the NFL and enjoying out the string below interim coach Thomas Brown.

However the Seahawks even have little at stake, with their playoff probabilities resting within the hope Arizona can go to L.A. and beat the Rams.

That, mixed with a brief week and lengthy journey and coming off two emotionally devastating losses, makes it difficult to guess what the Seahawks’ psyche can be.

However, whereas it’s doable the Seahawks may attempt to relaxation a couple of gamers if they will, Mike Macdonald and John Schneider undoubtedly need to get a win to guarantee the potential for a 10-win season — and keep away from a shedding one — in addition to taking some momentum into the Rams recreation if it issues, and easily avoiding the ignominy of shedding to a workforce that has misplaced 9 in a row.

Nonetheless, it is a week when Macdonald’s motivational ploy will get examined.

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RENTON — A mantra commonly said by athletes of all walks — and generally utilized by Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald — is to “management what you’ll be able to management” and hold every thing else out of thoughts.

This week might current the last word take a look at of that for the Seahawks, who spent their Christmas Day flying to Chicago for a recreation of unsure that means in opposition to the woebegone Bears on Thursday night time at Soldier Subject.

After Sunday’s loss to the Vikings dropped their document to 8-7 and a recreation behind the Rams within the NFC West, Seattle’s playoff hopes relaxation principally in hoping the Arizona Cardinals can go into SoFi Stadium on Saturday night time and beat an L.A. workforce that has received eight of its final 10.

A Rams victory over an Arizona workforce that has nothing to play for and 4 wins from a bunch of six groups, consisting of Minnesota, Buffalo, San Francisco, Washington, Cincinnati and Cleveland, would guarantee that L.A. would win the strength-of-victory tiebreaker over Seattle and clinch the NFC West no matter what the Seahawks do.

Which means, Seattle’s season could possibly be over by Monday night time, if not earlier, apart from one final recreation subsequent weekend in Los Angeles.

Seattle obtained so far by shedding video games at residence the previous two Sundays to Inexperienced Bay and Minnesota. Every time, the Seahawks fell behind by at the very least 10 factors within the first half in entrance of their residence crowd at Lumen Subject.

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