By Lucas Vola – January 3, 2022 at 2:06 am
The running back was delighted in this offensive match.
Seattle Seahawks (6-10) – Detroit Lions (2-13-1) : 51-29
When there is nothing more to play, you have to find interests and motivation for the final games of the season. While this may have been Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll’s last appearance as Seahawk at Lumen Field, one man stole the show from them: Rashaad Penny. The runner recorded 170 yards and 2 TDs in 25 races to deliver a magnificent encounter.
In its wake, all of Seattle had fun. Russell Wilson (20/29, 236 yards and 4 TDs) distributed and found DK Metcalf (6 receptions, 63 yards and 3 TDs). Opposite, Detroit took a lot of punches, but returned a few. Result, 80 points scored in a meeting where the defenses were already on vacation.
Rashaad Penny gets the Seahawks on the board ????pic.twitter.com/L8jdWB30fC
— Yahoo Sports NFL (@YahooSportsNFL) January 2, 2022
Amon-Ra St Brown single ray of sunshine
The first half is almost exclusively to the advantage of the locals. Seattle starts off with a bang and will register 31 points in two quarters. That’s more points scored than minutes played during this first period. Obviously, Rashaad Penny is the first detonator. Two touchdowns of 15 and 6 yards, but above all races sometimes swaying, sometimes in power that turn the heads of the Lions. In this meeting, Detroit will cash 265 yards on the ground. Except that the airs are also dangerous in Seattle in this week 17.
DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett go for their touchdown and the points are piling up. Dan Campbell’s only ray of sunshine is called Amon-Ra St Brown. The catcher will literally become the handyman of this attack. On the ground, on the pass, on two-point conversion … it will be all the right things (8 receptions, 111 yards and 1 TD + 2 races, 23 yards and 1 TD). For starters, he scored a touchdown 10 minutes from the break on a 26-yard run. The Lions return to the locker room far behind (31-7), but rely on their rookie to make them pick up.
.@amonra_stbrown just doing Amon-Ra St. Brown things!#DETvsSEA | ???? FOX pic.twitter.com/Ohx14rQeta
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) January 2, 2022
Fireworks to finish?
And even if it’s a lot to ask him, he will do everything to. He will be the main architect of a 15-0 suffered by the Seahawks in the middle of the third quarter. The problem is, the mattress is big on Seattle. The lead is wide and they can be content to manage by accelerating in spurts. At the start of each quarter, DK Metcalf finds himself receiving 13 and 1 yard passes to keep Russell Wilson’s teammates fresh each time.
The connection between the two men seems to be rediscovered, too bad there is only one game left. In any case, he scored his 10, 11 and 12th touchdowns of the season. The end of the match will be “Hurray football” including attempts at onside kicks and forced passes from Tim Boyle (22/37, 262 yards, 2 TDs and 3 INTs). These end-of-season meetings are not always of great interest but if this were to be the last at home for Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson, they would at least start with a fireworks display.
