Seattle controlled possession, owned the second half, and JSN turned the afternoon into a fantasy holiday.
The Week 2 concern was whether Seattle's offense would leave the defense on the field all afternoon again. The exact opposite happened. Seattle ran 67 plays, held the ball for 36:33, and limited Arizona to 47 offensive snaps.
The score was tied 7-7 at halftime. Seattle then scored 24 unanswered points. Drew Lock finished 19-of-26 for 235 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. The offense added 40 rushing attempts, which kept Arizona from getting the possession volume it enjoyed in Week 1.
Seattle owned possession by more than 13 minutes and ran 20 more plays.
9 catches, 155 yards, three touchdowns, including an 82-yard score in the first quarter.
Arizona averaged 3.2 yards per play and never scored after halftime.
Turnovers were even at one each. Seattle won by 24 anyway.
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McBride still led Arizona with eight catches, but Seattle held him to 41 yards. He scored Arizona's only touchdown. The volume showed up without the explosive production.
Brissett finished 17-of-28 for only 95 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Seattle clearly killed the efficiency. Exact time-to-throw and pressure answers need charting before assigning the mechanism.
The team result was dominant, but the box score does not tell us whether Leonard Williams and Byron Murphy were the specific reason. Keep this one open until pressure data posts.
This became the game. Seattle went from 48 offensive plays in Week 1 to 67 in Week 2, held the ball for 36:33, and kept Arizona to 47 plays. The defense never had to survive another 65-plus snap afternoon.
The exact play-action trigger still needs charting. The larger idea landed immediately. Lock hit JSN for an 82-yard touchdown on Seattle's first scoring drive, then found him for two more touchdowns after halftime.
Seattle ran it 40 times for 146 yards. The 3.7 yards per carry were modest, but the volume helped create the possession advantage and let Seattle close the game on its terms.
Eight-two yards for the first touchdown. Then seven yards for the second. Then 12 yards for the third. Final line: nine catches, 155 yards, three touchdowns.
The final efficiency tells us Arizona did not live on schedule for long, but down-and-distance frequency needs the full play-by-play audit before calling this one.
Seattle entered the fourth quarter up 17-7, so the one-score condition was already gone. Turnovers finished 1-1. Unlike Week 1, Seattle did not need a turnover advantage to finish the game.
Arizona did not hang around. Seattle created separation with normal offensive possessions and defensive control, which removed the exact late-game special-teams scenario we were watching for.
Each team's prediction error is shown separately, then added together. Lowest total miss wins.
There are good fantasy days, and then your Seahawks WR1 scores every Seattle receiving touchdown while your real team wins by 24.
Point totals use 0.1 per receiving yard and six points per receiving touchdown, with no yardage bonuses.
Seattle survived a low-volume offensive night against New England.
The offense stayed on the field and gave the defense room to breathe.
The fourth-quarter takeaway avalanche decided the opener.
Seattle won through possession and efficiency with turnovers even.