It was a must-win game and the Seattle Seahawks came to play. Seattle ended up dominating the Jaguars 31-7 in the least dramatic game the team has played since week 1 against the Indianapolis Colts. With a dominating performance like this, there would have been a good chance Geno Smith would have seen snaps either way, much like he did in week 14 against the New York Jets last season. Earlier this week I wrote about how with Russell Wilson out this week with a finger injury that the Seahawks’ defence would need to come out and stop Trevor Lawerance and the Jags offence and that Alex Collins would need to have a solid day on the ground much as he did in week 6 against the Pittsburg Steelers. Well, one of those two things happened for sure. 

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Alex didn’t quite have the same game he did two weeks back only rushing for 44 yards on 10 attempts, which isn’t quite his 100 plus yard performance from week 6. However, he still did average 4.4 yards per carry which is still a solid stat to hold. The defence on the other hand pulled off an amazing performance. Only allowing one touchdown which came in the final minutes of the fourth quarter when the Seahawks were playing looser defence due to their lead. The surprise from the game came from starting quarterback Geno Smith who in the first half went 14/15 for 137 yards 1 passing TD and 1 rushing. Much improved compared to his starts against the Steelers and Saints in the past 2 weeks. Geno made terrific use of Seattle’s 2 start wide receivers, delivering the ball quickly and decisively. Geno’s performance is 100% the reason why this game was such a comfortable win. The Seahawks now move on to 3-5, still a rough spot to be in. But, with a bye week next week and the hope of Russell Wilson returning for week 10 against Green Bay, this win definitely put hope back into the air in Seattle.