5 HRS AGO - Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The Seattle Seahawks wrapped up the first four weeks of the 2022 NFL Season with a 2-2 record and in a four team logjam at .500 in the NFC West. Unfortunately, when applying the applicable tiebreakers to that four-way tie, the Hawks wind up with the short stick and in last place by virtue of division and conference winning percentages. However, the fact that they are even in the discussion at this point is likely a shock to many who had written them off. On the subject of shocks, the two biggest shocks in terms of the performance of the team so far are likely how shockingly bad the defense has been, while on the flip side of the ball how shockingly not bad quarterback Geno Smith has been. His play through the first four weeks of the season speaks for itself, and fans are now seeing for themselves what the coaching staff and teammates witnessed through the offseason program and training camp. In addition, as Field Gulls noted back in August, Collapse

7 HRS AGO - Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Sunday the Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions faced off in a game that turned out to be one of the highest scoring games in league history, with Seattle leaving Ford Field on the highs of a 48-45 victory. Some will downplay the scoring outburst by the Seattle offense, which put 41 points on the board, with rookie cornerback Tariq Woolen adding the final seven points on a pick-six of Lions quarterback Jared Goff on the opening play of the third quarter. However, that was just the opening salvo in a second half that would see the teams combine for 47 offensive points, with Seattle quarterback Geno Smith leading the offense of the Hawks to its first two second half touchdowns on the season. Those second half touchdowns were far from all that Smith did on the day, finishing the game 23 of 30 for 320 yards with a pair of touchdown passes for a passer rating of 132.6 and a QBR of 91.3. In addition, he added seven rushing attempts for 49 yards and Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Seattle Seahawks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate. We’ve got a new Reacts survey out for you! The confidence question always leads off, but we have three other questions in the hopper. First off is Geno Smith’s performances and whether through four games he’s lived up to your preseason expectations, failed to meet them, or exceeded. I don’t think the bar was particularly high for many of us, so I have a feeling I know what the top answer will be. I could be wrong, though! I mean at no point in time did I envision Geno having a statistical stretch like this. Next up is the same question but for the Seahawks offensive line, which has allowed only six sacks and none in the first half. Rookie tackles Charles Cross and Abraham Lucas are performing well, although the run-blocking has taken a fair bit Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images While there is much deserved praise for the Seattle Seahawks offense and their dominant display against the Detroit Lions, the defense continues to be a horror show in ways that are somehow worse than the way they started the previous couple of seasons. Even with no Amon-Ra St. Brown, D’Andre Swift, D.J. Chark, or Jonah Jackson, the Lions still scored 45 points and racked up over 500 yards of offense. It was the most points Detroit had scored since Thanksgiving Day 2015 (also 45 points) and the 8th highest yardage total since 2000. Seattle’s defense did manage two takeaways (including Tariq Woolen’s pick-six) and forced a three-and-out, but special teams got caught out on a fake punt and Tyler Lockett lost a fumble. It’s still a rotten collective showing from a defense that seems to be getting worse with each week. Football Outsiders DVOA has the Seahawks and Lions at 31st and 32nd respectively, which made Sunday’s shootout all the more Collapse

1 DAY AGO - Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Monday Night Football is set to feature a pivotal early season divisional matchup for the San Francisco 49ers (-1.5) and the visiting Los Angeles Rams (+1.5). In spite of the fact that the Niners are 1-2 and the Rams are 2-1, both are 1-0 in divisional play and San Francisco will open as slight favorites at home, with DraftKings Sportsbook giving them a 1.5 point edge in this contest. Both teams have a lot to play for in this one; both Seattle and Arizona won today, so there is a very real possibility that the NFC West could feature four 2-2 teams by the end of Monday night. Alternatively, if the Rams win, they could take a decisive lead on the division in the early going at 3-2, and the 49ers would be in the unenviable position of being the only team in the NFC West with a losing record. Needless to say, this is pretty high stakes football for Week 4. San Francisco has the 3rd ranked defense in DVOA, per Football Outsiders. Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Pete Carroll and John Schneider have long believed that speed is one of the NFL’s great difference makers. At it’s best, the Seattle Seahawk defenses were some of the fastest the game has ever seen. But it doesn’t always guarantee success, and it was common for a dark stretch to see headlines like this regarding Seahawk hopefuls: It’s not enough to just be fast; neither is it enough to have some other intriguing physical trait like height or “heavy hands”. However, the Seahawks are better when they are fast, and they were blazing on Sunday. Seattle had the two fastest ball carriers of Week 4, to go along with one of the fastest humans on the globe. The Seahawks had the two fastest ballcarriers in Week 4, per NextGenStats.1. CB Tariq Woolen, 21.58 mph2. RB Rashaad Penny, 20.84 mph— Kyle Odegard (@Kyle_Odegard) October 3, 2022 Phenomenal to see a 230-pound running back hit over 20mph in pads, in the fourth quarter of a Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The Seattle Seahawks improved to 2-2 on the season Sunday in a thrilling 48-45 victory over the Detroit Lions in a game in which it appeared both teams left their defenses at home. There’s been no shortage of ink spilled on the offensive explosion by both teams, so there’s no need to focus on that, and rather the attention here will go on the players who were on the field and made one of the highest scoring games in NFL history happen. On both sides of the ball. On the offensive side of the ball, there were no real surprises for the Hawks, with the snap counts coming largely in line with what most had expected. 2021 second round pick Dee Eskridge did set a new season high for snaps at receiver, with 19, nearly matching his total through the first three weeks of the season of 23. However, in spite of that new season high, Eskridge continued to see fewer snaps than Marquise Goodwin, who was on the field for 29 snaps. On the Collapse

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4 DAYS AGO - Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports The calendar has rolled to October, and for the Seattle Seahawks that means the first long road trip of the year. This weekend sees the Hawks traveling east to take on the Detroit Lions in an early slot game Sunday, though not the earliest slot, as that will be the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints playing in the 6:30 AM Pacific Time Zone slot in London. However, when the Seahawks get around to taking the field Sunday afternoon in Detroit, they’ll be faced with several questions regarding the roster, not the least of which will be at cornerback. Through the first three weeks the defense has struggled, both in allowing opponents to throw the ball well while also failing to consistently apply pressure to the quarterback. The result is a defense that is 31st ranked in the NFL in net yards per attempt (NY/A), and now the question becomes what the Hawks will do in order to attempt to change that. Fans already heard from Pete Carroll earlier in Collapse