Spectacular Seahawks seconds
NFL sensation makes your eyes moist
December 19, 2023, 7:42 a.m
The Seattle Seahawks beat the favored Philadelphia Eagles because one record is not enough and someone who seemed to have been sorted out makes a big impression. The last seconds are spectacular.
Thanks to a spectacular touchdown and an interception seconds before the end, the Seattle Seahawks won their NFL home game against the favorite Philadelphia Eagles. Led by quarterback Drew Lock, who was unexpectedly allowed to play, the hosts scored 20:17. Seattle had previously lost five of six games. For Philadelphia it was only the fourth defeat of the season, but the third in a row. The team therefore had to give up the lead in the NFC to the San Francisco 49ers and also slipped into second place in the NFC East behind the Dallas Cowboys.
With the win, Seattle still has a chance of participating in the playoffs – thanks to Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s touchdown 28 seconds before the end, Julian Love’s intercepted pass 22 seconds later and playmaker Lock’s nerves. Since his move from the Denver Broncos, he had only been allowed to act as a substitute behind Geno Smith and found out about his appearance against the Eagles on game day. “It feels so good. It’s been a long time,” Lock said with moist eyes in the TV interview on ESPN. He will remember the announcement before the decisive touchdown “for the rest of my life.” “All this time you ask yourself whether you still have what it takes, whether you’re still the right person. That means a lot,” he said.
Hurts produces record
The decisive drive that ended with the winning touchdown began with Lock with one foot in his own end zone. The decisive gain in space came from a spectacular move in which Lock found his star receiver DK Metcalf for 34 yards of space gain – because Metcalf secured the ball while jumping under extreme pressure. The Eagles regained possession of the ball and a desperation throw across half the field from quarterback Jalen Hurts was intercepted by Seattle’s Julian Love. A few minutes earlier, Love had kept his team in the game when he intercepted a long pass from Hurts in his own end zone.
Hurts, who led the Eagles to the Super Bowl last season, traveled to Seattle separately from his teammates in a private jet after an illness; it was only clear shortly before the game began that the playmaker would be able to play at all. And Hurts actually looked weakened, but for three quarters it looked as if his performance would be enough to win for the favorites. He personally crowned two long scoring drives with two short touchdown runs of one and three yards. With 14 rushing touchdowns, the 25-year-old equaled Cam Newton’s record for most touchdowns run by a quarterback in a season.