![]() He showed up looking flashy, wearing a bowtie and shades (indoors) and a shiny suit the chromium blue of Dallas Cowboy road pants. Wilson’s every move was monitored from the moment he arrived. How do we mend our broken hearts? How do we get over this bad breakup? Sports columns began sounding like advice for the lovelorn. So fans of the Seahawks have spent the past six months apportioning blame for a relationship gone sour, speculating which side had been swindled. Wilson’s Hall of Fame credentials were fashioned in front of these fans, but his breakup with the Seahawks and pairing with the Broncos wasn’t executed by any of the principals with the grace it might have been. But he couldn’t get the Broncos close enough in the final minute as their last-gasp 64-yard field goal was long enough but barely wide left. He passed for 340 yards and a touchdown, with numerous clutch completions. ![]() Rumors of Wilson’s decline, at age 33, were exaggerated, or at least premature. The return of Wilson to Lumen Field, where he had executed so many last-minute feats of magic for 10 seasons, energized the crowd, raising decibel levels to heights reminiscent of the old AFC West showdowns against the Broncos in the echo-chamber Kingdome. Smith fired a pair of touchdown passes and engineered the Seahawk offense flawlessly while the defense forced a pair of goal-line fumbles as Seattle edged the favored Denver Broncos 17-16 in front of a Monday night crowd of 68,965. Suddenly, with an efficient, mistake-averse quarterback (23-28, 195 yards), the 2022 Seahawks’ season takes on a far brighter outlook. SEATTLE – What everyone thought would be a game of revenge turned into an evening of grand redemption.Ĭonsidered by some evaluators as the worst starting quarterback in the NFL, Eugene Cyril Smith (hereafter known to Seahawks fans as Geno! Geno! Geno!) revived his stagnant career and salved the anguish of thousands of spurned Russell Wilson disciples with an unforeseen marvel of a game. ![]()
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