Winning by 21 despite a litany of mistakes on offense, the Seahawks survived a penalty fest for a comfortable win over the Dolphins on the scoreboard.
Though it was far from the prettiest football game with the two teams combining to convert four third downs and commit more than 20 penalties, theused a fast start scoring on three of their first four possessions to put away the Miami Dolphins early in a 24-3 win, improving to 3-0 for the eighth time in franchise history.
Basking in a third straight win that was far from a complete effort in many ways, here are five takeaways from Seattle's beatdown on Miami at Lumen Field:Continuing where he left off after throwing for 327 yards in Foxboro last week, Smith orchestrated three scoring drives on the Seahawks first four possessions on Sunday, relying on explosive plays to fuel that success.
In a game that functioned like an upside down bell curve, the Seahawks ran the football well early, with Charbonnet rushing five times for 24 yards on the first two possessions. From that point, however, the Dolphins stiffened up in the trenches, winning at the line of scrimmage and bottling up Ryan Grubb's run game for most of the next two quarters.
Going into Sunday's matchup, the Seahawks didn't have much tape to study on Thompson, who replaced an injured Tua Tagovailoa and was set to make just his third regular season NFL start. Not takign things easy on the inexperienced young quarterback, they quickly gave the ex-Kansas State standout a rude awakening, sacking him four times and producing seven quarterback hits in the first half alone.
Somehow, considering the Dolphins didn't even hit 100 yards of offense in the first half, the visitors had chances to climb within one score as late as the early stages of the fourth quarter as the Seahawks stumbled on offense themselves. Following Smith's first interception by Kohou, Miami couldn't punch the ball in despite starting inside the opposing 10-yard line, gaining just two net yards on four plays before settling for a field goal to cut the lead to 10-3.
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