Slipping up once again in a close game at home, the Seahawks have nobody to blame but themselves for losing control of their own destiny.
entered their final three games with complete control of their destiny, guaranteed to win the NFC West if they won each of those contests.
After trailing by 10 points in the second quarter, Seattle rallied behind Geno Smith's arm, as the veteran quarterback threw touchdown passes to Jaxon Smith-Njigba and AJ Barner to push the home team out in front 24-20 inside five minutes left to play. At that point, the odds seemed to be in their favor with the defense having held Minnesota to just three points in that half to that point.
Seattle had two opportunities to either tie the game or capture the lead inside the final three minutes, but Smith took a sack after driving the offense down to the Vikings 37-yard line with Minnesota getting home on a blitz and Jason Myers missed a 60-yard field goal, coming up several yards short of the uprights.
As linebacker Ernest Jones stated, Seattle can only take care of its own business starting on Thursday. If they can defeat Chicago on the road in prime time, they will have to cheer for other teams that they beat earlier in the season to win this weekend, including Denver, Miami, Atlanta, and the New York Giants, to elevate their strength of victory percentage.
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