Russell Wilson leads Seahawks to win over Chargers
SEATTLE -- 's first appearance at home since hoisting the Lombardi Trophy looked very similar to Seattle's domination, even in a limited performance.Wilson threw for 121 yards and ran for two touchdowns, leading Seattle to scores on all four of his po se sions as the beat the 41-14 on Friday night."I definitely believe we can be that explosive," Wilson said. "It starts first of all with the offensive line and how well they're doing ...
Addison Reed Jersey but then you think about our receivers and we have so many talented receivers."Wilson did a little of everything. He was pre sured on the first snap of the game and avoided it to complete a pa s. He scrambled when the pre sure created clear running lanes. He threw sharp pa ses to open receivers and he operated Seattle's offense with an efficiency mi sing in its preseason opener at
Zach Duke Jersey Denver.Wilson completed 11 of 13 pa ses, and connected on his first eight attempts. He ran for another 31 yards as Seattle finished the first half with 260 yards of offense, 255 of those with Wilson at quarterback.Wilson was the first act. and added their own chapters on a night Seattle's quarterbacks combined for four touchdowns rushing.Pryor got an extended look in the competition to back up Wilson and showed why Seattle is so enticed. Pryor was 1 of 4 pa sing, but ran away from San Diego's defense on a 44-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.Daniels added a 6-yard TD run. made his preseason debut for all of two plays before giving way to backups and . Lynch held out of the first week of training camp and did not touch the ball in his two snaps. Seattle did get some of its other stars involved, including , who had four receptions for 31 yards after catching five pa ses all of last season.Turbin finished with 81 yards on 12 carries. He showed open-field speed cutting back on the defense and racing for 47 yards on one carry, and displayed power bulling in for a 1-yard touchdown."The offense as a whole probably made some mistakes but I think overall
Mitch Garver Jersey we did well," Turbin said. "It was continuing to get better and continuing to be disciplined as a runner. It's not always going to be daylight. Sometimes you have to create some."San Diego quarterback played just one series before handing off to . San Diego kept most of its starting offense on the field with Clemens, but the could manage only 42 yards against Seattle's defensive starters, 37 of those coming on the one drive Rivers led."There are some run-game things I'm still working through, some checks, that I know are going to come out today. Still some things that we can improve on in the pa s game, me specifically," Clemens said.Just when it seemed Wilson's night should be done, he took one more series as the worked on their hurry-up offense
Kent Hrbek Jersey . Harvin said that wasn't the plan. Seattle's starters were supposed to be done early in the second quarter.The result: Wilson took Seattle 67 yards in under 4 minutes, capping the drive with a 5-yard touchdown scramble."We told Coach we were in a rhythm and wanted to stay in there," Harvin said.The drive provided the only moment of apprehension for Seattle when was knocked out of the back of the end zone on a big hit from San Diego safety . Baldwin was slow to get up, but was laughing on the sideline when Wilson scrambled for the TD and a 24-0 Seattle lead.Seattle also cleaned up its penalty problems from the preseason opener, when it was flagged 13 times, and was better on third down. The were called for three penalties in the first half and were 5 of 6 on third downs."That was about as much as we could hope for," Seattle coach said.NOTES: Seattle DE did not play because of a tight hamstring. ... San Diego DT left in the first quarter with an ankle injury, but walked off the field without help.
Nelson Cruz Jersey S also left with a hamstring injury. ... Seattle K made both his attempts including a 55-yarder in the third quarter.Copyright 2014 by The A sociated Pre s