Seahawks tight end Graham out for season with knee injury

The performance came on Wilson’s 27th birthday and started early when he awoke at the team hotel feeling ill. It was the 36th time he was sacked tied for most in the NFL. Osweiler threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Bubba Caldwell with 1:09 left in regulation to put the Broncos up 24-21. DeAngelo Williams led them with 29 yards on eight carries.

Look at this way: Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger threw for 456 yards – the most an individual has ever amassed against Seattle.

Seattle had a couple successful runs from Rawls, but quickly punted their next possession away.

It was a relatively quiet first quarter for both teams, despite the Steelers having dominated the eye-test. “Over the past three-plus seasons Seattle’s defense has regularly bailed out the offense when the Seahawks had trouble moving the ball”.

That 49-yard drive began after Jarvis Jones returned the kickoff 36 yards and Kam Chancellor was penalized 15 yards for bringing him down with a horse collar tackle. Wilson to Graham for another 18.

Thirty-seven seconds later, Roethlisberger connected with Wheaton on a 69-yard touchdown pass as the Steelers regain the lead, 27-26. He’s trusting his underrated receivers to help him out with some big plays after the catch. “Just wanted the lead, and give those guys an opportunity to take the points and maybe win”. Those are the type of numbers that make the Legion of Boom go bust. The Hawks responded by going 3-and-out for the 3rd time in a row. “Yesterday, the more the game went on the more comfortable he became”, Carroll said on the radio about Wilson. Carr finished with 330 yards and three TDs in his sixth 300-yard passing game this season. Gronkowski is easily the No. 1 tight end in the National Football League, catching 57 passes for 931 yards and nine touchdowns this season.

On 3rd and 2 from the 46 yard line, Ben found Bryant wide open deep and Bryant for the second time could not hang on to the ball.

In addition to the turnovers, the Hawks kept Williams in check on the ground.

Wilson’s first major contribution came on third-and-goal from the 16 in the opening quarter.

The Steelers made it a point to contain him from taking off and running.

He has yet another challenge with tight end Jimmy Graham out for the season with a torn patellar tendon – just as the two were starting to click. The Seahawks scored a touchdown to briefly give them a 7-3 lead. “We’ve got absolutely zero money on the Ravens to massive money on the Browns”, Rood said.

That could have been the reason for why the Steelers didn’t attempt to go for it on fourth down in the red zone with three minutes remaining.

“Whenever his back is against the wall is when he plays his best”, Baldwin said of Wilson. 500 for the first time all season, and put the team in the NFC’s second wild-card position over the fading Falcons.

“It just makes you sick to your stomach”, Cam Heyward said Sunday night after the Steelers lost to the Seattle Seahawks, 39-30, at CenturyLink Field in, easily, their most entertaining game of this season and many seasons.

Even in wins, and especially of late, the Steelers’ passing defense has struggled. Seattle later allowed Pittsburgh to drive 71 yards for a field goal.

Willson immediately hauled in the next Russell Wilson pass for 12-yards.

Six points had gone from probable to doubtful – then Wilson hit Doug Baldwin on a seam route for a Seattle touchdown. You take the sure three points there. He was stopped a few yards short. The Seattle game was his fifth consecutive with at least one interception. In a shootout against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle won 39-30. That they came out of this win over the Steelers with just 6-5 record shows you how they’ve also had trouble holding on late in games this year.

Meanwhile, the St. Louis Rams got demolished by the Cincinnati Bengals 31-7.

Arizona, which failed to cover in a lackluster 19-13 win at San Francisco, also dealt the betting public a bad hand. I’m a little surprised it was as close as it was, but not as surprised as the huge shootout in Seattle. The Seahawks (6-5) remain relevant for playoff contention after defeating a winning team for the first time this season.