Seahawks TE Jimmy Graham out for season with torn patellar tendon

“I have to figure it out”, Wilson said. The Seahawks eventually scored on a 9-yard touchdown pass from Russell Wilson to Jermaine Kearse, his second scoring catch of the day, with 12:17 to go in the game.

Baldwin caught a crossing route on third-and-10 at the 20, broke two tackles and raced for the clinching score. They didn’t let a fourth-quarter lead slip away as they have in all five of their losses. While Wilson does lose a great and dependable target in Jimmy Graham, the Steelers game showcased that when the Seahawks put plenty of targets out there, Wilson has the sharp mind to read mismatches and the arm to fire throws into his receiver’s hands. Wilson had surpassed three touchdown passes in a game just twice as a pro before Sunday, and he hadn’t accomplished the feat since 2013. Despite the passing yards, Roethlisberger managed just one aerial touch down and was unable to finish the game after being diagnosed with concussion like symptoms late in the fourth quarter. The Colts (6-5) and 40-year-old quarterback Matt Hasselbeck loom next weekend in a game that should speed up the sorting out process as the AFC tries to find a pair of wild cards out of a group of seven teams either 6-5 or 5-6. He woke up at 5:45 a.m. and recalled getting three IVs placed into his arm throughout the day.

Seattle (6-5) finally got the better of a top quarterback after losing to Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton, Carson Palmer and Andy Dalton earlier in the season. 500 mark for the first time this season and keeping the Seahawks in the thick of the NFC playoff hunt.

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll confirmed it to be a major injury concerning the patellar tendon.

It’s not particularly hard to fault those who felt that way after a game in which the Seattle defense allowed 456 passing yards to Ben Roethlisberger, a franchise record for passing yards by an opponent.

Partly because the Steelers committed so many errors while trying to win in Seattle for the first time in 32 years.

Roethlisberger headed to the locker room during the Steelers’ final series.

“(Head) Coach (Mike) Tomlin harped on that this week about making the third-down plays and giving our offense back the ball and we didn’t do a good job of that”.

Despite the lack of discipline meted out to the Rams, it meant only more scrutiny on any National Football League team that might keep a potentially concussed player in the game. Despite holding Antonio Brown to only 51 yards on six catches, the Seahawks were consistently beat by Roethlisberger.

“We’ve loved Jimmy Graham coming to our team and we are very grateful that he has been a part of it and we are going to miss the heck out of him the rest of the season”, Carroll said.

“We wanted to give him a chance to play”.

Graham was reaching back for a pass in the end zone when his right ankle buckled, causing him to fall awkwardly.

“You can’t say that we should have done this or should have done that, everything looks right in hindsight”, DeCastro said. “Obviously, we didn’t. Those are the choices you make in a football game”.

“Ultimately, the truth of it is, we found a way to win”, Wilson said.

NOTES: Seattle cornerback Cary Williams was a healthy scratch and replaced in the starting lineup by DeShawn Shead.

Williams had started 81 straight games, regular and postseason combined, dating back to his time in Philadelphia and Baltimore.