Seahawks lose Jimmy Graham to knee injury

On a day when Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson threw five touchdowns and no interceptions, those costly interceptions from the Steelers were the deciding factors in the game. “We’re going to do what’s appropriate and take care of our guys”. “The result of that is just cleaner play, the quarterback is more comfortable, he can hang in the pocket, he can utilize his receivers better – all of that”.

“(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”.

Philip Rivers passed Joe Montana (273) and tied with Vinny Testaverde (275) for 11th place in the NFL’s all-time passing touchdown rankings as the San Diego Chargers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 31-25 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. It was evident that running the football wasn’t in the game plan, but the Steelers rushed for only 58 yards on the afternoon (18 coming from Roethlisberger).

While the Seattle offense had it most productive day of the season, the success came at a high price as Tight End Jimmy Graham left the game in the fourth quarter with a leg injury that was later diagnosed with a torn patellar tendon in his right knee. He also discussed how the spread gives Wilson only his five offensive linemen to protect him, forcing him to get the ball out quicker.

The beneficiary was Markus Wheaton, who had a career-high nine receptions for 201 yards, including a 69-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter that gave the Steelers a 27-26 lead.

“I don’t guard small receivers well, so I don’t know what I did ’cause that’s not what I do well”, Sherman told TribLive.com in a very tongue-in-cheek moment. I ate something amusing, I don’t know. 500 for the first time all season.

Roethlisberger was intercepted twice, including Richard Sherman’s first of the season, and Landry Jones’ attempt at a late rally ended on Chancellor’s pick at the Seattle 6 with 1:37 left. Linebacker Ryan Shazier has been diagnosed with a concussion and must go through the protocol before he can return to play. However, having concussion symptoms doesn’t necessarily mean that a player has suffered a concussion, and the Steelers’ quarterback could quickly be cleared to practice for the team’s upcoming matchup with the Indianapolis Colts. “That’s where we’re going this week”, Carroll said. Jermaine Kearse had the other two touchdown grabs for the Seahawks. They can set the record by converting one more over their final five games.

It was a penalty-filled contest (just like it was 10 years ago) and the final score, 39-30, looked wonky because of a missed Hauschka extra point (his third in two games, which is worrisome) and a handful of two-point tries.

He landed awkwardly as he attempted to reach behind him to catch the pass.

Roethlisberger drove the Steelers inside the Seattle 10 with less than 4 minutes remaining, but the drive stalled when he was tackled at the 4 on a third-down scramble.

The Steelers used a 74-second touchdown drive near the end of the first half to take an 18-14 lead going into the halftime.

“We’ve been growing with him and you expect certain guys to do things and we’ve expected Jimmy to make some plays and do some special things so it will be a little different”, Carroll said. Williams was benched in the second half last week and had started 81 straight games….