Seattle Seahawks 30, Cleveland Browns 13

Yeah, that’s going to work well against the Seahawks in Seattle.

Well, for starters, they got this: “The Cleveland Browns are not good, but you already knew that”. Russell Wilson has been on fire with 16 touchdowns and no picks in the last four games.

Seattle put up 423 total yards on offense, with 241 passing and 182 rushing. Seattle has scored 30 or more in five of its last six games. I see the Seahawks extending their win streak to five games and improving to 9-5, defeating the Browns 35-10.

Manziel will face Richard Sherman, Michael Bennett and the challenge of Seattle’s defense after arguably the best start of his young career.

The Browns first defensive stop didn’t occur until 11:18 was left to play in the third quarter as they finally forced Seattle to punt. The Seahawks settled for Steven Hauschka’s 49-yard field goal. “That was a tough way to end the first half”. Losing Thomas Rawls will set the Seahawks back a little bit, but they still have options there behind a great offensive line that will keep the run game strong. “They’ve also built it around him”. Don’t forget Doug Baldwin, Baldwin is looking like Julio Jones did the first half of the season and that’s just an understatement. Manziel was 6-of-8 for 60 yards and a touchdown on the drive. His yards per attempt were a solid 8.0, but nearly two full yards less than the 9.9 from the past four. He didn’t become frustrated with all the dropped passes.

Manziel went 19 of 32 for 161 yards with a touchdown and a late interception that allowed the Seahawks to bleed the final two minutes off the clock. Manziel was sacked three times. This has mainly been thanks to the presence of quarterback Josh McCown, wide receiver Travis Benjamin and tight end Gary Barnidge. Newsome established the franchise record in 1979. Barnidge finished with three receptions for 29 yards and a touchdown.

Jermaine Kearse was the team’s leading receiver with seven catches for 110 yards.

Cleveland had 80 yards on its first possession, but just 27 the rest of the first half and 150 the remainder of the game. The week before, Lockett caught 7-of-7 targets for 90 yards.

Later in the drive, the Browns got a first down when Seattle jumped offsides on third-and-five. The Seahawks are now 26-5 in November and December games played since 2012. Their three wins this year are all against teams that are below. There have not been too many situations for the Seahawks that they reach close to the end zone and do not end up scoring. Bademosi, primarily a special teams player, who was converted from safety has played CB throughout the season ahead of CB Pierre Desir.

The Seahawks are now playing the best football in the NFL. “It’s a wide open style, a lot of play actions and movements and things like that”.

Seattle Seahawks’ Kelcie McCray (33) tackles Cleveland Browns’ Duke Johnson in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Seattle. Cleveland G John Greco was hurt on the second play of the game and did not return…. OL Cam Erving replaced him at right guard. It would appear as though the embattled Browns coach has done everything he can to not have to play Manziel, and is only playing him now because with the season long over, and Manziel still existing as a fairly unknown commodity, there’s no reason not to play him. It’s unfortunate that Manziel’s off the field actions sometimes drown out his on field performances but with some professional athletes that is just how their careers turn out. Coons field goals were from 37- and 34-yards. Quarterback Austin Davis will serve as the team’s emergency kicker in the event Coons can not finish. That means they’ll meet the Browns with some combination of Bryce Brown, Fred Jackson and Christine Michael – “Who are three people who’ve never been in my kitchen, Alex?” – at running back with Brown, who’s been released twice by the Seahawks this year, figuring to get the bulk of the carries.