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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Howell continues to make an impression on his new team, and his confidence in offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb’s offense appears to be growing.

Howell left a mark in the team’s preseason contest against the Tennessee Titans. Despite the 16-15 loss, Howell inched closer to earning consideration as a starter someday.

“He ran Seattle’s offense efficiently in the preseason opener, though, and was even better against the Tennessee Titans on Saturday,” Bleacher Report writes. “The Seahawks gave Howell four series, and he helped lead them to 10 points. He finished 11-of-14 for 153 yards and a touchdown while flashing the type of arm talent that meshes perfectly with new coordinator Ryan Grubb’s offense. Howell isn’t likely to spark a quarterback controversy at this point in the preseason, but he could be a threat to do so if Smith doesn’t quickly return to his 2022 form.”

Make no mistake about it: There is no quarterback controversy in Seattle. Geno Smith will start the team’s Week 1 match against the Denver Broncos on Sept. 8. However, Howell was acquired via trade for a reason. Eventually, he will get an opportunity.

It remains to be seen when that chance will come, but Howell could step in as the team’s top quarterback if Smith gets injured this season or if he underperforms. The chances of Howell stepping in are far greater in 2025 when the Seahawks can get out of Smith’s contract without much penalty and Howell will enter the final year of his rookie deal.

Howell and the Seahawks will play in the preseason finale on Saturday against the Cleveland Browns. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. PT.

At this point it feels like the same rerun of a bad show.

The Seattle Mariners lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Monday in the first of a three-game series — the final one in what’s turned to be a disastrous nine-game road trip for the Mariners.

Seattle fell to 64-62 with the loss and dropped to five games behind the Houston Astros in the American League West standings. The Mariners have gone 20-31 and have given up 15 games of ground in the division since their 10-game lead on June 19.

In Seattle’s most recent losses — it’s failed to bring runners in scoring position home despite numerous opportunities to do so. The Mariners couldn’t even make it that far on Monday.

Dodgers starter Gavin Stone had a career night on the bump. He pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out 10 batters. He allowed two hits and walked another two.

Seattle starter Bryan Woo put up a solid effort of his own to match Stone’s. He shut out the Dodgers through six innings and struck out five batters while letting up just one hit.

“Outstanding pitching tonight — both sides, obviously,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said in a postgame interview Monday. “Our guy Bryan Woo I thought was fantastic. Can’t throw the ball much better. … I thought Bryan really couldn’t have done a better job than what he did.”

It was the seventh inning where things started to spiral.

Gavin Lux hit a solo-shot home run off Woo in the bottom of the seventh for the first run of the game and to put Los Angeles up 1-0.

Woo hit Will Smith with a pitch and was subsequently pulled soon after. Yimi Garcia entered the game for Woo. It was Woo’s fourth consecutive quality start of more than six innings pitched.

In his first batter faced — Garcia let up a two-run homer to right field to Max Muncy to give the Dodgers the eventual final of 3-0.

The Mariners had just four runners reach base on Monday. Only one of those runners (Randy Arozarena) got to scoring position.

There’s 36 games left in the season. That’s how many games the Mariners have to turn their season around. They’re 6.5 games out of the third AL Wild Card spot.

At this point Seattle’s best hope lies in winning the division. And the numbers aren’t in the Mariners’ favor. Neither is time. And Seattle is running out of it.

MARINERS’ TURNER REUNITES WITH OLD TEAMMATES: Seattle Mariners first baseman Justin Turner greeted some old Los Angeles Dodgers teammates on Monday; Turner won the World Series with the Dodgers in 2020. CLICK HERE

MARINERS BATS COME ALIVE AGAINST PIRATES: The Seattle Mariners put up the best offensive performance of its current road trip with a 10-3 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. CLICK HERE

MARINERS OFFENSE GOES QUIET AGAINST PIRATES: The Seattle Mariners went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, left 10 runners on base, lost their fifth-straight game and lost the series to the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 7-2 on Saturday. CLICK HERE

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