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Seattle weather: A wet morning with breezy winds, cooler temperatures Friday
A beautiful day leading to a great sunset over Mt. Rainier with a lenticular cloud.
A beautiful day leading to a great sunset over Mt. Rainier with a lenticular cloud.
Highs today warmed up nicely as there was plenty of sunshine due to the high pressure moving east. Highs peaked in the mid to upper 60s.
Highs today warmed up nicely as there was plenty of sunshine due to the high pressure moving east. Highs peaked in the mid to upper 60s.
It was a sunny and clear day, but our next frontal system is offshore and slowly moving towards the Pacific Northwest.
It was a sunny and clear day, but our next frontal system is off shore and slowly moving towards the Pacific Northwest.
Tonight we will see increasing cloud cover and relatively milder temperatures thanks to that coverage. Lows in the mid to upper 40s.
Tonight we will see increasing cloud cover and relatively milder temperatures thanks to that coverage. Lows in the mid to upper 40s.
The cold front will move onshore early Friday and make its way along the I-5 corridor by 7 a.m. through midday.
The cold front will move onshore early Friday and make it’s way along the I-5 corridor by 7 a.m.
Highs Friday will not be as warm as the cold front ushers in cooler temperatures. Highs only in the upper 50s to low 60s.
Highs Friday will not be as warm as the cold front ushers in cooler temperatures. Highs only in the upper 50s to low 60s.
Winds will also get breezy as the afternoon continues, the strongest winds looking to be behind the front through early evening.
Winds will also get breezy as the afternoon continues, the strongest winds looking to be behind the front through early evening.
Skies will dry out and clear out into Saturday with slightly warmer temperatures. Temperatures were nice and warm to start the work week. Slight chance of showers late Monday, but better chance of showers through midweek.
Skies will dry out and clear out into Saturday. (FOX 13 Seattle)
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By the Numbers: Seattle Seahawks vs. New York Giants
The Seahawks now sit at 3-1 after their first loss of the season to the Detroit Lions. They are a banged-up group, especially on defense.
They now welcome the New York Giants into Seattle for the second time in three seasons. What are some of the stats and figures that are relevant to this matchup?
16
The Seahawks have allowed 16 total points to the Giants over the last two matchups. Seattle won at Lumen Field in 2022, 27-13. Last season, the Seahawks dismantled the Giants on Monday Night Football, winning 24-3. They have outscored the Giants 51-16 in those two meetings.
97
Devon Witherspoon returned an interception 97 yards for a touchdown against the Giants last season, which is the second-longest pick-six in Seahawks franchise history. Witherspoon tortured the Giants with that interception, along with seven tackles, two sacks, and three quarterback hits. Witherspoon has had a somewhat quiet start to his 2024 campaign. This feels like a good spot for the first breakout game of his sophomore season.
6
NFC titles between these two franchises since the year 2000. These are two of the more storied NFC franchises of the last two decades. Certainly, they are currently on different trajectories. However, both of these teams have a proud history over the last 24 years, including three Super Bowl titles combined.
3.4
New York ranks dead last in the NFL with 3.4 yards per rush. The Giants were held to a measly 26 rushing yards against the Cowboys last Thursday night. They struggle to run the ball. Even with a banged-up defensive line, the Seahawks need to control their lackluster run game.
40
The combined QB pressures for Giants defensive linemen Dexter Lawrence, Brian Burns, and Kayvon Thibodeaux. New York’s strength is their defensive line. The Seahawks will have their hands full. Right tackle Stone Forsythe had an abysmal game against the Lions and his task gets no easier against this front from New York. Christian Haynes began taking the majority of snaps at right guard for the Seahawks. Perhaps he can fare better than Anthony Bradford.
4
The Giants defense has only allowed four red zone touchdowns in four games. That is the third-lowest amount in the NFL. The Seahawks offense cannot afford to settle for field goals in a game where they are favored at home. They must cash in and keep New York at arm’s length.
75.4
The passer rating for Daniel Jones since the beginning of 2023. Among 56 quarterbacks with at least 100 pass attempts in that time, that ranks 46th. The Seahawks need to fluster Jones. The pass rush and the coverage schemes should make life miserable for the Duke product. He is prone to the critical mistake and this defense is capable of forcing Jones into those situations.
3-8
The Giants are 3-8 in road games since the beginning in 2023. The Seahawks have been playing well at home so far this season. The team, and the fans, will need to bring it once more to make the Giants uncomfortable. The fan noise, mixed with the aggressive Seahawks defense, should make life difficult for Brian Daboll’s squad.
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Bump: Why Seattle Seahawks' Geno Smith can win a Super Bowl
When Geno Smith took over as the Seattle Seahawks’ starting quarterback in 2022, most viewed him as simply a stopgap between Russell Wilson and whoever the franchise would eventually draft or acquire as its QB of the future.
Over the past two-plus seasons, Smith has been busy rewriting the narrative.
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And after a scintillating start to 2024, former NFL wide receiver Michael Bumpus is sold: If surrounded with the right pieces, Smith is good enough to help a team win a Lombardi Trophy.
“If Geno continues to play like this and you surround him with a good defense, your offense keeps producing and your offensive line gets better, you can definitely win a Super Bowl with Geno as your quarterback,” Bumpus said Tuesday on Seattle Sports’ Bump and Stacy.
After spending most of his career as a backup, Smith compiled a breakout 2022 campaign that saw him lead the NFL in completion rate and earned him Comeback Player of the Year honors. He took a slight step back in 2023 – largely due to a porous offensive line – but still directed an NFL-best five game-winning drives and finished top-15 in both ESPN’s QBR metric and Pro Football Focus grading.
This year, the 33-year-old Smith has played like one of the league’s top quarterbacks. Through four weeks, he leads the NFL with 1,182 passing yards, ranks second with a 72.3% completion rate and has thrown for a league-high 57 first downs.
Smith directed another comeback win in Week 2 against the New England Patriots, completing 33 of 44 passes for 327 yards while overcoming pass-protection issues and a handful of drops from his receivers.
And in a shootout loss to the Detroit Lions on Monday night, he completed 38 of 56 passes for a career-high 395 yards, delivering a slew of key plays to help keep the short-handed Seahawks within striking distance until the final minutes. He also ran for 38 yards and finished with 433 yards of total offense, the sixth-most in franchise history.
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“It’s not just about the percentage, the yards and the touchdowns,” Bumpus said. “It’s the moments. It’s the third-and-11 where you need a play. It’s the third-and-short where you’re sliding one in to a receiver sitting in a zone. It’s the dropping a dime on the sideline where only DK (Metcalf) can get it.
“It’s the leadership and it’s the precision in his passing in those big moments and how he does not look rattled,” he added. “… It’s the way that he’s doing it, with the pocket collapsing, him keeping his eyes down the field, rolling outside, throwing across his body. He’s in complete control at all times.”
Poised under pressure
Smith has once again been under frequent duress this season. Seattle ranks 28th in PFF’s pass block grading, which has resulted in him being pressured 69 times – the third-most of any quarterback in the league. That pressure has contributed to at least two of his four interceptions.
But time and time again, Smith has shown impressive poise while everything is crumbling around him.
That was particularly evident during a third-quarter touchdown drive Monday night.
Facing a third-and-8 at midfield, Smith looked like he was about to be sacked as a Detroit blitzer came racing in off the edge. But instead, Smith stepped up, ducked under the blitzer, spun out of the pocket and threw a dart with two defenders in his face for a drive-extending completion to Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Two plays later, Smith and the offense were backed into a second-and-16. With the pocket collapsing, he coolly stepped up and threw an off-balanced pass on the run to Tyler Lockett for a 29-yard gain.
“There was chaos going on around Geno,” Bumpus said. “… And Geno just stood tall. At no point did he look like he was flustered.
“The good quarterbacks operate well under pressure in dropback (situations),” he added. “They’re able to get back there, get to that back foot, (and when) nothing’s there and the pocket is collapsing, you roll outside, you make a play. You extend the plays. You make plays right. That’s what Geno did a bunch of times last night. He’s been doing it all year.”
But as Bumpus said, his view of Smith is based on far more than just a four-game sample size this season.
The stats and metrics would agree.
Since the start of 2022, Smith ranks second in fourth-quarter comebacks and game-winning drives, third in completion rate and fourth in passing yards. In ESPN’s QBR, he ranked seventh in 2022, 14th in 2023 and 10th this year. And in PFF grading, he ranked eighth in 2022, 13th in 2023 and 10th this season.
“It took me two seasons and some change for him to do enough to make me believe that this is possible,” Bumpus said. “Every single year he’s gotten better at something. Last year, he was (one of) the best in the game when it came to play-action. The year before, he took care of the football was the most accurate quarterback in the league. This year, he’s doing all that and more.”
Listen to the full conversations on Bump and Stacy at this link and this link or in the audio players within this story. Tune in to Bump and Stacy weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or find the podcast on the Seattle Sports app.
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Minoungou scores 1st MLS goal, Rusnák adds goal, assist as Sounders beat Whitecaps 3-0
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Georgi Minoungou scored his first MLS goal, Albert Rusnák added a goal and an assists and the Seattle Sounders beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 Wednesday night.
The 22-year-old Minoungou opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Rusnák played a corner kick that was headed by Jordan Morris at the near post and tapped into the net by Minoungou at the back post to give Seattle (15-9-8) a 1-0 lead.
The Sounders have five wins and just one loss in seven games since returning from the Leagues Cup break and has outscored its opponents 15-5 during that span.
Rusnák converted from the penalty spot in the 65th minute and then, on the counter-attack, set up Paul Rothrock for a finish from the left side of the area that gave Seattle a 3-0 lead in the 67th.
Vancouver (13-10-8) is winless in each of its last four games.
Stefan Frei had three saves for the Sounders.
Vancouver’s Fafà Picault, who was shown a yellow card in the 46th minute, was shown a red card in the 88th.
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AP MLS: https://apnews.com/hub/major-league-soccer
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