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Week 10 Results Showing How Far Seahawks Have to Go to Contend in NFC West

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November 10, 2024

Week 10 Results Showing How Far Seahawks Have to Go to Contend in NFC West

Coming off their fifth loss in six games after a 26-20 overtime defeat to the Los Angeles Rams last Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks found themselves licking their wounds during their bye week, searching for answers to address everything that has plagued them amid a 4-5 start.

Rather than dwell on Seattle’s continued self-inflicted mistakes, including a pair of red zone interceptions thrown by Geno Smith in the latest loss at Lumen Field, coach Mike Macdonald maintained a sense of optimism heading into the bye on Monday, demonstrating a glass half full mindset with the belief his team can turn things around in quick order after a week-long reset.

“We have to clean those things up, but we have an opportunity here this week to attack the heck out of this bye week,” Macdonald said. “Our players get a chance to really recover and take care of their bodies and coaches-wise, we got some work on our hands to go attack this thing and really continue to streamline what we’re doing, how we’re coaching it. We’re trying to get done and have a great plan for next week so we can really hit the ground running on Monday and ramp into the second half of the season, which is critical for us. We have to start producing better results.”

Unfortunately, while time will tell whether or not Macdonald and his staff found the answers they sought during a much-needed week off to help get the Seahawks rolling out of the break, results from the rest of the NFC West this weekend have made their task of climbing back into the division race as well as the playoff hunt look all the more daunting.

With the Seahawks being idle on Sunday, the first place Cardinals stayed hot and looked the part of a formidable NFC contender at home on Sunday, beating down on the hapless Jets in a 31-6 blowout victory. Quarterback Kyler Murray played nearly flawless football, completing 22 out of 24 pass attempts for 266 yards and a touchdown, while the run game contributed 147 yards on the ground in a balanced all-around offensive effort.

An improving Arizona defense also shut down Aaron Rodgers and company, holding New York to 207 net yards and under four yards per play. The Jets managed to advance into the red zone three times, but only turned those opportunities into a pair of field goals, while the Cardinals scored four touchdowns on five trips inside the opposing 20-yard line to snatch their fourth consecutive victory and maintain sole possession atop the division standings.

On the other side of the country, though they had to eek out the win, the 49ers found a way to overcome three missed field goals earlier in the game to edge the Buccaneers 23-20 at Raymond James Stadium, jumping back over the .500 mark and keeping pace with the Cardinals. Returning from an Achilles injury, Christian McCaffrey only rushed for 39 yards, but he caught six passes for 68 yards to pace the offense and rookie Ricky Pearsall scored his first NFL touchdown in the win.

San Francisco still hasn’t quite hit its stride either, in part due to a plethora of injuries on both sides of the ball, but Brock Purdy and company continue to find ways to win games. Even if they haven’t been as dominant as prior years, the defense held Baker Mayfield and Tampa Bay to five third down conversions on 14 attempts and 215 net yards, which proved to be just good enough in a tight road win that pushed them a full game ahead of Seattle.

Comparatively, the Seahawks are the only team in the NFC West that isn’t trending upward at the midway point of the season. While Macdonald’s squad has floundered since the start of October and completely wasted a 3-0 start, the Cardinals have won five out of six games, the 49ers have won three out of four, and the Rams have a chance to push their win streak to four games when they host the 2-6 Dolphins on Monday Night Football.

Making matters worse, with Arizona and San Francisco beating conference foes on Sunday, both teams improved to 3-3 against the rest of the NFC. Los Angeles would improve to 4-4 if it wins over Miami on Monday night, while Seattle has a dismal 1-4 mark against intraconference opponents. If Macdonald’s team can climb back up the standings in the second half, tiebreakers currently are not working in their favor at all.

As Macdonald rightfully pointed out, there’s still a lot of football left for the Seahawks to play, including two games against the division-leading Cardinals and a rematch with the 49ers in the next month. Winning two of those games or all three would work wonders towards improving their standing not only in the division, but against other playoff hopefuls vying for a wild card, and the morale within the organization could be transformed in no time.

At the same time, however, the next three weeks could derail Seattle’s season completely with at least two losses in that span, dropping them to seven losses on the season with just five games left to play on the schedule. With Arizona, Los Angeles, and San Francisco all surging over the past month, Macdonald’s team has minimal margin for error left and if the ship is going to be righted, it absolutely must start with a road trip to Santa Clara next weekend and a home date with Arizona the week after.

Based on how their rivals played this weekend, already challenging divisional matchups will be even trickier for the Seahawks to come out victorious in, and missing those opportunities would all but unofficially knock them out of playoff consideration before the calendar even flips to December. That’s the reality Macdonald and his staff will have to sell to players upon their return with hopes of bringing out their best play in the second half to salvage a once-promising season.

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Walker’s big night an encouraging sign for Seattle Seahawks

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December 21, 2025

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Walker’s big night an encouraging sign for Seattle Seahawks

It got somewhat lost amid all the late-game drama, but Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III just had one of the best games of his four-year career.

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Highlighted by a pair of explosive plays, Walker totaled 164 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown in Seattle’s wild 38-37 overtime win over the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night. It was the second-most scrimmage yards of Walker’s career, just shy of his 167 scrimmage yards against the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 7 of his 2022 rookie campaign.

Walker rushed for 100 yards on 11 carries against the Rams’ stout defense, including a 55-yard TD run early in the third quarter where he burst through a crease and hit a top speed of 21.07 mph while racing downfield, according to NFL’s Next Gen Stats. He also added three catches for 64 yards, including a 46-yard gain on a throwback screen pass that set up a first-quarter TD.

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In doing so, Walker became the first NFL running back since five-time Pro Bowler Derrick Henry in 2020 to have both a 45-plus-yard run and a 45-plus-yard catch in the same game, according to NFL Media senior researcher Dante Koplowitz-Fleming.

Walker’s two big plays against the Rams were also among the six longest plays of his career. He had five gains of 40-plus yards over his first two NFL seasons, but none over the past two seasons until Thursday night.

During Seattle Sports’ Brock and Salk on Friday, Mike Salk praised both Walker and Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak.

“Best and hardest I’ve seen him run in forever,” Salk said. “Most decisive, most he’s hit holes hard, picked up extra yards. Credit to Kubiak for getting him the ball in space and allowing him to really do the things that he does well.”

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Led by Walker’s performance, the Seahawks finished with 171 rushing yards and a season-high 6.8 yards per carry on Thursday night. Even more encouraging was that it came against a strong Rams run defense, which entered the game ranked eighth in the NFL at just 3.9 yards allowed per carry.

The Seahawks have struggled for much of the season to get their run game untracked – including this past Sunday, when they mustered just 50 rushing yards and 2.3 yards per carry in a low-scoring Week 15 win over Indianapolis Colts.

But prior to that, Seattle had made some strides on the ground, averaging 140.2 rushing yards per game and 4.4 yards per carry from Weeks 10-14.

Walker’s showing on Thursday night was another positive step.

“He was a major factor,” Salk said. “Ran for 100 yards in the game. They ran for over 170 as a team, which kind of gets lost in a lot of the other storylines of the game. A huge credit to Ken Walker. … That’s the best I’ve seen him play in forever.”

Listen to the full Brock and Salk conversation at this link or in the video player at the top of this story. Tune into Brock and Salk weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m. or find the podcast on the Seattle Sports app.

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Seattle Kraken beat San Jose Sharks 4-2 to snap 4-game skid

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December 21, 2025

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Seattle Kraken beat San Jose Sharks 4-2 to snap 4-game skid

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Lindgren had the tiebreaking goal early in the third period for his first score with the Seattle Kraken, and they went on to beat the San Jose Sharks 4-2 on Saturday night to snap a four-game losing streak.

Seattle Kraken 4, San Jose Sharks 2: Box score

Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist, and Eeli Tolvanen and Ryker Evans also scored for the Kraken, who won for just the second time in 12 games (2-9-1). Joey Daccord finished with 34 saves.

Adam Gaudette and Colin Graf scored for the Sharks, and Yaroslav Askarov had 28 saves.

Graf gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead 36 seconds into the third period with some help from the Kraken.

Seattle’s Adam Dunn lofted a clearing attempt from behind the net that Igor Chernyshov intercepted in the left circle and sent a pass in front to Graf. Graf tried to lift it over Daccord down on the ice, but the puck deflected off the left post and in front as the goalie, on his back, tried to pull it in. However, Kraken defenseman Adam Larsson skated into the goalie and knocked the puck in.

Evans tied it again at 1:55 with a long shot from the left point through traffic.

Lindgren put the Kraken ahead 3-2 at 4:27, beating Askarov from the left point for the defenseman’s first goal in 33 games since signing with with Seattle in the offseason. Stephenson had an assist on the play to extend his point streak to eight games.

Stephenson then scored with 1:24 remaining to push Seattle’s lead to two goals and extend his goal-scoring streak to four games.

Tolvanen gave the Kraken a 1-0 lead at 6:52 of the second period, picking up a loose puck, skating into the right circle and firing a shot past Askarov.

Gaudette tied it with a power-play goal with 8:38 left in the middle period. Celebrini fired a shot at the net from the left point that deflected off teammate Igor Chernyshov in front of Daccord and off Gaudette down onto the ice for an easy backhand poke from the right doorstep.

Celebrini extended his point streak to five games on the play with eight assists and 11 points in the stretch.

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Three West Seattle schools’ teams advance in FIRST Lego League competition

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December 20, 2025

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Three West Seattle schools’ teams advance in FIRST Lego League competition

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By Hayden Yu Andersen
Reporting for West Seattle Blog

Dozens of youth robotics teams from elementary and middle schools across the district gathered on December 6 at Robert Eagle Staff Middle School for this year’s FIRST Lego League qualifier. By the end of the day, three teams from West Seattle – Madison Middle School, Lafayette Elementary School, and Alki Elementary School – emerged triumphant, with their sights set on the next round of the tournament.

Of the schools who competed that day, nine were from West Seattle, including Genesee Hill Elementary, Fairmount Park Elementary, Gatewood Elementary, Arbor Heights Elementary, West Seattle Elementary, and the aforementioned teams that are moving up to the next round.

A local parent tipped us about the students’ achievement, so we set out to get details. We spoke with Brenda Hatley, a coach for Madison Middle School, the only West Seattle middle-school team to advance to the next round, and she says the turnout at the qualifiers was impressive. Hatley first became a coach for her son’s 4th-grade team and was one of the founding parents for Lafayette Elementary’s Lego Robotics team.

She says the program, which pairs engineering with LEGO, coding, and real-world projects, is a fantastic program for students who are less interested in athletics but still want to capture the excitement of a pep rally.

“It’s not a sports team, but they’re still getting so hyped up. The kids were cheering for each other, and the pressure was there; coaching through that was an incredible experience,” Hatley said.

Madison’s team, the Madbots, will play their next match on December 26th, at a to-be-determined location. The teams that do well this month will move on to the city-wide competition in Downtown Seattle, before moving to the regionals at Washington State University, and beyond to the international finals. Regardless of how they perform, Hatley says she and the other parents are planning to travel with their team to the city-wide and regional competitions.

“I’m really proud of the team,” Hatley said. “Last year, the fifth graders didn’t move on, and we had lower expectations; we just went in to learn more and get better. This year, we get to move on and see what the next level looks like.”

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