The Seattle Seahawks had some bad turnover luck in the first half, but had a chance to kick a field goal and go to halftime down 24-20. Instead, they ran a fake field goal that didn’t come close to working.
The Seahawks ran a fake field goal that was so hilariously easy for the Falcons to stop
This was not a good call. At all.
Instead of letting Blair Walsh kick a 34-yard attempt, punter Jon Ryan flipped a ball up to tight end Luke Willson, who ran for all of about 0.2 seconds before getting wrapped up by Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett.
Maybe even worse than the execution is the entire idea of the play call in the first place. What exactly did the Seahawks think would happen here?
It was fourth down with seven seconds left, so unless that play went 17 yards to the end zone, the team was just going to kick a field goal anyway. And if the only good outcome was a touchdown, was a shovel pass right into the teeth of the Falcons field goal blocking unit the best way to accomplish that?
The Seahawks offense is finding success against the Falcons defense so maybe those three points won’t matter, but for now, that was a call that’ll leave you scratching your head.
Update: Those three points did matter in the end. With seven seconds left, the Seahawks relied on Blair Walsh to kick the game-tying field goal from 52 yards. The aim was good but it was just a few feet short. Atlanta would win 34-31.
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