Seahawks lose via trickery, their own stupidity, recapped on Twitter

Ugh. If you thought last week’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys was sad, this game made that game feel like a trip to Disneyland, or whatever tired metaphor you care about more. This week was rough. Really rough. It started with a ton of talk about Percy Harvin, and ended with the Seahawks defense in question, special teams in shambles, but the offense looking really good. The Seahawks remained heavily penalized, and the game ended on a really tough non-review of a would-be crucial fumble recovery.

Regarding the Percy Harvin trade

LaCanfora, link on TL, says Lynch, Baldwin & key members of SEA defense still wanted Harvin on the team.

— DAVIS HSU (@DavisHsuSeattle)

It really doesn't matter if key defenders, 24 and 89 wanted to keep Harvin….if Pete, John & 3 wanted him gone…he gone.

— DAVIS HSU (@DavisHsuSeattle)

Narrative may become "better off without percy" but do keep context in mind: about to face #25, #28 and #27 Ds by VOA.

— Thomas Beekers (@thomasbeekers)

Per Adam Schefter, the Seattle Seahawks offered Percy Harvin for Julius Thomas straight up. John Elway and the… http://t.co/t2AORUsrpQ

— MileHighReport (@MileHighReport)

I get that Percy for Julius is laughable, I guess, but Schniez probably called like 20 teams and asked about 30 players.

— Danny Kelly (@FieldGulls)

Imagine how bad things must have been with Harvin, Seahawks would rather cut him, possibly eat $7mil than keep him. Says more than words

— Joe Banner (@JoeBanner13)

You think John Schneider was trying to get a fair trade so no one made twitter jokes? No, he was trying to scam a team. That's his job.

— Kevin Clark (@KevinClarkWSJ)

need TEs because of injuries. Among names floated during talks for Harvin? Jordan Cameron. Deal never materialized.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)

Final straw for the came when Percy Harvin didn’t go back in the against . Fear he’d shutdown if not involved in offense

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)

 

Oh, St. Louis.

A couple of minutes before game time. Putting it mildly, there's a few good seats available.

— Nick Wagoner (@nwagoner)

2 min to kickoff. Waiting for fans to arrive. ? pic.twitter.com/ltuEGI8mZd

— Ian Furness (@IanKJR)

 

1^st Quarter

Rams won and will receive

— Dave Boling (@DaveBoling)

Whoa… RT : Derrick Coleman. Now out for injured in warmups.

— Curtis Crabtree (@Curtis_Crabtree)

Tharold Simon starting at outside corner opposite Sherman.

— Jayson Jenks (@JaysonJenks)

 

Uneventful 3-and-out for the Rams to start the game, highlighted by a great third down tackle in the open field by Tharold Simon.

Simon with the nice play on third down to hold play short of a first down. Rams to punt.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

And the post Percy era begins

— Dave Softy Mahler (@Softykjr)

 

Marshawn Lynch with a big second down run.

RaShaun Allen in on second down and Lynch picks up 13.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

 

Sup, rookies?

Richardson and Norwood both in on this play.

— Jayson Jenks (@JaysonJenks)

 

Big gain on a slant to Doug Baldwin.

Baldwin breaks tackle and gets to the 11. 49-yard gain on third and 10.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

Wilson to Baldwin for 49 angry yards.

— Liz Mathews 710 ESPN (@Liz_Mathews)

 

Seahawks drive stalls deep inside the red zone. Steven Hauschka good from 24 yards. Seahawks lead 3-0.

Steven Hauschka 24-yard field goal puts Seattle up 3-0 with 9:01 left in first quarter.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

Well we got a Russell Wilson's height mention before a Percy Harvin mention…I can safely say I didn't see that coming

— Jessamyn McIntyre (@JessamynESPN)

St. Louis WR Kenny Britt suffered an ankle injury. Team says his return is questionable.

— John Clayton (@ClaytonESPN)

 

Huge kickoff return for St. Louis.

Big return of bouncing kick by Cunningham to the Seattle 31. Shead saves touchdown.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

 

Agreed.

Words cannot express how happy I am no bubble screens, slip screens, or jet sweeps were present on that drive. Downfield passing. Embrace it

— Steve Sandmeyer (@SteveSandmeyer)

 

First down pass to Kenny Britt on third down.

So much for Britt being questionable to return as he comes back and catches third down pass to the Seattle 17.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

 

Tavon Austin runs for eight yards.

Tavon Austin just ran up the gut for 8 yards against us…

— Boo! Very Monster! (@_BVM)

 

Tre Mason with a touchdown, early on in his NFL debut. Rams lead the Seahawks 7-3.

Tre Mason takes a handoff right up the gut, plows through Earl Thomas at the goal line to score. go up 6-3.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

Wow. Tre Mason just did the hot knife through butter thing for his first NFL TD. Seattle's defense looks rough.

— SI_DougFarrar (@SI_DougFarrar)

 

Paul Richardson does exist.

That comeback will be a big part of Paul Richardson's career

— Danny Kelly (@FieldGulls)

 

Another dumb third down penalty pre-snap.

Confusion in Seattle offense and flag for 12 men non field makes it third and 13.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

Study: NFL Referees May Be Biased Toward Disciplined Teams http://t.co/5XwNdUULAy pic.twitter.com/QAgYwYrQaL

— The Onion (@TheOnion)

 

Seahawks punt.

A 46-yard punt by Jon Ryan has the starting at their own 26 leading 7-3 with 3:21 to play in the 1st quarter.

— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks)

 

Pass interference on Tharold Simon. Simon wanted an offensive pass interference.

Pass interference on Simon on third down keeps St. Louis drive alive to the Seattle 38.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

Tharold Simon called for pass interference. Brian Quick had a hold of Simon's shoulder pad too. Why he was arguing call.

— Curtis Crabtree (@Curtis_Crabtree)

 

And Tre Mason with another big run.

RB Tre Mason gains 28 yards up the left side. St. Louis has 1st and goal from the Seattle 10.

— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks)

 

After a pre-snap penalty, Brandon Mebane with a nice tackle for a loss. Then a 15 yard penalty against Brian Quick.

Mebane redeems self with tackle for loss on next play. But there's a flag after.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

https://twitter.com/bcondotta/status/523890683728633856

83 STL could easily have been ejected for throwing a punch

— Mike Pereira (@MikePereira)

 

2^nd Quarter

This defense needs Shaq Thompson and 10 Shaq Thompson clones.

— Connor Hutyler (@ConnorHutyler)

Russell Wilson has completed 8 of his last 24 passes

— Jacson A. Bevens (@JacsonBevens)

 

Tharold Simon has had an eventful first half.

Tharold Simon just ripped Quick's helmet off with a facemask penalty. Terrible penalty.

— Jayson Jenks (@JaysonJenks)

Tharold sigh, man.

— Connor Hutyler (@ConnorHutyler)

 

Shovel pass from Austin Davis to Bennie Cunningham (who had the big return earlier). Seahawks give up a touchdown on third down. Rams lead 14-3.

take 14-3 lead over with short pass to Cunningham for 5-yard TD, Zuerlein PAT. There's 13:12 left in 2nd quarter.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

The good news is that the Rams are historically awful at protecting double-digit leads

— Jacson A. Bevens (@JacsonBevens)

Tavon Austin blocked Kam Chancellor on that play…

— Boo! Very Monster! (@_BVM)

 

Jermaine Kearse breaks a tackle, perhaps breathing life into the Seahawks offense, gaining 17 yards and a first down.

Huge play by Kearse. Turned a 1- or -2yard gain into 17 yards and a little breathing room. Seahawks needed that.

— Jayson Jenks (@JaysonJenks)

 

Rams sack Russell Wilson, their second sack of the season.

That's the second sack of the season for the Rams.

— John Boyle (@johnpboyle)

 

Tharold Simon hurt.

Simon with an ankle injury and his return is questionable. So is his judgment.

— Terry Blount (@TerryBlountESPN)

 

Another sack of Wilson. Seahawks will punt.

Rams just needed to play the Seahawks to get their pass rush mojo back

— Danny Kelly (@FieldGulls)

 

Jon Ryan punt returned 80 yards for a touchdown. Tavon Austin faked out the Seahawks by acting like he was receiving the kick. Rams lead 21-3.

Percy Harvin was clearly the problem in Seattle

— Faux John Madden (@FauxJohnMadden)

Deked. Big time.

— Steve Sandmeyer (@SteveSandmeyer)

How can no one on the entire punt return team look up to see the football?

— Danny Kelly (@FieldGulls)

That was illegal AF. AUSTIN waived fair catch on the opposite side!! Refs blew that!!

— Lawyer Milloy (@LawyerMilloy)

There was no fair catch signal in STL so the return is legal

— Mike Pereira (@MikePereira)

 

Another sack of Wilson.

Wilson sacked again. Rams three in last five plays after coming into game with just one.,

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

Helfet tries to block Quinn

— DAVIS HSU (@DavisHsuSeattle)

 

Seahawks punt again.

will start their drive on their own 47 yard line after the Jon Ryan punt.

— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks)

 

Seahawks with a third down stop. Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein misses a field goal attempt. Seahawks get the ball back with good field position and three timeouts.

Zuerlein misses from 52 yards and it remains 21-3 with 1:56 left in first half. Seattle takes over at own 42.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

 

Wilson rolls left, throws across his body to Cooper Helfet.

Great catch by TE Cooper Helfet in traffic to gain 21 yards on pass from Wilson on the run. up to STL 36.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

Russell Wilson making his Week 7 debut?

— Casey McLain (@CaseyMcLainSays)

Russell Wilson runs for a first down in the red zone.

Wilson uses his legs to pick up the first down and take the ball out of bounds. Fresh set of downs from the STL 7 with 58 seconds remaining

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

Offensive line looking terrible early on.

Jeez. Absolutely no pass protection from the O-line on that play. Wilson has to roll right and throw the ball away before being taken down.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

Seahawks blow good field position, first and goal on the seven. Steven Hauschka kicks a 35 yard field goal. Rams lead 21-6.

A waste of a good drive with just 3 points.

— Ian Furness (@IanKJR)

Huaschka's FG is good and the creep slightly closer. lead 21-6 with 7 seconds left in first half.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

Halftime

I think the biggest cap on Russell’s development is his inability to step up and out of the pocket.

— matthew eerieckson (@musingmatt)

At the half, the have 160 yards to the Rams 111. Rams with only 41 passing yards. Funny how things look on paper.

— Liz Mathews 710 ESPN (@Liz_Mathews)

Come back or not, I have to really knock the Seahawks up the unPower Rankings. Talent doesnt matter if youre confused all the time.

— ken-drick lamarthur (@KennethArthuRS)

I'll be the idiot to say it: Seahawks will win this game.

— Dave Softy Mahler (@Softykjr)

 

3rd Quarter

Bryan Walters flattened at the SEA 11. That's where the will take over.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

After Lynch run, backup-turned-starting center Stephen Schilling goes out.

Uh oh, backup center Stephen Schilling — playing for starting C Max Unger — goes to sideline. Patrick Lewis in for .

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

Paul Richardson with a great catch against good coverage. Pete Carroll can be heard yelling “great job Paul!”

Could hear Pete Carroll "way to go Paul"

— Patton Richard (@ThePatton)

Awesome throw and catch. Big first down there!

— Danny Kelly (@FieldGulls)

Richardson is not Percy Harvin. And he showed it there. Crisp timing route not Harvin's strength.

— Mike Salk, 710 ESPN (@TheMikeSalk)

 

Kevin Norwood makes his first catch.

Norwood with first career reception for four yards to make it third and six.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

 

Russell Wilson’s third down pass batted down.

After one first down, Seahawks will punt.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

 

First incomplete pass for the Rams leads to a punt.

Special teams normally extremely reliable but today really struggling

— Danny Kelly (@FieldGulls)

Schilling coming back in at center for Seahawks.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

 

Marshawn Lynch changes direction and gains seven yards for a first down, followed by a Russell Wilson run for another first.

Lynch smartly running away from his offensive line as quickly as he can.

— Casey McLain (@CaseyMcLainSays)

. carries 12 yards on the outside up to the own 42. Another 1st down.

— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks)

 

Another penalty on the Seahawks offensive line.

Big run by Lynch! But, of course, there's a flag. It's holding on J.R. Sweezy. 18-yard run called back, fall about 10 yards.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

Russell Wilson with a pass to Doug Baldwin, converting on 3^rd and 17.

Wilson hits Baldwin for 19. Earl Thomas on sidelines pumps fist.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

 

Russell Wilson under extreme duress completes to Jermaine Kearse.

Was pretty sure that was gonna be grounding.

— Casey McLain (@CaseyMcLainSays)

 

Next play, Wilson runs for a 19 yard touchdown. Rams lead 21-13.

An it's a ballgame. Wilson gets the edge and scores from 19 yards out.

— John Boyle (@johnpboyle)

Wilson faked zone read to Lynch up middle then headed around a really open right side for the score. Seattle down 21-12 with 4:22 in third.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

Russell Wilson just over here gassing up the bandwagon for y'all. No, it wasn't broken down. Just needed a fill-up.

— Seattle Sportsnet (@alexSSN)

 

Austin Davis isn’t dynamic, but effective and can throw on the run a bit.

Austin Davis 10 of 11 for .. 47 yards

— Danny Kelly (@FieldGulls)

 

Seahawks sniff out end around to Tavon Austin.

Richard Sherman has been excellent in run support today.

— Stephen Cohen (@scohenPI)

 

Seahawks are banged up.

Unger, Maxwell, Wagner, Miller, Willson , Coleman, Marsh, Hill out with injuries. Carpenter, Schilling, Chancellor, SImon all banged up.

— Curtis Crabtree (@Curtis_Crabtree)

 

Seahawks force fourth down.

Pass to Cunningham comes up a yard short at the 45. Looks like Rams may go for it.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

Nope. Rams let clock run out and take delay and will punt with 9 seconds left in third quarter.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

 

4^th Quarter

How is that possible? Austin Davis has completed 13 of 14 passes for 77 yards.

— Curtis Crabtree (@Curtis_Crabtree)

13/14, 77 yards. Austin Davis is posting elite numbers for 1948.

— ken-drick lamarthur (@KennethArthuRS)

 

Wilson with another first down run.

Wilson keeps it and gains the first down on a 7-yard scramble. Smart move — he had the most reliable path to the first-down marker

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

Russell Wilson with a huge run of 52 yards on 3^rd and 10.

Not sure how Russell Wilson did that but he just picked up 52 yards on third and 10.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

I'M GOING TO FLY ALASKA AND BUY AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE!!!!

— D'Andre Tel Aviv (@TheMattHolt)

Nothing doing downfield, so Wilson keeps it himself and ends up running down the left sideline for 52 freakin' yards! A couple stiff-arms

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

Russell Wilson with a screen pass to Robert Turbin. Wilson got kneed in the head on the play, Turbin appeared to be tackled by his facemask.

Wilson’s getting absolutely crunched today. That was ugly looking.

— Stephen Cohen (@scohenPI)

You can't tackle someone by their nostrils.

— Connor Hutyler (@ConnorHutyler)

 

Lynch touchdown run negated by Alvin Bailey holding penalty.

Holding on Bailey brings back apparent 15-yard Lynch TD run.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

 

Wilson rolls to the left, throws a pass to Cooper Helfet, who makes an amazing catch on the side of the endzone. Seahawks can’t convert on the two point conversion. Rams lead 21-19.

That is a stunning catch by Cooper Helfet. Wow.

— Curtis Crabtree (@Curtis_Crabtree)

Tremendous touchdown catch from Cooper Helfet. That's the alleged third-string tight end out there doing that.

— Seattle Sportsnet (@alexSSN)

Percy Helfet

— Danny Kelly (@FieldGulls)

Ooh, looks like Kearse knocked that away from Turbin.

— Stephen Cohen (@scohenPI)

Sick photo. RT : This is my view of Helfet's feet in the TD attempt just now. pic.twitter.com/e1MVVVTjYp

— Curtis Crabtree (@Curtis_Crabtree)

 

Big pass to get the Rams into the red zone.

Michael Bennett got tackled on that third down. Should have been called.

— Stephen Cohen (@scohenPI)

Burley got beaten there in slot coverage as the Rams get a 30-yard gain and now at the Seattle 14 with 7:12 remaining.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

 

First and goal for the Rams after a big Tre Mason run.

Tre Mason off the left side for 11 and the Rams at the 3. Same end zone where Seahawks pulled off improbable goalline stand last season.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

Austin Davis was averaging 37 pass att/game thru 5 games. Has 19 att, 2 TD's, a 133.1 rating & a 9 point lead with 5:36 left.

— Michael Grey (@TheMichaelGrey)

 

Touchdown pass to Lance Kendricks. Rams lead 28-19.

Davis to Kendricks for 4-yard TD pass. Wright trailing in coverage. Rams lead 28-19 with 5:36 left.

— Jayson Jenks (@JaysonJenks)

Can't believe the Jeff Fisher managed to outcoach Pete Carroll again. Another special teams disaster.

— Brian Nemhauser (@hawkblogger)

 

About the two point conversion complaints.

YOU NEEDED TWO POINTS AT SOME POINT. How is that a complicated concept to NFL people?

— Matthew Carruth (@msea1)

Regardless of when you ahve to convert a two point conversion, you have to convert a two point conversion. Now they can adjust the plan.

— Casey McLain (@CaseyMcLainSays)

 

Jermaine Kearse with huge, 29 yard catch to get the Seahawks to the nine yard line.

Jermaine Kearse! Huge 29-yard catch for the first down!

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

Doug Baldwin with a touchdown catch in traffic. Rams lead 28-26 with 3:18 left in the game.

Pass to Baldwin for the TD and Seattle quickly gets the TD it had to have. 28-25 with 3:18 left and will kick PAT.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

Russell Wilson has been incredible in the second half.

— Dan Hanzus (@DanHanzus)

This is the most "normal" Seattle's offense has looked all year. Have gained 463 yards today.

— Curtis Crabtree (@Curtis_Crabtree)

Our offense has been beautiful in the 2nd half of this game. Drives of 90, 82, and 80 yards – all for touchdowns.

— Sonics Faithful (@Jome20)

Wilson has 419 total yards. 313 passing, 106 rushing.

— Dave Softy Mahler (@Softykjr)

 

Rams get the ball back on their own 11 yard line.

Hauschka's kickoff goes over Austin's head around the 3, and he is dropped at the STL 11. need to stop here.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

Tackle for loss on Bennie Cunningham.

Michael Bennett drops Cunningham on the run for a loss of 2. use second timeout with 3:09 remaining.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

Great shovel pass from Davis after nearly being sacked.

Impressive play by Davis to spin off a tackle by Malcolm Smith, get the shovel pass to Cook. Gain of about 9 yards.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

Richard Sherman with a huge pass defense on 3^rd and 3. Seahawks to get the ball back with nearly three minutes left.

Great play by Sherman. He’s been very good today.

— Stephen Cohen (@scohenPI)

 

Rams fake deep on their own side of the field. Earn a first down.

pull out the punt fake and pick up the first down. Wow.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

Balls of steel. Unbelievable.

— Steve Sandmeyer (@SteveSandmeyer)

Brilliant call, brilliant execution by the Rams.

— Haunted Hauschka (@30AcreFortress)

Rams with nothing to lose, Seahawks with everything to lose. That's how you can afford to do that.

— Haunted Hauschka (@30AcreFortress)

Hekker, a former QB at Bothell HIgh, with the throw. Hekker threw TD against Seattle two years ago.

— Bob Condotta (@bcondotta)

With a timeout, SEA could get the ball back with > 1 min. Now, it's 24 sec unless STL does something dumb.

— Brian Burke (@Adv_NFL_Stats)

Yup

— Haunted Hauschka (@30AcreFortress)

 

Tre Mason with a 9 yard run.

Mason runs it for 9 yards. If they convert on third-and-1, will get the win.

— Nick Eaton (@njeaton)

 

Tre Mason runs for a first down, fumbles, the ball is bobbled on the recovery and the fumble is not reviewed. Seahawks lose on a funky call.

There wouldn’t have been definitive proof anyway, right?

— Stephen Cohen (@scohenPI)

it's not an important play, though, says the booth review guy. Not really worth looking at it too closely

— Danny Kelly (@FieldGulls)

Wow. says that is a reviewable play. If so, inside of 2 minutes, why wouldn't it be reviewed?

— Mike Salk, 710 ESPN (@TheMikeSalk)

The recovery of a fumble in the field of play could have been reviewed in STL. Replay official decided not to buzz down. I would have.

— Mike Pereira (@MikePereira)

SHERM HAD THE BALL

— Steve Sandmeyer (@SteveSandmeyer)

PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC

— Kevin C. (@kcposports)

At this rate, Fisher is going to emerge from the postgame handshake with Carroll's wallet and keys.

— Mike Sando, ESPN.com (@SandoESPN)

Just get us to Mariners season, Seahawks.

— Seattle Sportsnet (@alexSSN)

Was a total gift by the . And a total whiff by the officials. Then again, should've never gotten to that point

— Aaron Levine (@AaronQ13Fox)

Perriera says he would have reviewed it but that the Hawks probably wouldn't have gotten it back.

— KevinCalabro (@realkcalabro)

“: looooooool u mad Deandre ” pic.twitter.com/BSdwjAr4mT

— DeAndre Yedlin (@yedlinny)

Was Percy Harvin the replay official on that Rams' fumble recovery?

— Andrew Brandt (@adbrandt)