Following a disastrous first half on offense, the Seahawks turned to Ken Walker III and Zach Charbonnet to come from behind after halftime for a season-opening win.
SEATTLE, Wash. - After giving up nearly as many points on safeties as they scored on offense in the first half, theturned in a dominant, physical second half performance on both sides of the ball to pull away in final two quarters for a 26-20 season-opening win over the Denver Broncos, opening the Mike Macdonald era in victorious fashion.
Defensively, safety Julian Love snatched an interception to thwart a potential scoring drive by Denver in the second quarter and safety K'Von Wallace forced a fumble in the third quarter that was recovered by linebacker Jerome Baker. Boye Mafe and Derick Hall each added sacks and three combined tackles for loss.
After halftime, however, even with Fant sidelined by a knee injury that forced him to exit early in the first quarter, the Seahawks started to find their rhythm up front. Doing a better job of keeping defenders away from Smith, the veteran quarterback completed nine out of 12 passes for 103 yards and while he was still hit several times by an aggressive Broncos defense, he wasn't sacked once in the final two quarters.
Picking up where he left off last season, Mafe turned in one of Seattle's most important defensive plays in the first half, using his speed to chase down Bo Nix as the quarterback tried to scramble for a first down on a third down pass play and tackling him out of bounds for a sack to force a punt. He later added a four-yard tackle for loss to open the second half and wrapped up the game with two quarterback hits and two tackles for loss added to his sack.
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