SEATTLE — Drew Lock threw a 29-yard landing move to Jaxon Smith-Njigba with 28 seconds left to cap a 92-yard drive, and the Seattle Seahawks surprised the Philadelphia Eagles 20-17 on Monday night time, ending a four-game skid and getting again into NFC playoff competition.
Seattle (7-7) rallied behind its backup quarterback, who moved the crew the size of the sector for its longest landing drive this season and located the Seahawks’ rookie first-round decide for the largest catch of his younger profession.
On third-and-10, Smith-Njigba beat James Bradberry off the road and Lock’s throw was good to cap the unlikely rally from an early 10-0 deficit. Lock, who made his second straight begin rather than the injured Geno Smoth, linked with DK Metcalf 3 times on the decisive drive, together with much-needed chunk performs of 18 and 34 yards.
Philadelphia had one final likelihood, however Julian Love made his second interception of the fourth quarter, selecting off Jalen Hurts’ deep move meant for A.J. Brown and simply getting his ft down inbounds, to ship the Eagles (10-4) to their third straight loss.
Halfway by the fourth, Love picked off Hurts ultimately zone to stop the Eagles from extending their 17-13 lead.
Lock was 22 of 33 for 208 yards. Hurts, who was questionable to play with an sickness, had 13 carries for 82 yards and two touchdowns, however he was simply 17 of 31 passing for 143 yards and the 2 picks.
Lock was additionally the lead blocker on Kenneth Walker III’s 23-yard landing run within the third quarter that pulled Seattle even at 10-10. Walker completed with 86 yards speeding.
