The Seattle Seahawks win their pre-season finally

As the old saying goes “we saved the best for last”. The Seattle Seahawks lived up to that saying as they had their best game of the pre-season as they beat the Oakland Raiders 31-21. The game showed plenty of promise for the regular season. The game had several bright spots in it tonight.

For the week leading up to the game assistant coach Tom Cable stated that the offensive line was the best one that he had coached in his tenure in Seattle. That seems like a bold statement to make when your team has gone to two straight Superbowls and deep into the playoffs the year before that. After seeing the way they played in tonight's game it looked as thought the statement was a good call on his part. Even though the starting offensive line didn't stay in the game they didn't show the holes or commit the penalties that plagued the team in the last 3 years.

Russell Wilson was only in the game for 2 plays but looked as though he was in good form as he threw a long bomb to rookie sensation Tyler Lockett. Lockett caught the pass on the run and went 63 yards for an early touchdown. The touchdown was Tyler Lockett's third touchdown of over 60 yards in the pre-season. The previous 2 came on a punt return last weekend and a kickoff return the week before that.

On the defense one of the big stars was rookie Frank Clark who played most of the game and racked up 15 tackles. In the first half of the game he caused a fumble that Justin Hill was able to recover in the end zone for a touchdown. The rest of the defense also did a stellar job as they kept the Raiders to only 27 yards rushing.