The fans were back, Lumen Field was rocking, and the Seahawks raced out to a 15-point halftime lead.
For a couple of hours on Sunday, it looked like the Seahawks' home opener was going exactly as planned, with Russell Wilson and Tyler Lockett combining for big plays, and with the defense getting big stops and a takeaway that set up a touchdown. And seeing as the Seahawks were 65-2 dating back to 2012 when leading by four or more points at halftime, the 15-point advantage they built over the Tennessee Titans was surely enough to secure a win in this game, right?
As it turned out, that lead didn't hold up, and a team that takes so much pride in its ability to finish wasn't able to get the job done Sunday, with the Titans rallying to score two four-quarter touchdowns to send the game into overtime, then winning 33-30 on a field goal after the teams traded scoreless possessions.
The Seahawks last loss when leading that big at halftime came in 2004 when the Rams overcame a 17-point deficit, and Sunday's loss marked the second-largest lead surrendered at any point of a game in a loss since Pete Carroll and John Schneider took over in 2010, trailing only the 2015 overtime loss at Cincinnati that saw the Seahawks lose a 17-point third-quarter lead.
The Seahawks lost first and foremost because the Titans are a good team that was able to make a lot of things happen in the second half, particularly with running back Derrick Henry getting going after a quiet first half. But Seattle also lost because of plenty of self-inflicted wounds, most notably the 10 penalties for 100 yards that included several that either extended Tennessee drives or killed Seahawks offensive possessions.
"I mean, I hate this," Carroll said "I hate having to… 24-9 at halftime, come on. We took care of the ball all day long, did a great job with the football and wound up plus, and give the game away. It had to be other really big things which happened which were the penalties and the two hits on the quarterback, those were huge plays for them. And the out of bounds is unnecessary. They're just unnecessary things that happened. We need to be better than that. I need to be better, I need to help our guys be better than that."
The Seahawks had plenty of highlights on Sunday, from Tyler Lockett's 8-catch, 178-yard, 1-touchdown performance, to Freddie Swain's 68-yard touchdown, to Alton Robinson's sack/forced fumble that set up a touchdown, to Bobby Wagner's franchise-record 20 tackles, but none of that was enough to overcome the costly penalties, a monster second half for Henry, and a second-half offensive performance that saw the Seahawks punt on three of four possessions outside of the big Swain touchdown.
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