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2015 Seahawks Re-Watch, Week 15: Wilson Makes History

2015 Seahawks Re-Watch, Week 15: Wilson Makes History

Russell Wilson added another three touchdown passes. Having gone five games with 3+ TD passes in each, and having thrown zero interceptions during the span, Wilson had made a claim no other professional quarterback could make. His hot streak was now not only season transforming, it was NFL history.

The deciding touchdown was taken out of the shotgun and thrown downfield to Tyler Lockett. Lockett had crossed the formation and, at the snap, was being chased by linebacker Tank Carder, who had been obstructed by Jermaine Kearse. Once Kearse was free, he cut inside, taking cornerback Trey Caldwell and safety Tashaun Gipson with him. Lockett simply jetted down the sidelines, and by the time Caldwell had recovered, Lockett had located the ball and crossed into the end zone. Caldwell did lasso Lockett’s right arm, but all it accomplished was making the catch that much more spectacular.

2015 Seahawks Re-Watch: Super Bowl XLIX, The Catalyst.

2015 Seahawks Re-Watch: Super Bowl XLIX, The Catalyst.

On a team with a young core of super-talent, postseason experience, and a reputation for closing games, the wheels were coming off the wagon. Third down was an impossibility for the offense. Third down stops were an impossibility for the defense. At moments, the Hawks looked familiar, and any person could be forgiven the thought that this was when they would, “turn it on.” Slowly, sourly, the Seahawks tasted something they had not tasted in ages—desperation.

No one could know. Russell Wilson was about to go on a hot streak unlike any the NFL had seen.