The Seattle Seahawks entered Jacksonville trusting their record on the road (9-1, now 10-1 under Mike Macdonald) but knowing that this was a Jaguars team flying high coming off back-to-back wins over the 49ers and Chiefs. This was also a Jags team that was leading the league in turnover differential (plus-eight) with at least three takeaways in four games this year.
Sam Darnold couldn’t throw a pick or fumble, backups in the secondary would be tasked with holding back Jags leading receiver Brian Thomas Jr. (Seattle has lost both games in which they’ve allowed a 100-plus-yard receiver) and would need to get their run game going against a good run defense.
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The result? Seattle didn’t turn the ball over once, saw an explosiv