NASHVILLE—As has been the case for Seattle's defense for most of the season, they were without a handful of starters in Week 12 but as head coach Mike Macdonald has said since the beginning of the season, "Yeah, it's the same message. It's the 70," he said about the active roster and practice squad.

One week it's Drake Thomas stepping in for an injured Ernest Jones IV, another week it's Ty Okada making plays in place of Julian Love who has been on injured reserve since Week 9. This week it was linebacker Patrick O'Connell getting the call up from the practice squad with both Jones and Tyrice Knight out with injuries.

O'Connell had his first career sack on Sunday and helped a defensive unit keep the Tennessee Titans out of the endzone for offensive touchdowns for almost the entire game. H

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