Seattle Seahawks: Winners and Losers from Week 10

With a convincing 28-7 win against the New York Jets, the Seattle Seahawks extended their mark to 5-0 at home this season.

The defense did not surrender an offensive touchdown and only allowed 185 total yards to the lowly Jets, who fell to 3-6 on the year.

It was a heavy dose of Marshawn Lynch, along with some trickery, that carried the Hawks to their sixth win of the season. However, Seattle’s stout defense was the biggest story of the day, as it restricted Sanchez to only 124 passing yards while forcing three New York turnovers.

Seattle dominated time of possession and got contributions from numerous playmakers en route to its sixth win of the year.

Here are the winners and losers from Sunday’s contest.

Winner: Richard Sherman and the Seattle Secondary

Richard Sherman had a huge game.

He forced two turnovers, one of which came when the Jets were in the red zone looking to take the lead. Instead, Sherman intercepted a pass intended for Dustin Keller.

On his second takeaway of the day, Sherman came off the edge and stripped Sanchez during the fourth quarter. Sherman was seemingly all over the field on Sunday, and his big plays helped the Seahawks come up with the victory.

However, it was more than just Sherman’s effort when it came to the Seattle secondary.

Constantly throughout the contest, Sanchez was having a hard time finding his wide receivers because the Seattle corners were harassing them. Brandon Browner had his side of the field on lockdown, and Sanchez basically had nowhere to go.

This resulted in the New York receivers combining for only six catches, with Jeremy Kerley accounting for five of those.

With Sanchez facing a physical defensive line, the Jets were desperate for separation in the secondary, but the legion of boom simply would not allow it.

Loser: Seattle's 1st-Half Offense

Although they went into the half up 14-7, Seattle’s first-half offense simply looked sloppy.

Two fumbles by Russell Wilson and a Lynch fumble resulted in only one Jets score. Seemingly, it could have been a lot worse, but that must be cleaned up moving forward.

The Seahawks had a hard time creating space for Lynch during the first half of play, and it wasn’t until the second half that the offense really seemed to open up creases for Lynch to scamper through.

Obviously, the second half was much different than the first, but Sanchez’s and Wilson’s statistics were eerily similar after the first half of play.

Luckily, the Seahawks had their defense to rely on during the first half because the offense was simply not moving the ball. The wide receivers were not making plays down the field, and Wilson was holding on to the ball too long in the pocket during the first half.

That all changed after intermission, but perhaps the game would have been different had Seattle been playing a more formidable opponent.

Winner: Golden Tate and Seattle's Wide Receivers

They didn’t put up gaudy numbers by any means, but Tate and the rest of the receivers did enough to garner some serious recognition.

Sidney Rice came up with two touchdown passes and Tate had one, as Wilson was shuffling throughout the pocket and looking down field for his big targets.

Forget the fact that Tate only finished with two catches for 51 yards because he finished with a better quarterback rating than both Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow combined.

Granted, he only made one throw, but that looked better than anything I saw from either of the Jets quarterbacks anyways.

On a first-down play, Tate took a reverse and threw a deep pass to the end zone, where Rice was wide open. Tate showed he’s more than just an acrobat after the catch, as he finished the day with 23 yards passing and a touchdown for a 158.3 passer rating.

Seattle got contributions from Zach Miller and Doug Baldwin as well, as Miller came up with some huge third-down plays to move the chains.

Obviously, the offense went through Marshawn Lynch for most of the second half, but the receivers were pivotal to the Seahawks’ victory.

Winner: Marshawn Lynch

With a long of only 18 yards on Sunday, Lynch finished the game with 124 rushing yards.

The offensive line opened holes for him throughout the field, and Lynch exploded through them, as he topped the 1,000-yard mark already this season.

He was on a roll on Sunday, as it seemed like the Jets were rarely bringing him down with only one defender, and it oftentimes took two or three green jerseys to get him on the turf.

Lynch averaged 4.6 yards per carry and showed that the Seahawks offense is still predicated on a heavy dose of Beast Mode.

With Lynch looking like a stud once again, the Seahawks offense is looking more and more dangerous as Wilson has settled into his role under center.

After a slow start to the game, where Lynch had not broken 50 yards in the first half, he continued to chip away at the New York defense.

By the second half, he was moving the ball with ease and finding space to operate in. Give credit to the offensive line as well, who did a good job up front for Lynch.

With Lynch as the catalyst of the offense, the Hawks should feel pretty good about sitting at 6-4 on the season.