And in his first game since then, Smith showed off his speed, providing one of the team’s few first-half offensive highlights. After hitting DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett for back-to-back first downs, Smith went for another pass, but seeing a big gap up the middle, he tucked the ball in and took off running. With 25 yards to go, he used a subtle feint to freeze safety PJ Locke before sprinting into the end zone and scoring the Seahawks’ first touchdown of the season.
With this 34-yard touchdown run, Smith became the oldest player since 2000 to score a touchdown run of over 30 yards, according to an NFL study, surpassing the best running backs of all time such as Adrian Peterson and Emmitt Smith.
Smith’s run may have been his biggest play of the game, but he also did a lot of damage with his arm, especially in the second half when the pass defense was better. Smith threw an interception on his first attempt of the game, the result of a hit as he released the ball, and was under pretty heavy pressure for most of the first half. Once the offense settled down and the run game got going, Smith was much more successful, finishing the game 18 of 25 passing for 171 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown pass to Zach Charbonnet.
- Tyler Lockett from 10th grade looks very similar to previous versions of Tyler Lockett.
Tyler Lockett missed much of training camp and did not play in the preseason while dealing with a hamstring injury; his participation was listed as questionable on Friday’s injury report.
But if Lockett was rusty, it was not apparent on Sunday. Lockett, who had his 10th In his 20th season with the Seahawks, he did what he has done his entire career and simply found ways to get free, resulting in six catches for a team-leading 77 yards, including a fantastic catch on third down late in the fourth quarter that allowed the Seahawks to tie the game.
With his performance on Sunday, Lockett surpassed the 8,000-yard mark of his career, becoming the second Seahawk alongside Steve Largent and the 113th Players in NFL history with more than 8,000 receiving yards.
