BALTIMORE — In any case the warmth the Baltimore Ravens’ go rush placed on Geno Smith on Sunday, Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll tried to take a few of it off his struggling quarterback.
Requested how he felt Smith performed within the Seahawks’ 37-3 loss, Carroll went out of his option to deflect the blame.
“I do not assume that is about Geno in any respect … I feel that is about our soccer group didn’t reply the bell right here,” Carroll stated. “We could not get it finished. We got here in right here to slug it out they usually did a greater job than we did, all of us. After they’re dashing the passer, that is not Geno. This isn’t a one-guy deal.”
In maybe his worst recreation as a Seahawk, Smith accomplished 13 of 28 makes an attempt for 157 yards and an interception in opposition to Baltimore’s top-ranked scoring protection. The interception was Smith’s sixth up to now 4 video games in comparison with 4 landing passes in that span.
He additionally misplaced a fumble on one of many 4 occasions he was sacked by Baltimore, although Carroll stated that wasn’t on the quarterback. Smith’s Whole QBR of 14.4 was by far his lowest as Seattle’s starter, together with his three fill-in begins in 2021.
“Not ok,” Smith stated when requested for an evaluation of his play Sunday.
Together with his misplaced fumble Sunday and one other one two weeks in the past in opposition to the Arizona Cardinals, Smith has dedicated eight turnovers up to now 4 video games. He had 15 turnovers throughout his breakout season in 2022, when he made the Professional Bowl and was named the NFL’s Comeback Participant of the Yr.
“Yeah, I’m involved about that,” Carroll stated of Smith’s turnover funk. “I am involved. The one on the fumble, that is a pass-rush deal. The interception, he threw it up and the man that is been making the interceptions made one other one. However that is not the course for us to be moving into. Up till this recreation, it took us to first place, regardless of the heck we have been doing. And we did not play like a first-place group at the moment. With these sorts of turnovers, it is actually laborious to win.”
Based on ESPN Stats & Data, Smith was pressured on 49% of his dropbacks Sunday, his second-highest charge of the season behind the Seahawks’ win over the New York Giants in Week 4 (50%). Three of the Ravens’ 4 sacks got here by way of a typical four-man rush.
“They was making Geno transfer and run round,” stated Jason Peters, who cut up time at proper deal with. “We have got to do higher. I’ve bought to do higher.”
Ravens security Geno Stone notched his sixth interception of the season within the second quarter when he picked off an overthrown Smith go that was supposed for receiver Tyler Lockett.
“He overthrew it,” Carroll stated. “I do know Tyler did not assume he had an opportunity to get to the ball, is all I do know. But it surely wound up being a very nice play by their man. However I want we might have contested it. I do not know that he may or not. I do not understand how far overthrown it was, however I do know he could not get to it.”
Mentioned Lockett: “I simply assume it was miscommunication on each of our components. On my half, I may have did higher. But it surely was miscommunication.”
Smith, as he often does, took the blame.
“It was on me,” he stated. “Unhealthy go.”
After beating the Cleveland Browns final week on a game-winning Smith landing go, the Seahawks had a half-game lead within the NFC West standings over the San Francisco 49ers, who had been on their bye in Week 9. However after their offensive dud and their protection’s incapability to cease any side of the Ravens’ offense, which racked up 515 yards on Sunday, the Seahawks dropped to 5-3 with a 34-point loss that was tied for his or her second-most lopsided defeat since Carroll took over in 2010. The earlier mark of 35 factors may have been topped had the Ravens not knelt out the clock from the 4-yard line within the closing seconds.
The Seahawks’ three factors had been their fewest since they had been shut out by the Inexperienced Bay Packers in 2021. Their 151 yards of offense had been their fewest since they managed 136 in a win over the Dallas Cowboys in 2017. They went simply 1-of-12 on third down in opposition to Baltimore.
“It is robust,” Smith stated. “It sucks. We had been wanting ahead to this matchup and I simply really feel like we did not play our greatest soccer at the moment. Clearly we made a ton of errors and a number of issues we have to appropriate. However as I at all times inform you, I put these issues proper at my very own ft, and I have a look at myself within the mirror and say what can I do higher to assist this group and to assist my guys? In order that’s precisely what I’ll do once more. I am by no means going to draw back from it and I’ll carry on working.”
