The Seattle Seahawks are above .500 for the first time since Week 1 following their dominant 37-23 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, but the good news doesn’t end there. Don’t look now, but the Seahawks are in first place in the NFC West through seven weeks of play, thanks to a Rams bye and the San Francisco 49ers being blown out by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Seattle scorched their way to an early 17-0 lead in the first quarter, but the Chargers managed to crawl back to cut the lead to 17-14 in the second. Fortunately, the Seahawks went into the half with a 24-14 lead and never looked back. Los Angeles did not threaten from there on out.
It’s fair to say the Seahawks are one of the bigger surprises of the NFL season thus far, having shown themselves to be much more than the bottom feeder many predicted they would be. Given their current standing and state of their immediate rivals, the Seahawks are in the driver’s seat for a division crown.
Here are our studs and duds from Sunday afternoon.