During the first half of the Seattle Seahawks’ Week 1 showdown against the Denver Broncos, Seattle’s offense and special teams looked entirely discombobulated. After an interception, a muffed punt and a safety (the first of two, I might add) the Seahawks were trailing the Broncos 8-3.
With a few ticks above six minutes left to play in the first half, Smith and the Seahawks offense were on the march into Denver territory. Facing a first and 10 at Denver’s 34-yard line, Geno Smith took a page right out of Thanos’ book and said “fine, I’ll do it myself” as he took off for a touchdown run. The score gave the Seahawks their first lead of the afternoon.
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Smith’s scramble didn’t just give the Seahawks a much-needed lead, he also ran his way further into franchise history… literally! The 34-yard touchdown run was the longest by a Seahawks quarterback since Dave Krieg had a 37-yard rush against the then-San Diego Chargers in Week 2 of the 1984 season. The date of the game? September 9th, 1984.
Almost 40 years ago to. the. day.
Sometimes, football is freaky like that.
Back then, Krieg’s Seahawks were coming off the first playoff run in franchise history, which saw Seattle make it all the way to the AFC Championship game. The Seahawks, fresh off a 33-0 victory over the Cleveland Browns in Week 1, handled their business against San Diego.
The Chargers had built up a 10-0 lead to start the game, but Seattle took over from there. Seattle eventually claimed their first lead of the game, 17-10, behind Krieg’s 37-yard dead sprint on 3rd-and-10. The explosive run can be seen here, and we certainly recommend giving it a view. From there, the Seahawks would go on to build a 31-10 lead over San Diego, before eventually finishing with a 31-17 victory.
Again, it’s funny how football works some times. Both of these quarterback runs happened at home, against AFC West teams with losing records the year prior, and in the iconic royal blue throwbacks.
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