THIS GAME.
SECOND AND 17. GENO FAKES THE HANDOFF AND STEPS
UP AGAIN. CONTACT ON THE THROW AND THAT'S
PICKED. ALEX SINGLETON.
AND A CALAMITY START FOR THE SEATTLE OFFENSE.
21 ON THE RETURN, SO A SACK AND TO START THE GAME.
SPERO: DENVER, THEY SAID THEY'D LEAN ON THE CROWD GAME AND
DAUNTE WILLIAMS SHOT OUT OF A AND JAVONTE WILLIAMS, THE
PRIMARY BALL CARRIERS ON FIRST AND SHORT.
SPERO: HE ROLLS OUT AND BUYS HIMSELF SOME TIME AND A LOW PASS
IS INCOMPLETE. ADAM: REALLY LIKES HIS YOUNG
FOOTBALL TEAM. SPERO: 35-YARD ATTEMPT AFTER THE
PENALTY AND LUTZ IS PERFECT TO GIVE THEM THEIR FIRST POINTS IN
SEATTLE. SO DENVER'S DEFENSE DOING IT AND
TURN IT INTO THREE POINTS. ON THIS DRIVE.
SPERO: A SACK, INTERCEPTION AND FALSE START ON THEIR FIRST THREE
PLAYS. WALTER WITH A LITTLE EXTRA BURST
WILL GET HIM OUT ACROSS THE JONATHAN COOPER IS LINED UP OVER
HERE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CONVINCE AND ALREADY -- THE
DEFENSE AND ALREADY HAD ONE SACK LAST YEAR.
SPERO: NEAR SIDE OF THE FIELD. NIX.
ADVANTAGEOUS SITUATION FOR BO NIX.
MOVING THE POCKET SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PROCESS SO FAST.
SPERO: HE DELIVERED A STRIKE BUT IT'S INCOMPLETE.
'LIL JORDAN HUMPHREY WHO THEY THE OFFENSE.
RYAN GRUBB GOING TEMPO WITH GENO SMITH, THEIR NEW OFFENSIVE
COORDINATOR. GENO IS COMPLETE WITH A FIRST
DOWN AND MORE. IT'S JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA.
HE PICKS UP NINE AND WE HAVE OUR GUARD.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTION IN GENO SMITH'S FACE.
SPERO: ONCE AGAIN SMITH GOING TO HIS YOUNG WIDE RECEIVER.
SMITH-NJIGBA, TWO FIRST DOWNS. THEY PICK UP 10.
ADAM: GOOD TO SEE GENO SMITH GET SUBSTITUTIONS IN AND MAYBE PLAY
A LITTLE BIT VANILLA DEFENSE. SPERO: A FREE BLITZER AND GENO
THROWING IN THE FACE OF SOME HEAVY PRESSURE.
IT WAS BONINO COMING OFF THE THROW AND DENVER FORCES THE
FIELD GOAL. SPERO: JASON MYERS TO ATTEMPT A
50-YARD FIELD GOAL. OPERATION SOUND AND MYERS IS
GOOD TO GET SEATTLE THEIR FIRST POINTS.
WE'LL BREAK BACK IN 30 SECONDS ONE RECEIVER TO ONE SIDE AND
THREE ON THE OTHER. EXPECT BO NIX TO WORK INSIDE
AGAINST THIS LOOK. SPERO: NIX THEY HAVE A FREE
BLITZER AND STEPS UP AND CLIMBS THE POCKET.
AND SEAN PAYTON TALKED ABOUT THAT SNEAKY MOBILITY HE HAS AND
STILL WAITING FOR THE OFFICIAL SECOND AND 10.
NIX'S QUICK RELEASE, NEAR SIDE. THAT'S VELE MAKING IT HAPPEN.
WHAT A PLAY BY THE ROOKIE SEVENTH ROUND PICK OUT OF UTAH.
AND THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE THE ONE DROPBACK PASS THEY HAD A
CHANCE TO PICK UP A CHUNK PLAY, THEY DID MISS.
SPERO: FIRST DOWN AND MORE. PRESEASON, MISSED ALL OF CAMP
WITH THAT HAMSTRING INJURY GETS HIS FIRST LIVE SNAPS IN THE
DEFENSE. THE END ZONE AND IT IS PICKED.
JULIAN LOVE WITH A SNATCH FOR SEATTLE.
ADAM: EXCELLENT SAFETY PLAY, A TOUGH D.B. MAKING IT HAPPEN.
THE GOOD NEWS FOR DENVER IS SEATTLE IS PINNED BACK AT THEIR
1-YARD LINE. GENO THROWING IN TIGHT SPACES.
THERE'S A FLAG. COULD IT BE A HOLD AND POTENTIAL
SAFETY? ADAM: OH, MAN.
REFEREE: HOLDING. OFFENSE.
NUMBER 75. THE FOUL OCCURRED IN THE END
ZONE. BY RULE, IT RESULTS IN A SAFETY. LIVE TO PLAY ANOTHER DOWN AT
THIRD AND 6. SPERO: BIG PLAY AND HE THROWS A
BULLET AND INCOMPLETE, INTENDED FOR SUTTON ON A THIRD AND 6.
ADAM: HE HAD HIM. A CRUCIAL THIRD AND 6 AND MISSES
THAT OPPORTUNITY DOWN FIELD. SPERO: DEE WILLIAMS ON FOR THE
PUNT RETURN AND MUFFS IT. THE FOOTBALL IS STILL LOOSE.
WHO HAS GOT IT? INSIDE THE 10.
AND IT'S DENVER FOOTBALL! MUCH AND GIVE HIM A SINGLE READ
AND IF NOT I WOULD GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE HIS LEGS AND
TRY TO USE THAT ASPECT IN HIS GAME RATHER THAN FORCE SOMETHING
INTO THE END ZONE. SPERO: NIX ON THIRD AND GOAL
TOWARDS THE END ZONE AND IT'S INCOMPLETE.
LOOKING FOR SUTTON. WHAT A MATCHUP AGAINST RIQ
WOOLEN AND IT FALLS INCOMPLETE. BY BO NIX.
SPERO: LUTZ HITTING EARLIER FROM 35 AND THIS KICK IS GOOD FROM
30. AND DENVER BUILDS ON ITS LEAD.
UP FIVE AS WE PLAY IN THE FIRST PENETRATION AND THERE'S NOWHERE
FOR KENNETH WALKER TO GO. SPERO: GENO IS GOING PLAY-ACTION
ON SECOND AND 14. HE DELIVERS A STRIKE.
IT'S METCALF OVER THE MIDDLE, COUPLE YARDS SHY IS OF THE FIRST
DOWN MARKER WITH GENO PUTTING SEATTLE HAS TO GO TO ATTACK
DENVER IN THE PASSING GAME. SPERO: THE LONGEST PLAY OF THE
DAY SO FAR AND A BEAUTIFUL BACK SHOULDER THROW BY SMITH AND HE
FINDS LOCKETT. AND TYLER LOCKETT.
SPERO: LOCKETT TURNS 32. SMITH SHOWING THE WHEELS.
HE'S STILL GOING. TOUCHDOWN! THE RIGHT TRACK.
HE. SPERO: HERE THEY COME ON THIRD
AND 10. NICK DELIVERS AND WILL BE WELL
SHORT. MICHAEL BURTON ON THE CATCH, BUT
HE IS LEVELED. LIKE THEIR COMMUNICATION, COMING
INTO THIS YEAR, WAS SO MUCH FARTHER AHEAD OF WHERE THIS
SECONDARY WAS A SEASON AGO. SPERO: A BEAUTIFUL PUNT AS DIXON
AND -- SEE WHERE THE OFFICIALS WILL MARK IT.
DOWN AT THE 1-YARD LINE. BRILLIANT WORK.
J.L. SKINNER. RUN THE FOOTBALL AND TRY TO GET
SOME BREATHING ROOM. SPERO: LAST TIME THEY WERE DOWN
HERE ENDED WITH A SAFETY. CHARBONNET, DID HE GET OUT?
NO SIGNAL YET. THE BALL MAY HAVE CROSSED.
SAFETY! GOOD TO SEE MARSHAWN LYNCHING.
THIRD AND 8 FOR DENVER AS THEY MARK IT AT THE 38.
LOW SNAP. NIX CLIMBS IN THE POCKET AND
THROWS ON THE RUN. SUTTON IS WIDE OPEN.
FIRST DOWN, DENVER. THEY PICK UP 17.
ADAM: REALLY A NICE JOB OF NIX. THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE BO NIX
SEE THROUGH LAYERS AND MAKE HIM FIND AND THROW DID HIS DEFENSIVE
PLAYERS AND SO FAR IT HAS BEEN WORKING BRILLIANTLY.
SPERO: THIRD AND 7. NIX SPINS AND BUYS HIMSELF A
COUPLE SECONDS. WHAT PRESSURE BY BOYE MAFE AS
THEY RUN NIX OUT OF BOUNDS. ARCHULETA TYPE GAME.
ADAM: WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
SPERO: A LOT OF DEFENSE. ADAM: MISTAKES AND PENALTIES?
SPERO: SMITH IS BURIED AGAIN. THIS IS A DISASTROUS OPENING
HALF FOR SEATTLE'S OFFENSIVE COMING.
THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOOKS HERE SO FAR IN THIS GAME.
SPERO: SEE THAT TARGET LINE. NIX GOING HIGH SIDE.
IT'S CAUGHT. JOSH REYNOLDS MAKING THE CATCH.
WHAT A DELIVERY BY NIX TO GET BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE AT
LEAST IN POSITION TO SECURE THREE POINTS.
SPERO: A 45-YARD PUNT FROM HERE. NIX INITIALLY ROLLS OUT AND WILL
GET HIMSELF OUT OF BOUNDS AS HE RUNS OUT AND LOSES MAYBE A HALF
YARD AS HE FIGHTS TO GET BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE STARTING
TO SHOW SOME OF THAT INNER FROM 35 AND 30.
MICHAEL FABRONI THE LONG SNAPPER AND DIXON THE HOLDER.
ONCE AGAIN, WIL LUTZ DELIVERS FOR DENVER AND THE BRONCOS BUILD
ON THEIR LEAD WITH TWO SECONDS CALL ON ONE SAFETY AND THEY TRY
TO RUN IT OUT OF THE END ZONE AND ANOTHER SAFETY.
TWO IN ONE GAME. SPERO: THAT TIME GENO FEELING
HEAT BUT ABLE TO DELIVER IT TO OUT FIRES DRIVE IN AND DRIVE
OUT, IT'S TOUGH TO GET ANY SORT OF RHYTHM ON THE OFFENSE.
SPERO: WALKER GETTING TO THE SECOND LEVEL.
THEY DESPERATELY NEED THAT GROUND ATTACK TO GIT-GOING AND
IT DOES. WALKER WITH A 15-YARD BURST.
ADAM: NOT ONLY UP FRONT BUT WIDE SO MANY TIMES WHEN HE'S ABLE TO
FIND THAT EDGE AND GET TO THE SIDELINE IS WHEN HE BREAKS OFF
THOSE BIG RUNS. SPERO: WALKER STARTING A LEAD ON
THIS DEFENSE. WALKER BREAKING FREE.
TOUCHDOWN. FOOTBALL GAME TODAY FOR SEATTLE.
SPERO: PRO BOWL SEASON FOR LOVE IN SEATTLE.
ON SECOND AND 8. BACK TO THE GROUND GAME.
DENVER HAS A FIRST DOWN WITH MCLAUGHLIN.
IT'S A 15-YARD BURST AS HE GETS INTO THE TEETH OF THAT SEATTLE
DEFENSE. AGGRESSIVE, OF BEING ABLE TO
READ THE KEYS AND MAKE THE PLAY. SPERO: ON THIRD DOWN, THAT PASS.
SEE WHAT THE OFFICIALS MARK HERE.
WAS IT A CATCH? AND NOW THEY SAY SEATTLE BALL.
FUMBLE. SEATTLE RECOVERY.
JEROME BAKER FALLING ON THE SPERO: TURNS OUT TO BE A 14-YARD
PENALTY AS MCMILLAN WORKED WITH SMITH NJIGBA.
AND WORKING IT WITH THE BRONCOS DEFENSE ON ITS HEELS, AND WALKER
STARTING TO LEAN ON THEM NOW. A LITTLE CUTBACK TO GET INSIDE
THE 15-YARD LINE. HAVE WE SEEN KENETH WALKER GET
FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX YARDS BEFORE AN ATTEMPTED TACKLE.
SPERO: DENVER DESPERATELY TRYING TO HOLD THEM OUT OF THE END
ZONE. SMITH TRYING TO GET IT TO WALKER
TO HAVE A CHANCE WHICH WAS TOO THE HALF AND THIS TIME A 28-YARD
CHIP SHOT ATTEMPT FOR SEATTLE. MICHAEL DIXON THE HOLDER AND
MYERS EXTENDS THIS SEATTLE LEAD THEY GET. SPERO: NIX HAS TO WORK QUICKLY.
THIRD DOWN PASS BATTED DOWN AND INCOMPLETE.
SUTTON WAS THE INTENDED TARGET GRUBB WAS INTRODUCED AS THE
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOLLOWING KALEN DEBOER TO TUSCALOOSA
BEFORE HE GOT THAT PHONE CALL FROM MACDONALD.
WALKER TAKING ON TACKLERS AND THAT'S ANOTHER FIRST DOWN RUN
FOR SEATTLE. A PICKUP OF A DOZEN.
BOY, SUDDENLY IT'S THE KENNETH DO I MAKE AND AD JUSTMENT?
ONLY ONE IS IN THE BOX. AND KENNETH WALKER HAD 12 RUNS
AFTER TWO HIGH. SPERO: HIS 18TH RUN OF THE DAY.
ADAM: SPERO, I MENTIONED DENVER ALL THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
SPERO: SMITH THROWS ON THE RUN AND FIRES A BULLET.
LOCKETT AGAIN. FOURTH QUARTER IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. SIX-POINT SEATTLE LEAD AND THIS
OFFENSE HEADLINED BY GENO SMITH IS ROLLING.
SMITH HAS A MAN WIDE OPEN, IT'S CHARBONNET AND A SUNDAY STROLL
INTO THE END ZONE FOR SEATTLE. MINUTES TO GO.
SPERO: COACH KEEPING TABS ON THAT.
BIG PLAY. NIX NEEDS A COMPLETION AND GETS
IT TO DULCICH, WHAT A RECOVERY. TYRELL DODSON, MONSTER PLAY FOR
?SEATTLE. ADAM: GREAT TACKLE.
I'VE BEEN SAYING IT THE WHOLE GAME.
IT'S BEEN THE SAFETIES. HERE IN THE SECOND HALF TO THROW
THE FOOTBALL, HE'S BEEN EXCELLENT.
SPERO: SMITH AGAIN. PUTTING THE FOOTBALL RIGHT
BETWEEN THE NUMBERS OF METCALF AND IT'S A FIRST DOWN FOR
SEATTLE. AS THAT TERRIFIC MATCHUP
CONTINUES BETWEEN METCALF AND GENERAL MANAGER.
COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE TEAM THEY'VE BUILT HERE WITH
THIS COACHING STAFF. GENO WITH SIDEARM DELIVERY GETS
IT TO CHARBONNET AND SLIPS THE INITIAL TACKLE BUT BURIED FOR A
LOSS. AND CERTAINLY KNEW COMING INTO
THIS GAME IT WAS STACKED AGAINST HIM OF PLAYING EXCEPTIONALLY
WELL. BUT AGAIN, EVERY SINGLE REP IS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PLAY IN THIS GAME.
YOU SAW CALEB WILLIAMS IN THIS GAME, BUT LET'S FACE IT, BEFORE
THIS GAME, SAM DARNOLD WAS THE WHIPPLE THE GIANTS.
MATT PERET IS IN AT LEFT TACKLE. WOBBLY PASS IS CAUGHT.
THAT'S DULCICH THE TIGHT-END BUT HE'S WELL SHORT.
THE OFFENSE STAYING ON THE OR THE OTHER AND ATTACK OUTSIDE
THE NUMBERS. SPERO: I'D ARM DELIVERY.
IT'S CAUGHT! WHAT A PASS BY NIX.
HE GETS IT TO REYNOLDS. TO TRY TO KEEP THEIR HOPES
ALIVE. DENVER PLAYING WITH ALL THREE
TIME-OUTS. 5:35 LEFT.
THEY'RE DOWN 13. NIX HAS ALL DAY.
BUT IT'S INTERCEPTED! PICKED OFF BY WOOLEN.
SECOND INTERCEPTION THROWN BY ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES TO DRILL
DOWN WHAT HIS PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
YOU HAVE CHALLENGES. INSTANT REPLAY.
SO MUCH YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE. SO MUCH MORE ON HI PLATE AS HE
MOVES OVER FROM THE DECOORDINATE THE RIGHT GUY TEACHING HIM IN
SEAN PAYTON TO GET THE MOST OUT OF HIS ABLE.
SPERO: LET'S SEE WHAT NIX CAN DO HERE.
HE HAS SOME GREEN GRASS IN FRONT OF HIM DENVER ISN'T DONE YET.
IF HE CAN GET A QUICK STRIKE EAR SPERO: TWO DOWNS FOR DENVER.
IT'S CAUGHT. REYNOLDS WITH ANOTHER FIRST DOWN
CATCH. ONE DEFENDER WHEN YOU START TO
READ OUTBREAKING ROUTES. SPERO: NIX ON A CAUGHT, IT'S
CAUGHT. SUTTON GOING AIRBORNE AS HE
LEAVES HIS FEET TO MAKE THAT AGAIN TO SHIELD TARIQ WOOLEN TO
BE ABLE TO MAKE A PLAY ON THAT FOOTBALL.
SPERO: NIX THE FAKE! ANOTHER FAKE AND HE SPINS INTO
THE END ZONE FOR THE DENVER TOUCHDOWN!
AND THE ROOKIE BO NIX TRYING TO TAKE IT AND RUN IF IT'S NOT
THERE FOR SMITH. SPERO: SMITH DROPS BACK HIS
PASS! LOCKET!
INCREDIBLE! FINAL LINE ON BO NIX, 27-43.
ONLY A BUCK 35, ARCH, THE TWO PICKS.
A LOT TO THINK ABOUT FOR HIM ON THAT FLIGHT HOME TO DENVER.
ADAM: YOU DON'T WANT YOUR