The Seattle Seahawks hold off the Bears with a TD-less win

Regardless of how it looked, the Seattle Seahawks took another spot in the win column on Thursday night, beating the lowly Chicago Bears 6-3 at Soldier Field in a game where there were no touchdowns.

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The win improves Seattle to 9-7 with one game left on the season as attention now turns to seeing the NFC West-leading Los Angeles Rams (9-6) beat the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday.

As we do after every Seahawks game, we gathered instant reaction from Seattle Sports to the Week 17 win. See what they have to say below and tune in throughout Friday for even more reaction and analysis, starting at 6 a.m. with the pregame show as well as a special edition of The Mike Macdonald Show on Friday at 9:30 a.m. the Seahawks head coach.

Seattle Seahawks reaction

Mike Salk – Brock and Salk (weekdays 6am-10am)

Al Michaels said the Steelers’ Super Bowl victory over the Cardinals was the most exciting he’s ever called. Something tells me he won’t remember it as fondly.

The Seahawks and Bears set football back a few decades as Seattle eked out a 6-3 victory that didn’t prove much. The Seahawks defense is pretty good, in case you didn’t know, and they tormented Caleb Williams and the Bears offensive line for seven sacks and more pressure. The Seahawks offense is… not that good. And after a strong start with the ball, he virtually disappeared into non-existence by the end of the game.

I think the strength of the defense (and the ineptitude of the Chicago offense) probably caused the Seahawks to be incredibly conservative and risk-averse in their playmaking, but the raw numbers were almost as ugly as the viewing experience. Offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb hasn’t done himself any favors by trying to show he’s the right man for the job. Honestly, neither Geno Smith nor DK Metcalf. The former almost threw another interception in the red zone and later suggested that the rain was to blame for the stagnant offense, while the latter could have been ejected for losing his temper again.

Good thing that didn’t matter. Join the Cardinals and then take care of business in LA and the playoffs will be back at Lumen Field.

Dave Wyman – Wyman and Bob (2-7 p.m.)/Seahawks Radio Network Analyst

Video of Wyman’s reaction from Soldier Field will be added when it becomes available.

Mike Lefko – Wyman and Bob

That was… something.

Three days between games, especially this late in the season, would never have been the formula to produce a masterpiece, but this game may not have even exceeded the bare minimum for tolerable offensive performances from both teams.

Everything about the Seahawks offense just felt out of sync all night. Luckily, they were playing against a team that literally had trouble keeping their quarterback upright. From Geno stepping on his running back’s foot to DK’s unnecessary roughness sequence to another near-interception in the red zone, the offense couldn’t find any rhythm.

The best drive of the game was undoubtedly the first, with the Seahawks mastering the running game on seven of the drive’s 11 plays, rushing for 53 yards (close to what they accomplished in the entire game last Sunday). But even that was interrupted by the questionable decision to throw on third-and-3.

The defense was great, perhaps helped by the Bears’ inept offensive line and a rookie quarterback who is struggling mightily. But any time you can manage seven sacks, it’s still a great accomplishment. Devon Witherspoon continues to play with the turbo button constantly pressed, while Uchenna Nwosu was under pressure everywhere, including his first sack of the season.

The downside of a short week for this game is the extra rest before a more important regular season finale against the Rams. As for this weekend, I think we’re all Kyler Murray fans.

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