‘We fight no matter what’ – Seahawks’ Geno Smith on competing after playoff elimination…
Seahawks’ comeback goes for naught.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Cornerback Quandre Diggs and the Seahawks weren’t exactly sure how to act in the minutes following their come-from-behind victory Sunday. The emotions came in waves — sometimes proud, other times dejected.
Seattle had just won a big game. But there will be no more of them this season.
Geno Smith threw two touchdown passes and the Seahawks rallied for a 21-20 win over the Arizona Cardinals, but Seattle still missed the playoffs after the Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears.
“It just didn’t work out in our favor,” Diggs said. “We fought to the end, which is cool, but I wish we were playing another week.”
Arizona’s Matt Prater missed a 51-yard field attempt, wide right, at the buzzer. It was his second missed field goal of the fourth quarter.
The Seahawks came into Week 18 of this regular season in a familiar position, needing a win in the finale and some help from another team to squeeze into the playoffs. It worked out last season after the Seahawks beat the Rams and the Lions beat the Packers.
This time around, it didn’t.
The Seahawks had to beat the Cardinals and hope the Bears could upset the Packers. The games were played at roughly the same time Sunday and both were tight, but the Packers polished off their 17-9 win — knocking the Seahawks out of postseason contention — midway through the fourth quarter of the Arizona-Seattle game.
“The best way to describe it is bittersweet,” Smith said. “Obviously, it’s good to get a win. First thing’s first. A road win, in the fashion we did today, it took everybody and came down to the wire.”
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