Washington Football Team: Key numbers from loss to Seattle

Encouraging Numbers from Washington’s Loss

23: Washington hadn’t scored an offensive touchdown in 23 drives, despite pulling off the victory against the 49ers. Despite that being a bad number, it was encouraging to see Washington score touchdowns on back-to-back drives in the fourth quarter.

96: After the first two offensive drives of the second half ended with an interception and a punt, it wasn’t too encouraging seeing Washington start at their four-yard line on the third drive of the second half. But instead of faltering, Dwayne Haskins led a 14-play, 96-yard touchdown drive, the longest drive all season. Haskins went 7-of-10 for 65 yards on the drive and added in a 12-yard scramble, before Peyton Barber ran it in from the one.

5: Washington’s defense did its job in the second half and forced a turnover in their fifth straight game. Montez Sweat got his hands on Russell Wilson’s pass, knocking it into the air, and Daron Payne picked it off, giving Washington the ball back right after the offense had scored its first touchdown.

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The Washington Football Team’s defense came up big in the second half. After Seattle took a 20-3 lead, the next four series ended in three three-and-outs and an interception. “Five” was also important because Washington held Seattle to only five first-downs for the entire second half.

29 and 234: Over 75% of Haskins’ completions and close to 80% of his passing yards went to three primary targets: Logan Thomas, J.D. McKissic, and Terry McLaurin. Thomas finished with a career-high 13 receptions (second most in Washington Football Team history for a game) and 101 receiving yards, showing that he deserves a long-term contract.

After having a few rough outings, McLaurin bounced back with seven receptions for 77 yards and showed nice rapport with Haskins on a few downfield throws. He could have had a bigger day if not for a few drops.

Facing off against his former team, McKissic proved to be invaluable out of the backfield, catching nine passes for 56 yards and a touchdown that cut the lead to one possession. Over the last three games, during the time he has filled in for Antonio Gibson, McKissic has 21 receptions for 144 yards.

121: The Washington Football Team did a good job of keeping Russell Wilson in check throughout the game, holding him to only 121 passing yards, his lowest output of the season, and a 73.2 passer rating, his second-worst in a game this season.

77: A byproduct of Wilson’s low passing numbers was the fact that Washington’s defense kept two of his top weapons, D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, in check throughout the game.

Metcalf and Lockett had the fourth and 17th most receiving yards in the NFL, respectively, coming into the game. Based on their season average, the duo typically combines for about 11 receptions and 159 receiving yards per game, but was held to only nine receptions and 77 yards against the Washington Football Team.

+99: Washington came into the game with the best second-half point differential in the NFL and added to that total. Despite losing the game, Washington outscored the Seahawks 12-7 in the second half.