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SEATTLE – The Seattle Seahawks made some off-field NFL history Thursday when it was announced that their game against the Eagles set for Dec. 17 has been moved to the following day, Dec. 18.

SEATTLE – In Pete Carroll-era Seahawks lore, a trip to Dallas midway through the 2011 season has always been regarded as a turning point. Seattle didn’t win that day. In fact, the Seahawks’ 23-13 defeat dropped them to 2-6 at the midway point of Carroll’s second season, eliciting all sorts of grumbling about where things were headed.

RENTON, Wash. – Over their past four games, when not playing a team that recently fired its defensive coordinator, the Seahawks have scored one offensive touchdown.

RENTON, Wash. – It looked maybe like a benching when the Seahawks replaced right cornerback Riq Woolen after the first three defensive series of Thursday night’s 31-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

SEATTLE – If that surprised you, perhaps Harlem Globetrotter victories do, too.

SEATTLE – The Seahawks couldn’t have made much worse of an opening statement as they began a four-game stretch of games that figures to define their 2023 season Thursday night in the first Thanksgiving home game in franchise history.

SEATTLE – Looking back to when the NFL schedule came out, this was the stretch of games that was destined to elevate the 2023 Seattle Seahawks – or doom them.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The 49ers let the early birds catch the worm this week while they concentrate on grounding the Seahawks.

RENTON, Wash. – Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith is officially listed as questionable for Thursday night’s NFC West showdown with the San Francisco 49ers.

The Los Angeles Rams, who for the past season and a half have been the antithesis of the team that raised the Lombardi Trophy two Februarys ago, also may end up as the most infuriating reason the Seahawks miss the playoffs.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Geno Smith came back to lead a comeback.

RENTON, Wash. – While Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has never been shy about stating his belief that a strong running game is necessary to be a successful offense, he’s also never been so stubborn as to not do what it takes to win.

RENTON, Wash. – Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith’s performance Sunday was a little whiplash-inducing.

As a young wide receiver, Jaxon Smith-Njigba knows how fortunate he is to be able to work alongside Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf every day.

With poise and cold-blooded precision, Geno Smith did everything possible on Sunday to silence the critics and disbelievers.

SEATTLE – As Pete Carroll sent Geno Smith and the Seattle offense onto the field with 52 seconds left in a tie game Sunday, the coach sent a message to his quarterback: Overtime was OK.

RENTON, Wash. – Throughout his 1½-year tenure as the Seattle Seahawks’ starting quarterback, Geno Smith has earned a reputation – as well as the respect and admiration of teammates and coaches – for publicly accepting as much blame for any of the team’s offensive issues as anyone wants to give him.

So when is the true midway point of the NFL season now that teams play a 17-game schedule, anyway? Is it after Week 8? Week 9?

SEATTLE – A day later, the thoughts of Seahawks coach Pete Carroll on Geno Smith’s culpability in Sunday’s 37-3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens hadn’t changed.