Ross: No playoffs for the Seattle Seahawks, but so what?!
Jan 8, 2024, 9:58 AM | Updated: 10:15 am
Seahawks wide receiver Tyler Lockett celebrates victory over Arizona Cardinals. (Getty Images)
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No playoffs, but so what?!
In the final two minutes, the Seahawks channeled the Husky playbook.聽 They took the game down to the last second, but with one big difference: they knew in those final minutes that they were out of the playoffs.
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Tyler Lockett: “People could easily say, ‘Well, I’m not gonna throw my body in here anymore.’ I’m gonna make sure I don’t get hurt.”
My wife and I are listening on the car radio, and Steve Raible鈥檚 saying the Bears lost, so that鈥檚 what I鈥檓 thinking too 鈥� there goes the Hawks playoff hopes, so no point in anyone getting hurt.
But that鈥檚 not what Tyler Lockett was thinking in the final minutes.
Lockett: “We kept fighting. I mean, obviously, things were at our control. But you know, you don’t want to be a part of any team that gives up.”
And as we鈥檙e listening, I can see my wife tearing up, I鈥檓 getting a little misty too, but I have to drive鈥� because who does Tyler give the credit to? Everybody but the guy who actually caught those two crucial passes:
Lockett: “Geno did a great job. Zack did a great job. Everybody did a great job doing their part.”
And in the post-game interview 鈥� he even provided a little life lesson:
Lockett: “We stuck together, and we fought, and it’s always better to end the season with a win rather than a loss.”
And the cynics will say, 鈥淲here was that team during the first three quarters?鈥� But the point he鈥檚 making is, that there are times in life when 鈥� even if you鈥檙e the best at what you do 鈥� just as you鈥檙e about to grab that big break, it鈥檚 snatched away.
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And when that happens, you don鈥檛 curse your bad luck. You show gratitude that you were good enough to stay in the game and get that close. And as Dave Wyman said to Steve Raible.
Wyman: “I hope Tyler Lockett keeps playing as long as you and I want to keep doing broadcasts.”
Me too, Dave. Me too.
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