James Cook dinner rushed for a season-high 111 yards and two touchdowns because the Buffalo Payments defeated the host Seattle Seahawks 31-10 in a matchup of division leaders on a sloppy Sunday afternoon.
Josh Allen accomplished 24 of 34 passes for 283 yards and two scores for the AFC East-leading Payments (6-2), who gained their third sport in a row. Khalil Shakir grabbed a career-high 9 receptions for 107 yards.
The NFC West-leading Seahawks (4-4), who misplaced for the fourth time of their previous 5 video games, managed simply 233 yards of complete offense with out main receiver DK Metcalf, who suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament final week at Atlanta.
Geno Smith accomplished 21 of 29 passes for 212 yards with an interception.
The groups mixed for twenty-four penalties, probably the most in a sport within the NFL this season.
Main 14-3 on the half, the Payments marched inside Seattle’s 10-yard line on their opening possession of the third quarter earlier than Tyler Bass kicked a 27-yard discipline aim.
Buffalo defensive lineman Austin Johnson intercepted a tipped go on Seattle’s subsequent drive, which led to Cook dinner’s 2-yard landing run with 1:57 left within the third to make it 24-3.
Cook dinner scored on a 7-yard run with 11:19 remaining.
Seattle’s solely landing got here on a 1-yard run by Zach Charbonnet with 8:02 to go.
The Payments opened the scoring on a 2-yard go from Allen to Keon Coleman with 4:51 left within the first quarter. That capped a 14-play, 90-yard drive.
The Seahawks, who went three-and-out on their first two possessions, then put collectively a protracted scoring drive. Seattle had first-and-goal on the Buffalo 2-yard line earlier than Connor Williams’ snap on second down sailed over Smith’s head, with Kenneth Walker III recovering the ball close to the 30. The Seahawks needed to accept Jason Myers’ 38-yard discipline aim.
Seattle threatened once more when Josh Jobe stepped in entrance of Amari Cooper and intercepted a go from Allen, returning it 33 yards to Buffalo’s 7.
On fourth-and-goal from the 1, Williams stepped on Smith’s foot simply after the quarterback took the snap, leading to a 6-yard loss.
Buffalo marched 93 yards in 12 performs and grew its result in 14-3 on a 12-yard landing go to tight finish Dalton Kincaid with 18 seconds left within the half. The drive was prolonged when the Seahawks’ Derick Corridor was known as for roughing Allen on an incomplete go on third-and-7 on the Seattle 24. Corridor jawed with teammate Jarran Reed on the sphere, then the 2 received right into a skirmish on the sidelines.
–Area Degree Media
