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Washington (5-6) took the lead for good when McKissic rushed 10
yards for a tie-breaking touchdown with 8:30 left in the third
quarter. With kicker Joey Slye out due to a hamstring injury,
Washington went for two and Antonio Gibson ran it in.
That became the difference when Seattle (3-8) drove 96 yards and
pulled within two points when Russell Wilson hit Freddie Swain
with a 32-yard scoring strike with 15 seconds left. Wilson tried
to connect with Swain on the two-point conversion, but Fuller
intercepted the pass.
The Seahawks appeared to recover the ensuing onside kick but
were flagged for an illegal formation. Washington's Adam
Humphries recovered another onside kick to seal the outcome.
Taylor Heinicke completed 27 of 35 passes for 223 yards with a
touchdown and an interception for Washington, which jumped into
the final NFC playoff spot. Gibson rushed 29 times for 111
yards.
Wilson was 20 of 31 for 247 yards with two touchdowns for
Seattle, which had the ball for just 18:20.
McKissic left late in the game because of an apparent head or
neck injury.
After both teams went three-and-out to start the game,
Washington kept the ball for nearly 9 1/2 minutes on its next
possession. The drive stalled at the Seattle 5-yard line, so
Slye kicked a 23-yard field goal at the 2:59 mark to initiate
scoring.
Seattle responded with a six-play touchdown drive that Wilson
finished with a 6-yard dart to Gerald Everett with 20 seconds
left in the first quarter. Wilson's 55-yard connection with
Tyler Lockett set up the score.
Neither team scored again until 56 seconds remained in the first
half. That's when Heinicke flipped a short pass to McKissic and
the running back did the rest for a 10-yard touchdown.
Washington's 9-7 lead was short-lived. Rasheem Green blocked
Slye's low PAT attempt, scooped up the ball and rumbled into the
end zone for a defensive two-point conversion that evened the
score entering halftime.
--Field Level Media
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