NASHVILLE — The Seattle Seahawks bounced back quite nicely from their first road loss this season, quarterback Sam Darnold included.
Darnold threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns, and the Seahawks beat the Tennessee Titans 30-24 on Sunday at Nissan Stadium for their fifth win in six games.
Picked off four times in a 21-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams a week earlier that dropped Seattle to second place behind them in the NFC West Division, Darnold put the Seahawks ahead to stay Sunday with a 63-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba in the second quarter.
“He was a spark for us,” Seattle coach Mike Macdonald said of Darnold. “The big touchdown to Jax, to see his emotion and his excitement I thought really got the team going, which is something that we needed. Like we said, same guy. Just ripped it, did a great job.”
The Seahawks (8-3), who have not lost back-to-back games this year, improved to 5-1 on the road and remained in position for the first wild-card spot in the NFC playoff chase.