Devon Witherspoon and the Seattle Seahawks protection had a dominant evening towards the Pristine York Giants offense, in particular torturing Daniel Jones over the process the sport. Witherspoon had two sacks and an interception go back for a landing — the primary Seahawks participant to achieve this feat in a recreation.
Witherspoon’s pick-six for a rating necessarily ended the Giants comeback struggle past due within the 3rd quarter and brought about a viral sideline life between Jones and head mentor Brian Daboll.
The Seahawks rookie cornerback simply learn the direction and took the ball 97 yards the alternative manner for the rating. Witherspoon admitted then the sport it used to be simple to decipher the place Jones used to be going, and it helped top to a franchise-record 11 sacks.
“We knew he liked to stare down his first target,” Witherspoon told NFL Network after the game. “We were just trusting the game plan the coaches laid out for us. He had his back turned and a lot of guys were winning the one-on-one matchups up front. Without them, we couldn’t make the plays that we made.”
Jones completed 27 of 34 for 203 yards and two interception (67.0 ranking) as he used to be sacked 10 occasions within the loss. The Seahawks protection had 11 sacks as a group in controlling the struggle within the trenches all the way through the evening. Jones had 3 giveover within the loss (two interceptions and a misplaced fumble), the second one recreation in his profession he had 0 touchdowns and three-plus giveover.
Witherspoon’s grievance of Jones isn’t the primary year a participant has criticized the Giants quarterback this season. 49ers gamers anonymously ripped Jones closing age then the Ginats fell to San Francisco, announcing he “didn’t want to throw the ball,” among alternative issues.
Jones has been the poster boy for grievance this season. That doesn’t seem to be preventing any year quickly.