That was an entertaining game, the weak ending notwithstanding. Russell Wilson is now forced to be what Deshaun Watson was - an all-out gunslinger having to win in shootouts. He's easily the No. 1 QB going forward.
• Did Pete Carroll feel bad for DeShone Kizer? Hard to explain faking the field goal at the end of the half otherwise. Especially the play design which would have got the ball into Luke Willson's hands with 30 yards to run. How slow does he think Atlanta's special teams are? In Carroll's defense, Tyler Lockett was gashing them for 40-yard returns with ease every time they kicked off.
• Wilson had 258 yards passing, two TDs and 86 yards on the ground and another score. That equates to 430 passing yards (remember rush yards are worth double) and 3.5 passing TDs. It's why Wilson should be ranked ahead of Tom Brady going forward.
• The Seahawks still haven't found a solution at running back. J.D. McKissic and Mike Davis both did more in the passing game than on the ground. If I had to pick, I'd take McKissic who got six targets.
• Jimmy Graham caught 7-of-11 targets for 58 yards, a TD and a two-point conversion, but he saw at least three looks from inside the five and a deep shot into the end zone on a Wilson scramble that he should have caught. The way they post Graham up from in close, don't have red-zone wideouts and don't run much at the goal line means Graham is the favorite to lead pass catchers in TDs the rest of the way. Even Wilson, who scored a short TD, doesn't do a lot of designed runs from in close a la Cam Newton.
• The wideouts were quiet except for a 29-yard Doug Baldwin TD on a free play after the Falcons had jumped offsides.
• Matt Ryan had only 195 yards, but on the road in Seattle, albeit against a defense at far less than full strength, he played well, getting 7.2 YPA, two TDs, one sack and no picks. Ryan made a few key third-down conversion throws under pressure too.
• Tevin Coleman is explosive, but doesn't look like the natural between-the-tackles runner that Devonta Freeman is. Terron Ward ran harder and with more wiggle.
• Julio Jones had 10 targets, a couple great catches, one bad drop and even one failed fade in the end zone, but wound up with a modest five catches for 71 yards. He might have a monster game in him at some point, but timing it has proved to be awfully hard.
• What a weak kick by Blair Walsh. A 52-yard attempt is like a 45-yarder 20 years ago - you can miss wide, but you can't come up short.