The Seahawks suited up 53 players Thursday, the Raiders 46 with neither team playing anyone who is established as a starter.
Welcome to the fourth — and thankfully final — game of the NFL preseason, in which it’s only the games within the game that matter.
Here are a few thoughts on what stood out in Seattle’s 17-15 win over the Raiders, which left the Seahawks with a 3-1 record to end the preseason (who knows what that means — Seattle went 0-4 last year before going 10-6 in the regular season).
Geno sews up backup QB job
The backup job was maybe briefly in doubt following the preseason opener when Paxton Lynch played well and Geno Smith then had surgery on his left knee to remove a cyst.