EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – For much of the game, the mounting frustration of the Seahawks’ offense had a slightly different taste to it.
This wasn’t them flailing helplessly, unable to mount an attack. This was the Seahawks mostly dominating the New York Giants’ defense, moving the ball up and down the field, only to self-destruct in maddening ways. Penalties. Dropped balls. A failed fourth-down play at the 1 that thwarted a long drive when a pass clanked off Jimmy Graham’s hands in the end zone. A Thomas Rawls fumble that led to a Giants score.
Finally, after another possession deep into New York territory in the second quarter was frittered away, Doug Baldwin had had enough.