Neanderball: Autopsy of a Pass Rush

Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY SportsThe Obvious Disclaimer

No Seattle Seahawks column will feel complete this week unless it begins by mentioning that Jason Myers did his level best to lose us this game. In a contest the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took to overtime, Myers missed a field goal from 47 yards, another from 40 and an extra point. Had he made any of those kicks, the Hawks would have won in regulation.

Had Myers made all of those kicks (which a competent NFL kicker should have done: they had probabilities of about 70%, 85%, and 95% based on 2014-2018 numbers), and had Bobby Wagner refrained from giving Jameis Winston a schoolyard shove after an incomplete pass on third down in the Seattle red…