It was a slow start for the Seattle Seahawks' offense at home against Tampa Bay, but once Klint Kubiak’s unit caught its footing, the game evolved into a high-scoring shootout as each offense traded blows. In the end, it didn’t prove to be enough to win, but Seattle may have unlocked the secret weapon in their offense in the process.
Sam Darnold focused on his usual top targets, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp, to get the offense going, but in the red zone, he leaned on his big ‘blocking’ tight end, A.J. Barner.
Barner had a career day, hauling in all seven of his targets for 53 yards and two scores, all single-game highs in his young career.