Wilson is A Beast

It was the clutch quarterbacking of Russell Wilson that set up the game-winning field goal in overtime of a Monday night thriller against San Francisco, but the Seahawks were able to hand the 49ers their first loss of the season thanks in large part to the play of their defense.

After an interception by Wilson on the first possession of overtime, the 49ers defense held strong by stalling out a seven-play drive that ended in a missed field goal, much to the delight of those who used bet-iowa.com to get in on the action. When the Seahawks weren’t able to do anything on offense on the ensuing drive, the defense held strong again by forcing three straight pass incompletions for the three-and-out. Wilson would eventually lead the offense down the field to set up Jason Myers’ game-winning field goal.

After the game, Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner provided a very interesting tidbit. Apparently he and fellow linebacker K.J. Wright were able to pick up on some of the checks made by 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo.

“They’re a team that runs so many different things that it’s hard to get a tendency, but I felt like the last couple of times that we played them we were able to figure out what they were doing,” Wagner said, via NFL Media’s Jim Trotter.“Because they run so many different things, it’s a game where you have to be disciplined, and you just have to read your keys. It becomes kind of like simple football: Read your keys, and it will take you to the football. Once we started reading keys, me and K.J. started hearing the calls and picked up on the checks he was making, and it allowed us to break faster.”

The Seahawks and 49ers play one more time this season in the Week 17 finale at Seattle. If what Wagner said is true about picking up on checks, then it sounds like the 49ers will have to make some changes to their play-calling by the time that game rolls around.

Hargreaves is Now Available

Vernon Hargreaves is looking for a new team to play for after getting cut by the Buccaneers on Tuesday.

The former first-round pick’s release comes just days after he was benched for a lack of effort in Tampa’s win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

Hargreaves was the Buccaneers’ most experienced cornerback with 35 career starts under his belt. Still, the 24-year-old never quite played up to expectations in his three-and-a-half seasons with the Bucs.

Sunday’s incident was apparently not the first time Hargreaves had been disciplined by the Buccaneers this season. Head coach Bruce Arians also sat Hargreaves during the first practice of OTAs because he wasn’t mentally ready to practice.

But with his release from the Bucs, it seems Hargreaves is likely to get a second chance in the league. There should be plenty of teams willing to take a flyer on a former first-round pick under the age of 25.

Burying the Hatchet

For a while there it didn’t look like Jamal Adams was ever going to forgive Jets general manager Joe Douglas for dangling the star safety in trade talks at last month’s deadline, but after a much-needed talk, it seems all is forgiven.

Adams told reporters on Thursday of the talk he had with Douglas, which also included head coach Adam Gase.

“It went well. I told them I don’t hate those guys,” Adams said, per ESPN’s Rich Cimini. “They said they don’t hate me. I have nothing but love and respect for them, you know what I mean? We’ve moved on. We apologized to each other.

“We went about it a little different way on both ends. It is what it is. You live and learn. It’s part of life. It’s not going to hurt our relationship or how I feel about this organization.”

It was almost a week ago that Adams said he wasn’t ready to sit down with Douglas. The possibility of getting traded got Adams so angry, he took to social media to call out Douglas.

With Adams now saying he’d like to remain a Jet long term, it doesn’t look like the Jets will be shopping the 24-year-old anytime soon. He’ll likely figure into their plans for the future. After what is looking like another horrendous season in New York, the Jets need to hold onto whatever young talent they have and try to build around it instead of sending it to other teams.