The Seattle Seahawks learned the hard way that the Buffalo Bills are one of the league’s best. Their 31-10 loss to them was, by margin of defeat, the worst home loss the Seahawks have suffered since a 42-7 loss to the Rams during the 2017 season.
Unfortunately, a disastrous multi-score loss to the Bills is something newly-acquired linebacker Ernest Jones IV has had to endure in back-to-back weekends. Seattle traded for Jones from the Tennessee Titans, who in Week 7, had a road game to western New York.
Tennessee took an early 10-0 lead… and then allowed 34 unanswered to suffer a 34-10 defeat. Jones had 5 total tackles, one quarterback hit, and one pass defense.
While his new team also could not score more than 10 points in yet another loss to Buffalo, Jones performed much better in Week 8. Jones made an immediate impact for Seattle, leading the team with 15 total tackles. The next best Seahawk was Josh Jobe, who only had seven tackles.
Not much of anything went well for the Seahawks on Sunday. When you have a 21-point home loss, it is a failure on both sides of the ball and in all phases of the game. But head coach Mike Macdonald did give Jones some praise, calling his strong performance a “silver lining” in the Week 8 debacle.
