SEATTLE (AP) — By the time the Seattle Seahawks landed back in the Pacific Northwest and arrived at the team facility following their Monday night loss, it was already 4:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
With another game in less than six days. And another game after that on the following Thursday night. It was another reminder of the remoteness of playing in Seattle and the difficulty of the 11-day stretch the Seahawks (3-1) currently find themselves in.
“I’m not used to it yet. I think it’s going to be a process over the next X-amount of time. Talking through guys, getting feedback,” first-year Seattle coach Mike Macdonald said.
The middle section of Seattle’s three-game stretch arrives Sunday when the Seahawks will host the New York Giants, who will be well-rested by the time they arrive in the Emerald City. While Seattle is in the middle of this condensed and challenging stretch of the schedule, the Giants (1-3) will be coming off a 10-day gap after losing at home to Dallas on Sept. 26.
“I mean four games is, like you said earlier, a quarter of the year. Got a lot more football to play and ultimately, if we play better going forward, we’ll get different results, and you’ll look up and we’ll be where we want to be,” Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton said. The Seahawks are also figuring out how Macdonald processes losses after suffering his first as a head coach in the setback to the Lions.
Most troubling for Seattle was seeing its defense get torn apart afte.
