Monday Round-Up: Players, Coaches, Local & National Media React to Seahawks' Overtime Loss at Cincinnati Bengals

Good morning, 12s.

Here's a look at what's "out there" for today - Monday, Oct. 12 - about your Seattle Seahawks (2-3) one day after the team's 27-24 overtime loss to the Bengals in Cincinnati.

From The Press

Here at Seahawks.com, digital media reporter John Boyle shares five key takeaways from Sunday's loss that coach Pete Carroll referred to as "baffling" after his team gave up a 17-point fourth-quarter lead. Boyle also passes along injury updates from the Seattle coach on defensive tackle Jordan Hill and linebacker Bobby Wagner.

I recap rookie running back Thomas Rawls' big day rushing the football that came in front of an estimated 80-90 friends and family at Paul Brown Stadium.

Bob Condotta at the Seattle Times grades out Sunday's performance from the Seahawks' offense, defense, and special teams and puts some historical context behind Sunday's result.

Larry Stone at the Seattle Times says the Seahawks must regain their ability to close out games.

Dave Boling at the Tacoma News Tribune expects a defense like Seattle's to hold a fourth-quarter lead.

Danny O'Neil at 710Sports.com shares three things we learned and three things we're still trying to figure out after Sunday's Seahawks loss and notes Seattle's defense is shouldering the blame for its Week 5 defeat.

Stephen Cohen at SeattlePI.com grades the Seahawks' Week 5 game position by position.

Adam Lewis at SeattlePI.com shares five things we learned from Sunday's Seahawks loss.

Sheil Kapadia at ESPN.com comments on which Seahawks players were "up" and "down" in Sunday's defeat.

Bill Barnwell at Grantland.com breaks down what went wrong for the Seahawks late in the game at Cincinnati.

Rob Rang at Scout.com leads his 10 takeaways from Sunday's Seahawks game by stating communication was much-improved along the offensive line.

And Peter King at TheMMQB.com has a few Seahawks-Bengals mentions in his Monday Morning Quarterback column recapping Week 5 around the NFL. 

From The Coach

From The Players

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