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Pensive, Emotionless Seahawks Mascot Perfectly Summed Up Bad Night in Seattle

Seattle had an uphill climb in the second half against the Packers.

Josh Wilson

Blitz, the Seahawks mascot, looks on during a game between the Packers and Seahawks
Blitz, the Seahawks mascot, looks on during a game between the Packers and Seahawks / Screengrab / @NFLonCBS on X
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The Seattle Seahawks were not having a good night Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, coming out of halftime in a 20-3 hole. To make matters worse, starting quarterback Geno Smith went out with injury, thrusting backup Sam Howell into a bad situation.

As Seattle prepared to punt from its own endzone, mascot Blitz was caught on NBC's cameras, hand tapping his beak as he pensively thought about what had gone wrong for his squad in their home nest.

NBC's Cris Collinsworth and Mike Tirico mused about how the normally excitable mascot had been deflated by the Sunday night performance.

They're right, Blitz's stated purpose on the Seahawks website is to, "make sure Lumen Field is the loudest, most exciting stadium in the NFL." An uncharacteristic Seahawks performance was met with an uncharacteristic reaction from Blitz.

Shortly after, the Seahawks forced Josh Jacobs to fumble the ball, and Seattle gamed a really solid pair of blocks for Zach Charbonnet to get into the end zone, closing the deficit to just 10 after the extra point attempt.

Maybe that deep thought got some things going after all.

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Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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