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Watch the top plays from the Seahawks' Week 16 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs. Watch Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs highlights during Week 16 of the 2022 season. Seattle Seahawks CB Tariq Woolen's kicks in his closing speed on a pass break up of Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes in Week 16.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Seattle twice drove into Kansas City territory in the third quarter, twice went for it on fourth down while trying to dig out of a ...

The Seahawks wanted to send a message to the Chiefs before their game at Arrowhead Stadium.

At 7-7, Seattle is firmly in the NFC playoff picture, but it cannot afford to take a loss with the Roughly 90 minutes before kickoff, the Seahawks wanted to let everyone know that the cold wasn't going to hold them back in a pivotal game with playoff implications. [Tennessee Titans](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/TEN/tennessee-titans/) even had to delay their game against the [Houston Texans](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/HOU/houston-texans/) for an hour due to power outages in the Nashville area, and the [Cleveland Browns](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/CLE/cleveland-browns/) will host the [New Orleans Saints](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/NO/new-orleans-saints/) with the feels-like temperature well below zero. [New York Giants](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/NYG/new-york-giants/), [Washington Commanders](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/WAS/washington-commanders/), and [Detroit Lions](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/DET/detroit-lions/) all vying for just a couple playoff spots. The Seahawks need to be locked in this afternoon because there is a lot on the line. Seattle players took the field without shirts in an attempt to send a message to the Chiefs.

The Seattle Seahawks playoff hopes are all but over after Saturday's loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

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We go over the Seahawks chances to make the postseason going into their Week 16 game against the Chiefs.

The Seattle is tied with Detroit and has the head-to-head tiebreaker edge. They are not eliminated from playoff contention after the loss, but they will be looking for the [49ers](https://www.ninersnation.com/) to beat the Commanders on Saturday afternoon to keep them in the playoff picture. The Seahawks have lost four of five games to drop out of first place in the NFC West all the way to outside the playoff bracket heading into Week 16. [Seattle Seahawks](https://www.fieldgulls.com/) have struggled in recent weeks and their playoff chances have taken a hit in that time. ET and the Seahawks are a ten-point underdog at [DraftKings Sportsbook](https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/leagues/football/nfl).

Mahomes had two TD tosses to Kadarius Toney and Jerick McKinnon, and rushing for another in the fourth quarter.

[Laquon Treadwell](https://theathletic.com/nfl/player/laquon-treadwell-Kz3bCcBgYeBoMVHT/) was the only receiver besides Metcalf to catch a pass for a first down, and he did it just once during garbage time. Safety [Bryan Cook](https://theathletic.com/nfl/player/bryan-cook-074fBnAUhwEDO5Tc/) and rookie cornerback [Trent McDuffie](https://theathletic.com/nfl/player/trent-mcduffie-UM6hCn0125ae8QuZ/) made open field tackles to give the Chiefs the ball. [DK Metcalf](https://theathletic.com/nfl/player/dk-metcalf-9cy2RC8JyNrBYaLj/) led Seattle with 81 receiving yards, but no other wide receiver had more than 26 yards. [Travis Kelce](https://theathletic.com/nfl/player/travis-kelce-4wuXOfkjv6uJbT7O/)caught six passes for a game-high 113 yards. [George Karlaftis](https://theathletic.com/nfl/player/george-karlaftis-nQ0X2r9gV2cVNRq4/) recorded a batted ball on the first fourth-down play. The Chiefs will likely need to have the same level of ball security in the postseason to reach the Super Bowl.

Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, Kansas City shut down Geno Smith and Seattle's slumping offense and the Chiefs rolled to a ...

... Mahomes extended his consecutive completions streak to 21 at the start of the game before missing his next throw. Mahomes threw a pop pass to Toney to cap a 63-yard TD drive, then a pass to McKinnon out of the backfield a few minutes later for another score. ... The Seahawks were one of three teams Mahomes had yet to beat along with Indianapolis and Minnesota. In fact, it had been so cold the tarp was frozen to the field when workers tried to remove it three hours before kickoff. "We have a goal right now and we're just trying to get to it." "We just have to keep going. Kenneth Walker III was the biggest bright spot for Seattle, running for 107 yards but failing to reach the end zone. Playing without wide receiver Tyler Lockett, who had surgery on his broken hand this week, Smith and Co. A lot of tight games." "We got nothing going at all." "They're making progress and I thought they did a nice job today." The last few weeks we haven't been getting the job done as far as finishing strong.

Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, Kansas City shut down Geno Smith and Seattle's slumping offense and the Chiefs rolled to a ...

... Mahomes extended his consecutive completions streak to 21 at the start of the game before missing his next throw. Mahomes threw a pop pass to Toney to cap a 63-yard TD drive, then a pass to McKinnon out of the backfield a few minutes later for another score. ... The Seahawks were one of three teams Mahomes had yet to beat, along with Indianapolis and Minnesota. In fact, it had been so cold the tarp was frozen to the field when workers tried to remove it three hours before kickoff. Seahawks: NT Al Woods (Achilles) and SS Ryan Neal (knee) were inactive. “We just have to keep going. ... WR Marquise Goodwin also left with a wrist injury, though he was able to return to the game. Kenneth Walker III was the biggest bright spot for Seattle, running for 107 yards but failing to reach the end zone. Playing without wide receiver Tyler Lockett, who had surgery on his broken hand this week, Smith and Co. “They're making progress and I thought they did a nice job today.” The last few weeks we haven't been getting the job done as far as finishing strong. “We got nothing going at all.”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Even as the Kansas City Chiefs squeaked out wins the past few weeks, coach Andy Reid lamented both the state of their inexperienced ...

... Mahomes extended his consecutive completions streak to 21 at the start of the game before missing his next throw. Mahomes threw a pop pass to Toney to cap a 63-yard TD drive, then a pass to McKinnon out of the backfield a few minutes later for another score. ... The Seahawks were one of three teams Mahomes had yet to beat, along with Indianapolis and Minnesota. In fact, it had been so cold the tarp was frozen to the field when workers tried to remove it three hours before kickoff. Seahawks: NT Al Woods (Achilles) and SS Ryan Neal (knee) were inactive. “We just have to keep going. ... WR Marquise Goodwin also left with a wrist injury, though he was able to return to the game. Kenneth Walker III was the biggest bright spot for Seattle, running for 107 yards but failing to reach the end zone. Playing without wide receiver Tyler Lockett, who had surgery on his broken hand this week, Smith and Co. “They're making progress and I thought they did a nice job today.” The last few weeks we haven't been getting the job done as far as finishing strong. “We got nothing going at all.”

Just when you think you have a handle on what the Seahawks are, they up and surprise you. Here's how Bob Condotta graded the Seahawks' loss to the Chiefs.

Boye Mafe had some good moments, finishing with three tackles and one of what were just two tackles for a loss for the Seahawks. Tariq Woolen saved a touchdown with some blazing catch-up speed on a deep pass to Justin Watson in the first quarter. Godwin Igwebuike also had another good kickoff return — this one of 48 yards — and is averaging 28.3 for the season. But working a little quicker — and Smith being under center more — helped the running game get jump-started in the second half, and the line seemed to play better as the game wore on. But Jason Myers made another field goal and is 27 of 28 this season and the Seahawks again covered kicks well. But the Seahawks might have hoped for more when so much attention was going to Metcalf. He also took the blame for the interception on a pass intended for Goodwin in the fourth quarter, saying he just didn’t throw a good pass. Stone Forsythe saw some snaps as an extra — and eligible — tackle in heavy formations as the Seahawks tried to get their running game going early. But he was held to just one for 10 on two targets in the second half. Smith looked elsewhere for targets on the two fourth-down plays that failed in the second half. He had a few decisions he’d like to have back, notably passing up a run for a sure first down on the first possession of the third quarter to throw a pass to Marquise Goodwin that went incomplete. And Metcalf said he should have gotten both feet in bounds on the pass in the end zone late in the first half.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Seattle twice drove into Kansas City territory in the third quarter, twice went for it on fourth down while trying to dig out ...

And it was one that just about knocks the Seahawks out of the race for a playoff spot in the NFC with two games to go. The Seahawks were driving again in the fourth, trying once more to make it a one-possession game, when Smith spotted Treadwell heading to the pylon. “It’s the right read to take it.” The blockers were very efficient.” We were just determined to go back out in the second half and make sure we’d find out,” Carroll said. “It’s always good to have Tyler out there so all the attention’s not on me.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Even as the Kansas City Chiefs squeaked out wins the past few weeks, coach Andy Reid lamented both the state of their inexperienced ...

... Mahomes extended his consecutive completions streak to 21 at the start of the game before missing his next throw. Mahomes threw a pop pass to Toney to cap a 63-yard TD drive, then a pass to McKinnon out of the backfield a few minutes later for another score. ... The Seahawks were one of three teams Mahomes had yet to beat, along with Indianapolis and Minnesota. In fact, it had been so cold the tarp was frozen to the field when workers tried to remove it three hours before kickoff. Seahawks: NT Al Woods (Achilles) and SS Ryan Neal (knee) were inactive. “We just have to keep going. ... WR Marquise Goodwin also left with a wrist injury, though he was able to return to the game. Kenneth Walker III was the biggest bright spot for Seattle, running for 107 yards but failing to reach the end zone. Playing without wide receiver Tyler Lockett, who had surgery on his broken hand this week, Smith and Co. “They're making progress and I thought they did a nice job today.” The last few weeks we haven't been getting the job done as far as finishing strong. “We got nothing going at all.”

Dec 24, 2022; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll signs autographs for fans against the Kansas City Chiefs prior to a game ...

Travis Kelce had six catches for 113 yards, and Kadarius Toney and Jerick McKinnon had touchdown catches as the AFC West champion Chiefs (12-3) remained tied ...

... Mahomes extended his consecutive completions streak to 21 at the start of the game before missing his next throw. Mahomes threw a pop pass to Toney to cap a 63-yard TD drive, then a pass to McKinnon out of the backfield a few minutes later for another score. ... The Seahawks were one of three teams Mahomes had yet to beat, along with Indianapolis and Minnesota. In fact, it had been so cold the tarp was frozen to the field when workers tried to remove it three hours before kickoff. Seahawks: NT Al Woods (Achilles) and SS Ryan Neal (knee) were inactive. “We just have to keep going. ... WR Marquise Goodwin also left with a wrist injury, though he was able to return to the game. Kenneth Walker III was the biggest bright spot for Seattle, running for 107 yards but failing to reach the end zone. Playing without wide receiver Tyler Lockett, who had surgery on his broken hand this week, Smith and Co. “They're making progress and I thought they did a nice job today.” The last few weeks we haven't been getting the job done as far as finishing strong. “We got nothing going at all.”

Seahawks players and Pete Carroll know there's still improvements to be made, but they feel good about some of the improvements they showed in the second ...

You have to focus on that one and then you can move on to the next." "We just got to keep going and control what we can control. We have to take care of the football and get the football. For us, we want to fight, and we want to give ourselves those options. "The O-line did a great job the whole game, it was just up to me to be decisive on what hole to hit, and in the second half everything started to open up." Nobody ever thought we would be in this position, anyways, to have the opportunity to go to the playoffs. "So just fix the mistakes and continue to build off of what we did in the second half." "We have to be more efficient," Carroll said. Because we were able to do it all, we could stop them, we could run the football, and we could protect and we could throw it. While that was Seattle's only turnover, it was a costly one—a touchdown there would have made it a one-score game, and the Chiefs answered with an 80-yard touchdown drive that all but put the game out of reach—and it continued a trend of losing the turnover battle that Carroll would really like to see change. It made a big difference and gave us the chance to be in the game." After the game, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said he talked to his team about "how it felt like to play in this setting against a great team like this and how our guys sensed what we were able and capable of doing.

Finally, in the second half of their 15th game of the season, the Seahawks again looked like the ideal of a Pete Carroll-coached team.

You just have to get the ball up and down before the guy gets there.” The ball just has to get up and down before the guy gets there. Smith appeared to have plenty of room to run for a first down and more but instead pulled up and threw to Goodwin at midfield. “I just had to take a knee and catch my breath, but I’m fine.” It was just up to me to be decisive on what hole to hit and in the second half everything started to open up.” “There are so many chances on third downs and early downs to be a factor like he always is. Saturday was just the third regular-season game Seattle has played since 2015 without Tyler Lockett, who had surgery to repair a broken bone in his hand. “They’re a great team, but they’re kind of arrogant in what they do, so we know where the runs are going,” Jefferson said. They also went 80 yards on five pretty easy plays to put the game away in the fourth quarter. But the Chiefs managed 21 rushing yards on nine carries in the second half with no run longer than 5 yards. We were just determined enough to go back out in the second half and make them find out if we were going to run it or not. And as critical as anything was Seattle sticking with the run.

Travis Kelce had six catches for 113 yards, and Kadarius Toney and Jerick McKinnon had touchdown catches as the AFC West champion Chiefs (12-3) remained tied ...

Mahomes threw a pop pass to Toney to cap a 63-yard TD drive, then a pass to McKinnon out of the backfield a few minutes later for another score. ... Mahomes extended his consecutive completions streak to 21 at the start of the game before missing his next throw. ... The Seahawks were one of three teams Mahomes had yet to beat, along with Indianapolis and Minnesota. In fact, it had been so cold the tarp was frozen to the field when workers tried to remove it three hours before kickoff. Seahawks: NT Al Woods (Achilles) and SS Ryan Neal (knee) were inactive. “We just have to keep going. ... WR Marquise Goodwin also left with a wrist injury, though he was able to return to the game. Kenneth Walker III was the biggest bright spot for Seattle, running for 107 yards but failing to reach the end zone. Playing without wide receiver Tyler Lockett, who had surgery on his broken hand this week, Smith and Co. “They're making progress and I thought they did a nice job today.” The last few weeks we haven't been getting the job done as far as finishing strong. “We got nothing going at all.”

Head Coach Andy Reid; QB Patrick Mahomes; Defensive End Frank Clark; Linebacker Willie Gay Jr. Center Creed Humphery; Safety Justin Reid; Wide Receiver Juju ...

We know what we can do (and) we know what we can do better. They call back two – they call this one back today and they called one back the other week and I finally got one so I'm proud of that." HUMPHREY: "They (the coaches) do a heck of a job of coaching us up on it, (telling us) our exact angles and what they need to be so credit to the coaching staff. I mean that's what it is at the end of the day and when the defense is playing like that don't put them in a bad position and try to do whatever you can to put points on the board but don't put the team in a bad position." We're getting ready to play playoff caliber teams (and) if we want to be the team we say we are, we've got to start playing like it." We had a short week so of course we got to get rolling, we got to get the ball rolling faster. We had a tough game in Houston so when you come back you got guys dwelling on it, our coaches do a good job of washing that away from our memory and getting us back into the week. MAHOMES: "Yeah, I mean obviously we don't control our own destiny as far as the one seed but we want to put ourselves in the best position to be at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium as much as possible in the playoffs and that takes us getting better as a team every single week and we play a lot of great teams at the end of the season and how can we get better? So, defense they stepped up, made a lot of big plays and I was just patient enough to get us enough points at the end of the game." Obviously, Travis (Kelce) got lost in space two times in a row where we wanted to throw deep but when they play that deep of coverage hitting Travis over the middle usually is a good thing and he was able to get us down there in the red zone and we were able to punch it in and get the touchdown." MAHOMES: "Yeah I mean that's the great thing is at the receiver position and at the running back position and even the tight end position guys are coming in and making plays happens. But, I was proud of the guys and how they took care of business, and especially on a short week.

The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 24-10, on a chilly afternoon at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday behind a tremendous defensive ...

The Chiefs proceeded to ice the game following Thornhill's pick, as Kansas City went on 5-play, 80-yard scoring drive that ended in a diving, 3-yard touchdown scramble by Mahomes that effectively put the game out of reach. In terms of injuries, Coach Reid didn't have any news to report following the game. It may seem inconsequential in the context of the final score, but the Chiefs' ability to hold Seattle out of the end zone at the end of the first half was significant. It was the fifth-coldest game at the venue since at least 1994. The first two ended in failed fourth down attempts before safety Juan Thornhill ended the third with his first interception of the season. The score – which pushed Kansas City's lead to 14-0 – was McKinnon's sixth touchdown in his last four games.

Rewinding Week 16 with interviews, highlights, press conference audio, and more.

Game action photos are presented by Washington's Lottery. - Geno Smith Press Conference (30:46) - Quandre Diggs Press Conference (25:36) - Pete Carroll Press Conference (12:03) Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and wherever else you might get your podcasts. The Seahawks lost a tough battle to the Chiefs 24-10.