Seahawks Geno Smith Does Russell Wilson Impersonation vs. Panthers: 'Looks Familiar!'
With many members of the Super Bowl XLVIII team in town on Sunday, it appears that Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith was watching some old Russell Wilson film.
The Seahawks closed out the Panthers, 37-27, at Lumen Field on Sunday and did so with a few highlight plays at the end of the game. After Smith connected with rookie receiver Jake Bobo for a touchdown in the fourth quarter, the Seahawks went for two and converted. Smith scrambled for nearly 10 seconds before throwing across his body to the opposite side of the end zone to Tyler Lockett, who came down with the pass.
While the play was a surefire highlight in a game that had already been decided, there's more reasons why it wasn't just any two-point try.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) celebrates with Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith (7) after Smith threw a pass for a touchdown against the Oakland Raiders during the first half at CenturyLink Field.
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The sequence played out eerily similar to the all-time two-point conversion that the Seahawks got in the 2014 NFC Championship game against the Green Bay Packers. The Seahawks had just stormed back to take a 20-19 lead in the fourth quarter after an onside kick recovery and a Marshawn Lynch touchdown. On the ensuing two-point try, Russell Wilson scrambled endlessly before throwing across his body to tight end Luke Wilson, who came down with the catch in traffic to extend the lead to 22-19.
The recipient of the legendary throw, Willson took to X (formerly Twitter) to show that he noticed the similarities in Sunday's play, too.
"Looks familiar," he tweeted while including a winking emoji.
If not for that conversion, the Seahawks instead would have lost on the 48-yard field goal that Packers kicker Mason Crosby hit at the end of regulation. The play is one of the greatest in franchise history due to the stage, timeliness and degree of difficulty, which is what made it so weird when Smith converted the try in nearly the same way.
Sure, the Seahawks would go on to lose the Super Bowl to the New England Patriots in heart-breaking fashion anyways. But the Wilson-Willson helped highlight what turned out to be a miracle playoff win for Seattle.
