Seahawks Pete Carroll 'Fired Up!' For Jake Bobo's First NFL TD
After Seattle Seahawks head coach, Pete Carroll stated during Week 3 prep that the team hasn't seen enough of undrafted rookie Jake Bobo after a superb preseason campaign. But fans finally got a sighting of regular-season Bobo Mania against the Carolina Panthers at Lumen Field on Sunday.
The Seahawks took care of business 37-27 to move to 2-1 on the season, but it was Bobo's first NFL touchdown that caught the attention of the 12s late in the game.
With a little over four minutes left in the fourth quarter and facing a 2nd and 10, Geno Smith found Bobo in the back of the end zone, as he managed to barely get his feet inbounds on what was a superb catch.
To say that Carroll was happy for his receiver is an understatement.
"Loved it," Carroll said. "I was so fired up that Jake (Bobo) got that. We missed some opportunities to him today, but he's going to be a big factor. He did some really good things in this game today. I couldn't see how intricate it was at the back line, but I'm sure he did it perfectly. He would figure out how to get in bounds. Great little play, great call, great throw by G (Geno Smith), and also to finish it off like that."
After impressing during the preseason games as he hauled in seven receptions for 125 yards and two touchdowns, Bobo was barely sighted in the first two games of the regular season.
With Seattle' already possessing offensive weapons in DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Bobo has naturally fallen down the pecking order.
Seattle Seahawks rookie receiver Jake Bobo catches a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers.
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But against the Panthers, he hauled in his first touchdown which helped the Seahawks put distance between themselves and Carolina.
Even Smith was delighted for Bobo to grab his first NFL score.
"Sweet, man," Smith said of Bobo's touchdown. "That was awesome. So happy for Jake, just all his hard work and seeing the way he's prepared. Since the day he got here he's done his thing, and so we were trying to get him the ball really in these first three games and he stuck with it, kept preparing, and it's just great to see a guy works so hard to get that. He's very deserving of that."
The undrafted rookie opened his touchdown account and the Seahawks backed up their overtime win over the Detroit Lions last week by improving to 2-1.
The Seahawks will visit the New York Giants in Week 4 on Monday Night Football.
