The Buffalo Bills have faced Russell Wilson once since he entered the league and he ran all over our defense.
Seattle Seahawks’ quarterback Russell Wilson was drafted in 2012 and has brought the Seattle Seahawks to the playoffs every year since. The Buffalo Bills got a good look at him that rookie season in Week 15, although it wasn’t all that memorable for the Bills.
It was also the first time the Buffalo Bills got the chance to play Marshawn Lynch, a player they drafted in 2007. As you’ll see in the next slide, Marshawn Lynch was actually the running back for the Bills when they played Seattle nearly four years earlier.
On December 16, 2012, the Bills and Seahawks met in Toronto, ON with only 41,000 people in attendance. The Bills came into this game 5-8, with the Seahawks 8-5 and battling for a playoff spot. Buffalo had a chance to stop that.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
| Bills | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Seahawks | 14 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 51 |
Russell Wilson came out of the gate on fire and it is something the Bills will have to monitor on Monday when the two meet. Within the first 9 minutes of play, Wilson had scored two rushing touchdowns — one for 14 yards and one for 25 yards. The Bills would cut the lead to 14-7 before the first quarter ended with a 14-yard C.J. Spiller rushing TD.
The second quarter started off much the same, with the Seahawks scoring another 17 points within the first 10 minutes — a 19-yard field goal, a 4-yard passing TD from Wilson to Zach Miller and another Wilson rushing touchdown for 13 yards. The Bills would once again be late to the party, scoring the final 10 points of the half with a 20-yard passing TD from Ryan Fitzpatrick to Stevie Johnson and a 41-yard field goal by Rian Lindell.
The second half was sad for the Buffalo Bills, who wouldn’t score again for the rest of the game.
The Seahawks would outscore the Bills 20-0 in the second half, which would include a 13-yard rushing TD by none other than Marshawn Lynch, two field goals and a 57-yard INT return TD by Earl Thomas.
The game ended 51-17 as the Bills got slaughtered in Toronto — probably a good sign that we should never even think about moving the team there again.
On Sunday, we can’t let Wilson use his mobile ability against us like he did 4 years ago. He finished with 92 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns, with Lynch adding 113 yards and one touchdown. If we let them run all over us, it will be tough to stay in this game.
Let’s move on to the next date, 09/07/2008.