And again, this isn’t by design for the Seahawks, but it should come in handy in the postseason when every team is really good and so many games come down to the final few possessions.
“I think that’s the most valuable thing that you can do is, learn how to win in different scenarios,” Wagner said. “… That’s where you get your confidence, you grow your confidence as you get to the end of the season and get to the playoff run. You have those games where you’re down 10 or down seven and when you’ve been in that situation so many times, you believe in yourself, you believe in your team that you’re going to pull it out. I think that’s what you learn the most from those situations; is having the confidence. You have as much time that’s left, and you can win the game no matter what’s on there, because we’ve had some pretty crazy wins these last few years I’ve been here.”
Added linebacker K.J. Wright, “I think it’ll help us a whole lot. It’s definitely nerve-wracking (for fans), I get it. When you’re blowing out somebody and they get withing one score with plenty of time left, it’s not a good feeling, but it’ll help us out, because we know that in the playoffs, most games are going to be decided under seven or 10 points. So you need that adversity, you need that confidence to know that you can get the job done. It’s going to pay off in the long run.”
Wagner noted that all of these high-pressure finishes are particularly valuable for a team that relies on so many young players on both sides of the ball.
“I think it’s really important, because there are a lot of young guys that haven’t been in these situations so their brain is kind of going crazy,” Wagner said. “They are thinking, all right, these last few minutes have to be different than what the rest of the game was. These plays are a little bit more significant, but they’re still the same plays that we were seeing. They’re not going to change their whole offense for the last two minutes of the game. It’s just kind of getting everybody to relax and recognize the formation and make your plays when they come to you. I think everybody just needs reminders, and that’s what I feel like me and Russell are.”
As Wagner points out, it falls on players like him, Wilson, Wright, left tackle Duane Brown and other veterans to make sure their less experienced teammates are in the right state of mind in tense, late-game situations, and Carroll pointed right to the poise of Seattle’s veteran players when asked why his team has won so many close games this season.
“I think we’re a poised team,” Carroll said. “I think it comes right from Russell and Bobby. I think those guys on the field make other guys stay within themselves and not get scattered and continue to help us execute. It means really, the leadership that those guys offer, I would go right to that. We’re never out of anything. We don’t ever feel like that. To be like that and extend that message, you have to come across with poise or guys aren’t going to listen to you and it’s not going to have the effect. We have really good leadership. I would like to think that’s a big part of it.”
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