SEATTLE — The contrast was stark.
In the first half, the Broncos’ defense allowed the Seahawks to score on three of their first four drives, rack up 219 yards and build a 17-13 halftime lead.
After the break, Denver allowed just 44 yards, pitched a shutout and forced two fumbles.
“They did a good job,” Head Coach Nathaniel Hackett said of the adjustment. “Again, I think that first half, a lot of those drives were extended because of penalties. They took some of those penalties out, they made some good adjustments and they did really well.”
The Broncos’ pass-rush was effective, as Bradley Chubb recorded a strip-sack to begin the fourth quarter and then another sack to force the Seahawks off the field and set up the final drive. Randy Gregory, meanwhile, ripped the ball away from DK Metcalf to set the Broncos up in Seattle territory.
“I think we got in our groove, man,” Chubb said of the second half. “We kind of got the jitters out. Like [we were] trying to do too much. We just played within the defense and did everything we did. I feel like it just started working out for us. I feel like in the first half our communication might’ve been lacking, and it was kind of all over the place, you know what I mean?”
Chubb said the Broncos turned it around after Defensive Coordinator Ejiro Evero spoke to the team at halftime, but he expects more from the defense as the team moves ahead.
“It was good to see,” Chubb said of his own performance. “Good to have success in the pass game. But at the end of the day, I want to do it for all four quarters. I feel like I just did it for two. I want to get back to being the full, dominant, the entire game type guy. So just got to get back from that.”
On the Broncos’ final drive, an incompletion set up a third-and-14 with 1:11 to play from the Denver 45-yard line. Russell Wilson found Javonte Williams, who weaved his way for nine yards to set up a fourth-and-5 at the Seattle 46-yard line.
After the gain, Wilson and the Broncos huddled and then…
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