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4th Quarter (0:00) FINAL; OAKLAND 21, SEATTLE 31
4th Quarter (0:08) Atkinson for 8 yards.
4th Quarter (0:14) Incomplete pass for Roberts.
4th Quarter (0:47) Ponder is sacked for a loss of 8. Gwacham and Williams combine for the sack.
4th Quarter (0:48) Oakland and Olawale recover the onside kick! Ball on SEA 49.
4th Quarter (0:48) PAT is good. This one is nearly all done with.
4th Quarter (0:48) Mohammed Seisay is down on the field with injury.
4th Quarter (0:51) TOUCHDOWN DYER! ONE YARD RUSH! TOO LATE FOR A COMEBACK, BUT MAKES FOR A MORE RESPECTABLE RESULT.
4th Quarter (1:26) No gain for Dyer.
4th Quarter (1:26) TIMEOUT SEAHAWKS
4th Quarter (1:55) Dyer for 1 yard.
4th Quarter (2:00) Incomplete pass, but PI on Seisay again. Spotted at SEA 2. First down OAK.
4th Quarter (2:00) TWO MINUTE WARNING; OAKLAND 14, SEATTLE 31
4th Quarter (2:45) Leonhardt with a 5 yard catch.
4th Quarter (3:32) ROBERTS FOR 39 YARDS TO THE SEATTLE 15! Huge play for Ponder and Seth Roberts for the Oakland Raiders!
4th Quarter (3:37) Holding, 10 yards on Oakland.
4th Quarter (3:43) Ponder throws incomplete.
4th Quarter (4:18) 7 yards for Olawale on the ground.
4th Quarter (4:51) 27 YARD GRAB FROM ROBERTS! First down at OAK 49.
4th Quarter (5:23) Jamize Olawale with a six yard grab from Christian Ponder, now in at QB.
4th Quarter (5:29) Atkinson with a 20 yard return to OAK 16.
4th Quarter (5:29) PAT is good. 31-14 Seattle lead.
4th Quarter (5:32) TOUCHDOWN THOMAS RAWLS! THIS GUY HAS GOT TO MAKE THE TEAM!!! SIX YARDS UP THE MIDDLE TO ICE THE GAME!!!
4th Quarter (5:43) 7 yard catch for Smith, down to OAK 6.
4th Quarter (5:50) Incomplete from Daniels, intended for Kasen.
4th Quarter (6:33) DANIELS GOES 11 to the OAK 13!
4th Quarter (6:33) TIMEOUT SEAHAWKS
4th Quarter (6:39) Daniels throws incomplete for Lockette.
4th Quarter (7:21) FIFTEEN YARDS FOR RAWLS!
4th Quarter (8:04) DANIELS SCRAMBLES 20 YARDS for the first down and to the OAK 39.
4th Quarter (8:28) False start. Now 3rd and 9.
4th Quarter (8:44) Six yards rushing for Daniels on 2nd down.
4th Quarter (8:50) Daniels throws incomplete on first down.
4th Quarter (9:04) King punt goes 40 yards to SEA 12. BIG RETURN from Kevin Smith to the SEA 40 for 28 yards!
4th Quarter (9:09) 4th down.
4th Quarter (9:09) Incomplete pass for Durham.
4th Quarter (9:41) Seth Roberts makes no gain on a run and FUMBLES, ball uneventfully rolls out of bounds.
4th Quarter (10:19) 3 yards for Helu on the ground.
4th Quarter (10:48) Pass deep right for Brice Butler is complete for 25 and a first down! Matt McGloin has been spectacular!
4th Quarter (10:57) 52 yard punt by Ryan to the 14, 6 yard Wylie return to the OAK 20.
4th Quarter (11:36) Ball sacks Daniels for a loss of 11! 4th and a long way. Punt time.
4th Quarter (11:43) Incomplete to Kasen Williams. 3rd down and 9.
4th Quarter (12:23) One yard for Kevin Smith on the catch.
4th Quarter (12:57) 10 yard catch for Kasen Williams! First down!
4th Quarter (13:34) 4 yards for Rod Smith. 3rd down.
4th Quarter (13:40) Incomplete pass for Lockette deep left.
4th Quarter (14:25) 11 yards for Rawls! First down to the 30!
4th Quarter (15:00) Rawls makes a 6 yard catch to the 19. 2nd and 4.
3rd Quarter (0:00) END OF THIRD QUARTER; OAKLAND 14, SEATTLE 24
3rd Quarter (0:11) Rawls rushes for 2 yards and a first down, but after the play Lockette picks up an unsportsmanlike conduct to push Seattle back to the 13 for first down.
3rd Quarter (0:46) No gain for Rawls.
3rd Quarter (1:21) Daniels still in at QB. He runs it for 9 yards to the 24.
3rd Quarter (1:32) Kevin Smith with a 6 yard punt return to the SEA 15.
3rd Quarter (1:38) Incomplete for Brice Butler. Fourth down and 12.
3rd Quarter (1:47) Loss of 2 for Atkinson. This run defense is insane!
3rd Quarter (1:53) Incomplete deep pass for Rod Streater by McGloin.
3rd Quarter (2:32) Nine yards for Seth Roberts on the first down grab.
3rd Quarter (3:12) Atkinson loses four on the ground! Third and five. TY McGill on the stop
3rd Quarter (3:44) 9 yard catch for Brice Butler to the 33.
3rd Quarter (3:50) 27 yard return for Atkinson to the OAK 24.
3rd Quarter (3:50) PAT is good. 24-14 Seattle.
Daniels hasn't even practiced much as a QB. Great throw.
3rd Quarter (3:56) TOUCHDOWN KASEN WILLIAMS!!! FIFTEEEN YARD TD CATCH FROM BJ DANIELS!!! SEAHAWKS LEAD 23-14, NOT INCLUDING PAT!
3rd Quarter (4:00) Pass for Chris Matthews incomplete.
Redzone curse?
3rd Quarter (4:28) Now a holding call. Back to the 15 for another 2nd down.
3rd Quarter (4:42) False start for Hawks. Back to the 6.
3rd Quarter (5:24) One more yard. Down to the one yard line on 2nd down.
3rd Quarter (5:44) Six more for Smith! Down to the 2 for a first down!
3rd Quarter (6:26) Rod Smith, in at RB, goes for 9 yards to the OAK 8.
3rd Quarter (6:34) Daniels incomplete for TE Anthony McCoy.
3rd Quarter (7:04) Good catch by Smith at the 17 for a first down! Six yard completion.
3rd Quarter (7:17) Daniels goes left end for 7 more yards.
3rd Quarter (7:27) Incomplete pass from Daniels to Smith. Could have been a pick-6.
3rd Quarter (7:51) 11 yards and a first down for Rawls!
3rd Quarter (8:33) No gain for Rawls.
3rd Quarter (9:09) TWENTY YARDS for Daniels! First down at OAK 41!
3rd Quarter (9:26) Daniels left end for 2 yards.
3rd Quarter (10:04) BJ Daniels now at QB. Loss of 3 for Rawls.
3rd Quarter (10:04) Touchback on the kickoff.
3rd Quarter (10:04) PAT is good. 17-14.
3rd Quarter (10:10) TOUCHDOWN ROD STREATER! DEEP BOMB FOR 28 YARDS DOWN THE MIDDLE TO MAKE IT A ONE SCORE GAME!
3rd Quarter (10:52) Loss of 2 for Dyer.
3rd Quarter (11:20) 13 yarder for Durham! First down! Corners for Seattle not playing well.
3rd Quarter (12:00) One yard for Dyer. Still getting nothing on the ground.
3rd Quarter (12:05) Incomplete pass to Durham. 2nd down at Seattle's 40.
3rd Quarter (12:44) 5 yard run for Dyer.
3rd Quarter (13:25) Gabe Holmes makes a 7 yard catch.
3rd Quarter (13:34) Bad punt by Ryan, just 22 yards. Downed at OAK 47.
3rd Quarter (14:09) Archer is sacked on 3rd down!
3rd Quarter (14:48) 7 yard run for Rawls!
3rd Quarter (14:55) Incomplete pass by Archer.
3rd Quarter (15:00) Kickoff! 27 yard return to SEA 27 for Kevin Smith.
Oakland's pass game is developing, but they can't get a win in the run game on either side of the ball. They need to pull off some big runs to get back in this in the second half.
Seattle has dominated every phase of the game. A deserved lead. The defensive line and run offense have been extra special. One area of concern is the secondary, which is not showing its normal depth tonight.
2nd Quarter (0:00) END OF 1st HALF; OAKLAND 7, SEATTLE 17.
2nd Quarter (0:00) IT'S WIDE LEFT FROM 52 YARDS OUT! HALF ENDS 17-7.
2nd Quarter (0:03) TIMEOUT OAKLAND -- 4th and 9 on the SEA 33
2nd Quarter (0:29) 3 yards for Leonhardt on the catch.
2nd Quarter (0:36) Incomplete McGloin pass, thanks to Jordan Hill.
2nd Quarter (1:01) Brice Butler makes a reception for 13.
2nd Quarter (1:06) Holding on a five yard completion. No play. This drive's falling apart.
2nd Quarter (1:08) False start.
2nd Quarter (1:37) Brian Leonhardt makes a 22 YARD catch for a first down to Seattle's 34!
2nd Quarter (2:00) 4 yard reception for Dyer.
2nd Quarter (2:00) TWO MINUTE WARNING; OAKLAND 7, SEATTLE 17
2nd Quarter (2:19) Dyer rushes for 10 and a first down!
2nd Quarter (2:22) Incomplete pass for Durham on first down.
2nd Quarter (2:29) Ryan punts 42 yards for the Wylie catch at the OAK 30.
2nd Quarter (3:15) 3 yard scramble for RJ Archer. 4th and 2 at the Seattle 28.
2nd Quarter (3:54) One more for the running back.
2nd Quarter (4:27) 4 yards for Michael.
2nd Quarter (4:27) Touchback.
2nd Quarter (4:27) PAT is good.
2nd Quarter (4:33) THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG! ROBERTS WITH A SIX YARD TD CATCH ON MCGLOIN'S THROW TO MAKE IT 17-6! THIS SECONDARY IS GETTING CARVED UP BY ROBERTS AND MCGLOIN!
2nd Quarter (4:36) Incomplete pass to Butler, but pass interference on Tharold Simon puts the ball at the 6 with an automatic first down.
2nd Quarter (4:37) Seisay earned that pass defensed.
2nd Quarter (4:37) Replay shows an incomplete pass. 3rd down now at the 19. Nearly some excitement for Oakland.
Play under review.
2nd Quarter (4:43) TOUCHDOWN SETH ROBERTS! 19 YARD CATCH DEEP MIDDLE FROM MCGLOIN TO MAKE IT 17-6, SEATTLE! ROBERTS IS HAVING HIMSELF A GAME!
2nd Quarter (5:28) No gain for Dyer.
2nd Quarter (5:56) ANOTHER 10 yard catch and run OB for Seth Roberts, first down Raiders!
2nd Quarter (6:00) Incomplete McGloin pass. 3rd down.
2nd Quarter (6:21) Encroachment, now 2nd and 6.
Clark is a bit dinged up, exactly what Seattle did not want to happen.
2nd Quarter (7:03) Loss of a yard for Dyer.
2nd Quarter (7:27) Seth Roberts with a 10 yard catch, out of bounds for a first down!
2nd Quarter (8:10) 3 yard catch for Rod Streater. 3rd and 9 for Oakland.
2nd Quarter (8:35) False start. Now 2nd and 13 from Seattle's 46.
2nd Quarter (9:14) 2 more for Dyer.
2nd Quarter (9:44) Dyer makes a 10 yard catch, Lambert of Seattle is called for a late hit, tacking on an extra 15 for an OAK first down at the SEA 44.
2nd Quarter (10:29) Dyer rushes for 1. Clark in again on the tackle.
2nd Quarter (11:14) 15 yard completion to Brice Butler, first down Oakland!
2nd Quarter (11:21) Hauschka makes a tackle on the kickoff return from Atkinson to the SEA 47. Holding on Oakland's Marcel Reece nullifies, 1st and 10 at the 15. Atkinson pulled off a great run.
2nd Quarter (11:21) Kick is good. 17-0.
6 yards for Oakland on 'offense'.
2nd Quarter (11:29) FRANK CLARK WITH A STRIP SACK! TOUCHDOWN SEATTLE!!!!!!!!! JORDAN HILL RECOVERS TO MAKE IT 16-0 SEATTLE! PURE DOMINATION!
2nd Quarter (11:52) 4 yards for Dyer. Holding, respotted at the 5.
2nd Quarter (12:36) Matt McGloin in at QB. Handoff to Michael Dyer goes for -2 yards. Second and 12 at the 9.
158 yards to 13 in Seattle's favor.
2nd Quarter (12:42) Solid punt by Ryan, 38 yards then fair catch by Wylie at the OAK 11.
2nd Quarter (12:47) Incomplete deep for Lockette. 4th and 9. First Jon Ryan punt coming.
2nd Quarter (12:54) Offside Oakland, five yards, now 3rd and 9.
2nd Quarter (13:32) Rawls gets some of it back on a 10 yard reception from Archer. 3rd and 14.
2nd Quarter (13:36) 2nd and 24 from the 36.
2nd Quarter (13:36) Oof. Incomplete pass intended for FB Will Tukuafu, chop block by Rawls makes it a 15 yard loss.
2nd Quarter (14:15) One yard for Thomas Rawls.
2nd Quarter (14:54) Pass to Kevin Smith is complete for 11 yards and another Seattle first down. Ball at midfield.
This O-Line is already switching around a ton.
2nd Quarter (15:00) Incomplete pass for Ricardo Lockette by Archer.
Hard to say whether Lockett or Clark has been better this offseason. Both of Seattle's top 2015 picks have played beastly football.
1st Quarter (0:00) END OF FIRST QUARTER; OAKLAND 0, SEATTLE 10
Good blocking by Chris Matthews on those Christine Michael runs.
1st Quarter (0:07) 4 yards and a first down for Michael.
1st Quarter (0:37) 9 yarder for Michael. Ball at SEA 35, second and 1.
1st Quarter (0:51) 43 yarder from King. 16 yard return to the 26 of Seattle by Kevin Smith.
1st Quarter (0:58) A DROP BY BUTLER. He was deep right, fourth down now. Seisay was beaten by Brice Butler.
1st Quarter (1:35) SACK by Eric Pinkins! 7 yard loss for Ponder, third and 15 upcoming.
1st Quarter (2:19) Helu picks up 2.
1st Quarter (2:25) Pass to Brice Butler is incomplete deep. PI on Ryan Murphy, 25 yards, Oakland first down.
1st Quarter (3:07) Loss of 5 for Helu. Frank Clark is UNSTOPPABLE!
1st Quarter (3:12) Kickoff from Hauschka to Wylie, who makes a 40-yard return to the Oakland 32. Mohammed Seisay and Tye Smith on the tackle. Good ST day already for Smith.
1st Quarter (3:16) Hauschka casually NAILS a 55-yarder. 10-0 Seattle in the first quarter at CenturyLink.
Ball on the 37.
Former Seahawk Benson Mayowa was just UPENDED by Derrick Coleman.
1st Quarter (3:16) TIMEOUT SEAHAWKS
1st Quarter (3:22) Deep ball on the right is incomplete to BJ Daniels, 4th down and 6.
1st Quarter (4:00) Michael gains 2 on the ground.
1st Quarter (4:36) Two yards for Lockette. 2nd and 8 at the 39.
1st Quarter (5:16) Thomas Rawls with a big 17 yard gain on a right-tackle run. 1st down at Oakland's 41 yard line!
1st Quarter (5:56) 6 yard completion to Ricardo Lockette.
Pass complete to Lockett for 14! Another first down!
1st Quarter (7:16) 15 yard run on third down for Michael! First down Seahawks.
1st Quarter (7:16) Archer throws incomplete short to Luke Willson.
1st Quarter (7:42) 10 yards for Michael are negated by holding on Seattle, penalty enforced at the 13. 2nd and 12 from the 7.
By the way, RJ Archer is already in at QB.
1st Quarter (8:18) 4 yards for Christine Michael.
Frank Clark has been an absolute monster tonight through two series. Seahawks sure studied up for the 2015 draft.
Daniels returns 9 yards from the SEA 9, all wasted due to 9 yard penalty. 1st down at the 9 for Hawks.
1st Quarter (9:17) Ponder under pressure, steps up middle to gain a yard. 4th down.
1st Quarter (9:59) Seahawks swarm Helu, the RB loses a yard. 3rd and 4.
1st Quarter (10:39) WR Kris Durham, a former Seattle pick, makes a seven-yard catch on 1st down.
Wylie returns 16 yards to the OAK 20 on kickoff.
First-team Seattle offense may not even play another series this preseason. Good start to the game, good ending point as well if it is that.
Extra point is good. 7-0, Hawks on top. Lockett is the man.
Rookie of the Year?
1st Quarter (10:50) TOUCHDOWN SEAHAWKS!!! TYLER LOCKETT MAKES A 63-YARD RECEPTION FROM RUSSELL WILSON TO CONTINUE HIS HOT PRESEASON AND GIVE SEATTLE A 6-0 LEAD!
1st Quarter (11:22) No gain for Christine Michael on the run.
Good first series for DE Frank Clark. Two blown up runs because of him.
1st Quarter (11:32) Punt goes 39 yards to Seattle 37 by Marquette King. No return for BJ Daniels.
1st Quarter (11:53) Ponder completes to Rod Streater, who only gains 6, time for a punt.
1st Quarter (12:40) One yard for Helu. Third and 12.
Clark--Hill--Dobbs--Marsh, Pinkins--Coyle--KPL, Blackmon--Shead--Bailey--Simon - Starters on D for Seattle.
1st Quarter (13:23) Helu loses three yards this time, tackle by
1st Quarter (14:07) Ponder converts the first down with a 9-yard pass to Seth Roberts!
1st Quarter (14:11) On second down, Christian Ponder throws incomplete to Brice Butler. Third and 7.
1st Quarter (14:55) Roy Helu gets three on a run.
1st Quarter (15:00) Hauschka kicks off to Devon Wylie. Tackle by Tye Smith. Holding on Raiders, ball placed on OAK 16.
'Hawks win toss and defer. Oakland will start with the ball.
Marshawn Lynch, Ryan Murphy, Brock Coyle, and Bobby Wagner are Seattle's captains.
It's gametime.
Players all out warming up on the field. Gametime in approximately 30 minutes.
An hour til kickoff.
The Seahawks are using their newly-renovated locker rooms tonight at CenturyLink. This game is the fight for players to keep their spot on the team so that they may return to that facility for the start of the season.
Alright, folks. Approximately 90 minutes to gametime.
Stay tuned for all live updates on this matchup. Again, kickoff is at 10:00 pm ET, so stay tuned for all your gameday news and coverage here at VAVEL USA.
This is sure to be an entertaining matchup between two deep teams with very high-upside talent in their second and third teams. Those second and third-string players will probably start taking up the majority of plays midway through the first quarter, as in the final preseason game, starters are expected to run minimal amounts of plays and to rest up for opening games, which start Thursday night, September 10th, at Gilette Stadium for Pittsburgh Steelers - New England Patriots.
On defense, linebacker Malcolm Smith, who won a Super Bowl MVP award with Seattle in 2014, signed with the Raiders this offseason. He'll square off with his former team Thursday unless he is benched. Nate Allen has two interceptions in the preseason for that Raiders D.
2015 first-round pick Amari Cooper has been very productive, racking up 124 yards on 8 catches. He and Carr are apparently still working on some things in terms of chemistry and timing of Cooper's routes.
At running back, Oakland terminated the contract of former-Browns first-rounder Trent Richardson, whose career has declined gradually since his successful rookie year in 2012. Latavius Murray, who has 56 yards and a touchdown through three games, will be the starter this season, and he has lots of upside to become a top-tier rusher.
Franchise QB Derek Carr has not had an ideal output this preseason, only completing 28 of 51 passes for 334 yards, no TDs and two interceptions. All of Oakland's three QBs have been picked off this preseason, but Matt McGloin has been playing pretty well in the backup slot.
Oakland is not on course for great things like the Seahawks for the 2015 season, but they have made strides in growth and rebuilding over the past few seasons that have shown this offseason.
The Seahawks are 1-2 this preseason, which isn't much of an indication of how their season will expectedly play out.
Tight end Jimmy Graham came over from the New Orleans Saints to Seattle as well this offseason, and he has six catches for 75 yards through three games. However, he is expected to do loads of blocking, and has not yet proven he is able to fill the roll of a sixth blocker on the offensive line.
The biggest headline of the Seahawks' preseason has been rookie receiver and return specialist Tyler Lockett. Lockett has had some unreal returns, scoring on one punt return and one kickoff return so far this preseason. He has also caught four passes for 52 yards.
Russell Wilson, now the league's second-highest paid player, is in full form, however is not going to see much play Thursday night, among other starters, due to this being a game in which role players on the second and third teams are given minutes to prove themselves on the field.
Chancellor is one of multiple Seattle defensive backs who are out of play for a number of reasons. Richard Sherman and Earl Thomas have just recently returned from injury, and Jeremy Lane is still out with multiple ailments he suffered on the same play in Super Bowl XLIX.
One appearance Chancellor did make was in a team trip to Hawaii, when he and Russell Wilson led a deep conversation with teammates to let out all frustration from February's disappointing Super Bowl result. The 27 year-old is a big presence off the field as well as on it, and will be deeply missed in the locker room should he continue to abstain from play through regular season games.
However, safety Kam Chancellor, one of the league's best and hardest-hitting, feels like his extension from the 2013 offseason is not paying him enough. Chancellor signed a five-year, $35 million deal in 2013, but now is holding out of training camp and all team activities until he gets a new contract from Seattle, who is running out of cap room.
It's been an offseason surely with no shortage of drama, but the Seahawks look to be set up for another very successful season. They managed to re-sign key players like Marshawn Lynch, while also satisfying Russell Wilson and Bobby Wagner with max contracts.
Alas, the final week of preseason football is upon the sports world. While this may be the least influential week for starters and impact players, it can make or break jobs for the guys on the brink of being cut by September 5th, when teams must cut down to 53 men on their rosters.
Hello all, I'm Zach Drapkin, and welcome to this 2015 VAVEL USA LIVE coverage of the NFL Preseason Week 4 matchup between the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks. Kickoff is Thursday night, September 3rd, at 10:00 pm EST at Seattle's CenturyLink Field, Home of the 12s and the Seahawks and Sounders.