SEATTLE — Now that's a way to end a losing streak.
Trailing four points with under two minutes left, the Seattle Seahawks scored a late touchdown to seal a 20-17 victory at Lumen Field over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night.
The Seahawks snapped its four-game losing streak with the win.
Here are three takeaways from the Seahawks' comeback victory.
The rookies moment
Rookie Jaxon Smith-Njigba has had a relatively quiet start to his career. given his draft pedigree as a first-round pick. He's slowly improved across the season, however, earning more playing time alongside veterans DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett.
On this night in particular, Smith-Njigba had three catches for 19 yards but was held in check by the Eagles secondary for most of the game. He hadn't had a catch since the first half.
But with the team trailing four points with under 30 seconds left, the Seahawks entrusted its rookie in a one-on-one situation along the right side of the field.
The rookie won his matchup.
And the Seahawks won the game.
QB drama
There was a bit of drama before the game when the Seahawks made Geno Smith active as he dealt with a groin injury.
Up until kickoff, it wasn't clear who the Seahawks were starting at quarterback. The situation had NFL reporter Adam Schefter flummoxed and looking for information.
Pete Carroll kept the decision close to the vest, before naming Drew Lock as the starter minutes before the game began. Smith was active but as an emergency option.
In Smith's place, Lock looked out of sync and unable to sustain drives. It appeared the Seahawks were heading for a fifth consecutive loss before Lock led a 10-play, 92-yard drive culminating in a 29-yard touchdown to Smith-Njigba.
That'll do, Drew. That'll do.
Old-school football returns
With Lock as the starter, the Seahawks' game plan was to turn back the clock to the 1960s.
That meant running the football, running the football again, and then running the football some more.
Credit to Kenneth Walker, who created several explosive plays despite going against the league's No. 1 ranked rushing defense. His ability to turn something out of nothing kept the Seahawks in the game and allowed Lock to engineer the game-winning drive.
