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Geno Smith’s awful fourth-quarter interceptions cost Seattle dearly in the OT loss to Rams
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Geno Smith’s awful fourth-quarter interceptions cost Seattle dearly in the OT loss to Rams

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith threw a bad pick-6 against the Rams. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith threw a bad pick-6 against the Rams. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

You can watch the replay of Geno Smith’s pick-6 by the Los Angeles Rams many times and still not figure out what Smith was looking at or who he might have been throwing to.

Smith has played well for most of his career with the Seattle Seahawks, but here and there he will make a mistake that leaves everyone baffled. One of those mistakes came at a bad time on Sunday and later became a big one as the Los Angeles Rams won 26-20 on a 39-yard one-handed catch by Demarcus Robinson.

Early in the fourth quarter, with the Seahawks tied with the Rams 13-13, Smith felt some pressure from the right and just completed a pass on a bowl to Rams safety Kamren Kinchens. A surprised Kinchens took it and ran 103 yards the other way for a touchdown and the Rams had the lead.

That’s just not a mistake a starting quarterback can make, and it was even worse in the fourth quarter of a tied game.

And then he had another one. After the Rams blocked a punt in their territory, the Seahawks had a chance to at least tie the game. But Smith’s tight end got tangled at the line, Smith threw it prematurely and it was intercepted again by Kinchens on his own 7-yard line.

It’s bad enough to throw one interception that ugly along the goal line, but two is hard to believe.

Smith rallied the Seahawks to force overtime, hitting Jaxon Smith-Njigba to tie the game with less than a minute left. And he had the Seahawks in position to take a lead in overtime, but they were stuck on fourth-and-goal, setting up the Rams’ winning drive.

But the mistakes were too many. Smith will think about that for a while after the loss.