Zach Charbonnet rushed for a career-high 91 yards and two touchdowns and the defense did the rest as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the visiting Miami Dolphins 24-3 Sunday afternoon.
DK Metcalf hauled in a 71-yard touchdown reception and Jason Myers kicked a 56-yard field goal for the Seahawks (3-0).
Seattle’s defense limited the Dolphins (1-2) to 205 yards of total offense. Miami went 1-for-12 on third-down conversions and 0-for-3 on fourth down while committing 11 penalties for 85 yards.
Skylar Thompson, who started at quarterback for Miami after Tua Tagovailoa was placed on injured reserve because of a concussion, completed 13 of 19 passes for 107 yards and was sacked five times. Thompson left the game with 9:30 remaining in the third quarter with a chest injury.
That meant the Dolphins had to turn to third-stringer Tim Boyle, who was activated from the practice squad. Boyle, playing for his sixth team in six seasons, was 7-of-13 for 79 yards.
Boyle guided the Dolphins to a first-and-goal at the Seattle 3-yard line early in the fourth quarter, but the Seahawks made a goal-line stand and Miami turned the ball over on downs.
The Seahawks looked like they were going to turn the game into a rout when they took a 17-3 lead after the first quarter. But a pair of turnovers and 11 penalties for 92 yards prevented them from extending their advantage until Charbonnet, starting for the injured Kenneth Walker III (oblique), scored on a 10-yard run with 4:55 remaining.
Seattle’s Geno Smith was 26-of-34 passing for 289 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions, both of which came on tipped throws.
The Seahawks opened the scoring on Myers’ field goal, then Charbonnet scored on a run behind left guard from 4 yards out.
The Dolphins took over at Seattle’s 4-yard line late in the first quarter after Smith’s pass from the end zone while under pressure was high and deflected off the hands of a leaping Charbonnet, with Kader Kohou making the pick. The Dolphins had to settle for Jason Sanders’ 23-yard field goal.
On Seattle’s next play from scrimmage, Smith found Metcalf on a post pattern on the final snap of the quarter for the lengthy touchdown. Metcalf finished with four receptions for 104 yards.
