Seahawks 37, Panthers 27
Q. Second half what changed for you guys? You're moving the ball in the first half. Weren't finishing the drives.
GENO SMITH: Yeah, I think the O-line just really took the game over. I thought in the second half the way we ran the ball, you know, helped us finish those drives in the end zone.
So in the first half we moved the ball. I think we had two punch today, and that's always a positive sign for the offense. But as we always talk about, we want to score touchdowns. Today in the first half we didn't do as well, but that's the good part about our team and our offense.
We kept battling and showed a better showing in the second half.
Q. What did you think of Jake Bobo's touchdown?
GENO SMITH: Sweet, man. That was awesome. So happy for Jake, just all his hard work and seeing the way he's prepared. Since the day he got here he's done his thing, and so we were trying to get him the ball really in these first three games and he stuck with it, kept preparing, and it's just great to see a guy works so hard to get that. He's very deserving of that.
Q. How had you describe the two-point conversion?
GENO SMITH: Just one of those things where you're just out there playing in the backyard. Obviously it's a two-point conversion. You don't want to throw it up and give them a chance to get two points. Obviously that would change the game.
Kind of reminiscent of that one play Russ had in I think it was 2014 when he threw it to Luke. Tyler is a guy who we trust. When I scrambled I saw it was just him and another guy back there, so figured I would give it a shot and he did a great job coming down with that.
Q. The run game in the second half, what did that do for you guys, to have both those guys going?
GENO SMITH: Man, it's awesome to have those two guys. Just to see them run, just to see Zach finish runs. I mean, he's just out there running guys over. Ken is out there just juking guys and making guys miss left and right.
I'm having to go out there and make blocks for him. It's super fun just to have guys like that. Obviously it starts with the O-line and the way they block, you know, getting up to the second level.
Two have two runners that are equally dynamic and explosive, man, it's great for our offense and our team.
Q. You know how disruptive it can be as a quarterback when the crowd is as loud as it was. What was your opinion of the crowd today?
GENO SMITH: Yeah, I think the 12th Man, they got us a win today. You can tell just from watching them out there. The offense, they can't hear a thing. I think they had eight or ten pre-snap penalties, and you can put that right on our crowd. I think we have the best fans in the world. Just tremendous the way they showed up for us today and always. They're always here for us.
We want to continue to give them things to get rowdy about, because it makes it hard on the opposing offense. 12th Man was real today, and I'm just happy to be a part of it.
Q. What did you think of seeing members of the 2013 team?
GENO SMITH: It was great having those guys here, especially on Saturday having Big Red give us a speech. You can see how passionate he is and you can see how much he meant to this city and how much the city means to him. But having all those guys -- and they always come around, but to see more of them and see them hanging out together, that was pretty cool.
We definitely wanted to get a win for them today. We wore the jerseys for them today and it was great to have them here.
Q. The play that you hit Ken down the sideline, what did you see on that play and how often, when he's split out like that, is he the one that ends up open?
GENO SMITH: Yeah, usually that's just going through progression there, but kind of saw the corner getting a little nosey. Was probably trying to rob the out that was coming, and Ken did a great job at really running on his route. They don't always get the ball in that situation, but they got to be ready and he was ready for it.
Just kind of saw the corner getting jumpy out there and gave him a shot, and Ken is a guy we always want to get the ball to. It was a really good play and I thought we needed it in that moment, so it was good.
Q. Were you asked about the two-point play already?
GENO SMITH: Yeah, it was fun. It was great to obviously have that happen. Good for the team at that point.
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