Star leads Seahawks to victory over Commanders with a last-second field goal.

Sunday for a considerable amount of time, Geno Smith and the Seahawks offense appeared to be caught in an all too common pattern.

However, Smith became the Geno who first won over Seattle fans’ hearts by leading the team on two drives in the fourth quarter to secure a 29-26 victory over the Washington Commanders when the Seahawks needed the offense to save a defense that had become suddenly lethargic.

It took until the very last play to win it, as time ran out for Jason Myers to convert his fifth field goal of the day from 43 yards out.

That concluded a drive that saw Smith complete 4 of 5 passes for 50 yards from Seattle’s own 25 to Washington’s 25.

DK Metcalf received the dagger after a 27-yard pass to the 25-yard line. With three seconds remaining, Smith spiked the ball, and Myers won it with his eleventh consecutive kick in the previous five games.

Seattle’s record after the win was 6-3, and they maintained their tie for first place in the NFC West with the 49ers.

Seattle finished with a season-high 489 yards, and Smith finished 31-for-47 for a season-high 369 yards.

After Washington’s 73- and 71-yard touchdown drives, Smith finished his final two drives 9 for 10 for 100 yards.

Seattle was locked in a 9-9 tie at halftime and trailing 12-9 late into the third quarter as a result of an early inability to convert yards into points, which was partly caused by some frustrating mistakes on third and fourth downs.

However, Seattle took a 19-12 lead early in the fourth quarter and appeared to be making up for its disastrous 37-3 loss to Baltimore last Sunday before Washington mounted two comebacks to tie the game.

Smith drove the team ahead 26-19 with 3:47 remaining after Washington tied the score at 19. Smith’s drive culminated in a 5-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Lockett.

With 1:28 remaining, Washington faced a fourth-and-one after driving to the Seattle 43. A Howell pass to Terry McLaurin picked up the first down to the 35.

With the entire day to throw, Howell dropped back on third down after two incompletions and found Dyami Brown over the middle. Just over the outstretched hands of Devon Witherspoon and Jordyn Brooks, Brown caught the pass at the 17-yard line. Brown made his way to the center of the field, where he easily ran into the end zone.

With 52 seconds remaining, the incredible score and Jordan Slye’s field goal attempt tied the game at 26.

But Smith guided Seattle to a 48-point lead over Washington, then hit Metcalf to the 25 before Myers signaled the end of the game following a timeout.

With a pass play that just about cleared the line of scrimmage, the Seahawks took their first lead on their longest gain of the season.

With a first-and-10 at the Seattle 36 and trailing 12-9 in the third quarter, Smith found no open downfield player and threw the ball to running back Kenneth Walker III.

Danny Johnson, the cornerback for Washington, staggered a little as Walker caught the ball. Walker had enough room to make it to the sidelines, where he used a block from Tyler Lockett and another from Jake Bobo to get into the open and run into the end zone, somersaulting over the line.

It made the score 16–12 for Seattle with 9:43 remaining in the third quarter. And with 12:14 remaining, Myers made his fourth field goal of the contest, a 45-yarder that put Seattle ahead 19–12. It was tempting to believe that victory was finally within reach.

With eight minutes remaining, Howell’s 19-yard pass to Antonio Gibson tied the score, but Washington, who had only managed four first downs combined in the second and third quarters, put together its best drive of the day.

After Washington had only gained 33 yards rushing on nine attempts prior, the drive featured four runs for 34 yards.

Seattle’s call for a false start on the opening play signaled an unsettling start to the following drive.

However, Smith found Lockett for 11 yards and then 20 to move the Seahawks into the territory of Washington.

At the 39, Seattle was faced with a fourth-and-five situation and chose to go for it.

That appeared to be a bad idea for a brief moment as Smith’s pass went over Metcalf’s head while Benjamin St. Juste was providing tight coverage.

When the flag was raised, though, Seattle scored a first down.

Reborn, the Seahawks moved to the five-yard line after two more Washington penalties. Smith then rolled to the right on second-and-goal, finding Lockett in the end zone’s corner.

That gave Seattle a 26-19 lead with 3:45 left.