The Seattle Seahawks scored first and did it fast. Drew Lock hit Elijah Arroyo for a 36-yard touchdown, then Jacardia Wright turned the next drive into a 69-yard score as the Seahawks jumped ahead 13-3 by the end of the first quarter.
That is the kind of start that gets attention in preseason Week 2, especially when the plays come from the backup offense rather than the group expected to carry the load. The Seahawks turned two snaps into explosive touchdowns before the game could settle into its normal preseason rhythm, and that alone makes the scoring worth reading past the box score.
Arroyo was the name attached to the opening strike, and the detail mattered more than the distance. He got wide open twice on the drive, then finished it with the 36-yard touchdown from Lock. For one drive, the Seahawks looked like a unit that could create separation quickly and punish a defense if it lost track of a receiver for even a moment.
What gives the sequence more weight is where it happened. The Seahawks’ backup offense scored on the Tennessee Titans’ defensive starters to open the contest, which complicates any easy read that the more established personnel had the upper hand on the field. Seattle did not need a long march or a broken play to make the point. It put the ball in space, found room behind the coverage, and kept going.
Wright’s 69-yard touchdown on the next drive pushed that idea even further. Two different drives. Two explosive finishes. One early lead. In a preseason game, that kind of quick burst does not settle every question, but it does tell coaches which players can turn routine snaps into game-changing ones.
For Seattle, the immediate takeaway is simple: the first-quarter lead was not built on volume, but on strike power. The next question is how long that edge held once the game moved beyond the opening quarter, because the early damage already showed what the Seahawks’ reserve group could do when Lock and Arroyo connected cleanly and the running game followed with another long score.
