Geno Smith: Week 1 loss came down to Rams 'playing harder'

Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith felt the Los Angeles Rams wanted it more in their Week 1 meeting that resulted in a lopsided 30-13 defeat for Seattle.

"It just looked like they were playing harder," Smith said postgame, according to Gregg Bell of the Tacoma News Tribune.

Wide receiver DK Metcalf echoed Smith's comments, saying the Rams "played harder," according to ESPN's Brady Henderson.

Seattle carried a 13-7 lead into halftime but failed to score in the second half while allowing Los Angeles to record 23 points. The Seahawks were held to just 12 yards in the second half.

Smith said he hopes the Week 1 loss serves as a wake-up call for a Seahawks club that made a playoff appearance in 2022.

"We don't lose at home," he said. "We can't do that, let alone in that fashion. So, for a lot of guys around here, including myself, we gotta look ourselves in the mirror (and) point the finger at ourselves and figure out how to get better."

Smith finished with 16 completions for 112 yards and one touchdown.

"We just didn't execute. … I'll be the first to say that, as always, put that on me," he said, per Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times. "It's my job to make sure that we're always prepared, we're always competing, and I just feel like we didn't do that to the best of our ability in the second half."