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Monday Night Observations

Normally when I wake up and see the result of the standalone night game, I'm glad I slept through it. Not in this case. And I say that while realizing the amazingly bad ref show at the end of the first half which cost the Bills a crucial three points.

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(The view from a street at the top of 100-plus city stairs I climbed with Sasha (53 pounds) on my shoulders. Above, looking up at the lookout point near the MAAT museum.)

• Russell Wilson looks healthy again. Oddly, he didn't after Seattle's bye week, but maybe the magic water hadn't yet kicked in. In any event, he's back to being a top-five QB. That means Doug Baldwin is again a top-15 WR.

• Jimmy Graham is now a top-five TE and you can flip a coin between him, Jordan Reed and Greg Olsen for No. 2. (A three-sided coin.)

• Tyrod Taylor is a good quarterback. I realize Seattle's secondary isn't playing at the level it had in previous years, but Taylor made some amazing throws on the run on plays where most quarterbacks would have been sacked. Robert Woods had a great game - he could be a reliable possession receiver going forward. Remember it took Taylor about half a year to develop a rapport with Sammy Watkins in 2015.

• The Seahawks bizarrely ran the ball only 12 times, and three of those were by Wilson and one by Tyler Lockett. The backs combined for eight carries for 10 yards. C.J. Prosise was supposed to be more involved, but it was impossible to tell from that meager workload.

• LeSean McCoy didn't get the short TD plunge, but handled 21 carries and looked healthy.