Russell Wilson points to two bad throws as Seattle Seahawks’ undoing in shutout loss to Green Bay Packers

GREEN BAY, Wisc. — Russell Wilson put the blame for the Seattle Seahawks’ shutout loss Sunday on his shoulders.

But he didn’t blame his uncharacteristically poor performance on his surgically repaired finger, as much as his lousy numbers and some of his errant throws might suggest it was an issue in his first game in five weeks.

“My finger felt fine,” Wilson said after the Seahawks’ 17-0 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. “The problem with tonight was I had two bad plays. That’s what it really was.”

Whether Wilson was indeed feeling some lingering effects from his Oct. 8 finger surgery or the monthlong layoff that resulted, this was not how he or the Seahawks envisioned his return going: 20-of-40 passing for 161 yards, two interceptions and a 12.9 Total QBR. That plus a lack of running game and a squandered scoring opportunity late in the first half resulted in the Seahawks’ first shutout loss since 2011, the year before they drafted Wilson. And it dropped them to 3-6 with a home game against the 8-2 Arizona Cardinals up next.

“He doesn’t feel like it was at all,” coach Pete Carroll said when asked how much Wilson’s finger may have impacted his play. “There was a couple high throws that got out. Pretty cold night and all that. Maybe that had something to do with it as you’re looking at it. I don’t think so. I’m not thinking that and Russ isn’t either.”

Wilson repeatedly said he felt confident in his finger and pointed to his two interceptions as the difference Sunday.

The first was on a third-and-10 throw into the end zone in the third quarter of a 3-0 game. Wilson said he saw cornerback Kevin King’s back turned to him and thought he could zip the ball into the end zone to DK Metcalf, but King turned around just in time. On his second pick, a deep heave to the double-covered Tyler Lockett, Wilson said he was trying to take a shot with Seattle down 10-0 in the fourth quarter.

“You never want to second-guess yourself…