SEATTLE — With the Mariners’ postseason in action across the street, the temptation was to co-opt a baseball term and call Tampa Bay’s 38-35 win over the Seattle Seahawks a pitchers’ duel.

Not because it was low-scoring, but because the two hurlers — Seattle’s Sam Darnold and Tampa Bay’s Baker Mayfield — battled with almost perfect efficiency.

Of course, they should have, considering much of this NFL game looked like it was the National Flag-football League, with rushers having to count “4-Mississippi” before charging the line of scrimmage, allowing quarterbacks plenty of time to find their targets with impunity.

Combined, the two attempted 67 passes, completing 57 (85%), with only one sack and four combined hurries.

It seemed that the first team that could pressure the opposing quarte

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