The Seahawks beat the Texans 27-19 on Monday night, improving to 5-2 heading into their bye week. They did not, however, play the cleanest of games, but thanks to another big game from Jaxon Smith-Njigba and a great defensive performance, they were still able to earn another win to keep pace in a competitive NFC West.

Here are five rapid reactions to Monday night's win:

1. It was an impressive win, but the Seahawks made that harder than it needed to be.

On their way to another victory, the Seahawks scored 27 points on the NFL's No. 1 scoring defense, seven more points than Houston has allowed all season, and Seattle's defense put together yet another really strong effort, limiting the Texans to 254 yards and one offensive touchdown, so there was a lot to like about Monday night's perfor

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