It was a recipe that seemed ripe for a history-making performance — Seattle’s booming rookie punter Michael Dickson playing his first game in the light air of Denver’s Broncos Stadium at Mile High, altitude 5,280 feet.
And indeed it was, something that may have gotten somewhat lost in the disappointment of Seattle’s 27-24 loss to the Broncos.
Dickson, drafted in the fifth round by Seattle last April, finished with an average of 59 yards on six punts and a net average (which is the yards of the punts minus the yards of the returns) of 57.5.
The first mark was the second-best in Seahawks history for a punter with four or more punts in a game.