Wilson turns it up late, lifts Seahawks

After a shaky beginning, Russell Wilson got hot in the fourth quarter and kept the Seahawks in the middle of the NFC playoff race.

Wilson threw for 225 yards and his 15-yard touchdown pass to Ed Dickson with 5:08 left was the difference in the Seahawks’ 27-24 victory over the Packers on Thursday night in Seattle.

In a key matchup in the battle for the two NFC wild-card spots, the Seahawks (5-5) snapped a twogame losing streak by overcoming an early 14-3 deficit. Wilson was shaky at times early game, but was outstanding in the fourth quarter, capping the winning drive by recognizing a blitz and hitting Dickson quickly for his second TD pass of the night. The Seahawks still have lost three straight games since the middle of the 2011 season.

Aaron Rodgers had a huge first half and threw for 332 yards, but the Packers (4-5-1) had just one scoring drive in the second half, helped by a 57-yard strike from Rodgers to Davante Adams. Rodgers threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half, but never got the ball back after the Packers punted with 4:20 left.

The Seahawks ran out the clock thanks to a pair of runs from Mike Davis. Thursday’s practice that he is doing team and individual drills and that he feels good. But he also acknowledged that it will likely be a game-time decision if he plays this week.

“I’m just continuing on with the process today,” Bosa said. “We’re sticking to the plan right now, and that’s to practice and take it one day at a time and see how it feels then.”

Bosa first injured his left foot during training camp, which caused him to miss the preseason. He reinjured it during practice on Sept. 5. The Chargers said he has a bone bruise.

Rookie Lamar Jackson missed practice because of an illness, adding greater uncertainty to the Ravens’ quarterback situation ahead of Sunday’s crucial game against the Bengals.

Starting quarterback Joe Flacco (right hip) missed practice for the second straight day, as expected.

That left Robert Griffin III, who hasn’t played since the preseason, to take every repetition with the Ravens’ first-team offense.

Former Falcons defensive lineman Tim Green revealed he has Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Green, 54, who played eight seasons with the Falcons, wrote in a Facebook post Wednesday night that for the last five years he’s been coping with “neurological problems” in his hands. He said doctors first thought the damage his elbows had received during his playing days in the 1980s and 1990s was the culprit.

The problems didn’t go away after surgery and his voice also began to get weak before he was diagnosed with ALS.