Halloween in Oakland was a freaky as it sounds for Seattle

It was all trick and no treat for the Seattle Seahawks blowout loss in Oakland.

Halloween in Oakland is not much different than any other day by the Bay. Scary.

The Raiders worked the Seahawks over, allowing only three points and sacking Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck eight times.

Oakland's 33-3 win was a spirit crusher. Oakland didn't allow a first down until more than 27 minutes into the game and gave up just 162 yards of offense, including 47 on the ground.

If that isn't frightening enough, Seattle's previously unbreakable run defense was shattered by the Raiders' Darren McFadden and company. The breakout runningback McFadden, sliced and diced his way to 111 yards on the ground. There was a bevy of spot carries by other Raiders who added another 128 rushing yards and a touchdown.

Even maligned Raiders quarterback, Jason Campbell looked like a stud against the Hawks. Campbell threw for 310 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. The Hawks are supposed to ruin average quarterbacks like Campbell, just like they were supposed to do with the Rams' Sam Bradford too. Instead, Seattle's secondary gift wrapped a win to each team.

So much for Seattle's reliable fallback strength. The defense looked tired and very beatable.

Seattle's running game was completely shutdown by the Raiders' strong defensive line. Marshawn Lynch rushed nine times for a putrid seven yards. Justin Forsett was equally ineffective, gaining eleven yards on five carries. Those two were supposed to dominate Sunday's matchup with a usually ineffective Raiders defense. Not this time.

To be fair though, head coach Pete Carroll tightened the leash on his runningbacks too quickly. I understand that when a team falls behind, the coach calls a lot more passing plays. But when your passing game stinks as bad as Seattle's does, why not dial up more than 14 rushing attempts for your best offensive players?

Either way, the Seahawks were badly beaten and now they come home to face the NFC's best team, the 5-2 New York Giants. The Seahawks will be tested against a powerful team this Sunday but as always, anything can happen at Qwest Field.