Yes, his Sunday performance was a stirring example of why Seattle gave its franchise quarterback an $87.6 million contract extension this summer. He took charge for the Seattle Seahawks against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw for 456 yards, the most passing yards ever allowed by a Seattle Seahawks defense.
“Being above. 500 for once”, said Baldwin, “is a relief”. “This is an unbelievable win for us”. It’s absolutely wonderful. Simms best statement in that regard may have been his contention that Mike Tomlin “plays the percentages”.
“Just the passion of the game”. “The fire that they all brought”. The reception was only his eleventh of the season.
Pittsburgh ranks a lowly 30th in the league against the pass, giving up 283.6 yards per game. He’d spent the week rehabilitating a sprained ankle. The bigger question, though, is whether the Seahawks will make it their own blueprint for beating future opponents.
Willson believes that Graham could work everything out and be able to come back next year.
“I think the chemistry was just there today”, Wheaton said. Zone defenders get caught in binds all the time, but generally there are other zone defenders near them to diminish the damage. That block ensured the clinching score. Baldwin’s late score certainly buffed up the difference here. But on this occasion the roles were reversed, with the offense picking up the defense when the defense seemed down and out.Wilson was imperious.
No drop. No miss. Brown is going to get his catches – he has 27 in the past two games – but limiting Bryant and others such as tight end Heath Miller will be the challenge for Seattle’s secondary.
After the Steelers forced Seattle into a third-and-10 situation with just over two minutes remaining, Wilson hit Baldwin on a short crossing pattern at the Seahawks’ 25-yard line. The teams traded blows all day long, and neither one tackled particularly well, but it was a ridiculously fun game to watch, overall.
It was as seesawing and thrilling a game as Seattle’s hosted in years.
“It was two teams fighting tooth-and-nail”, Tomlin said.
“It is kind of an unorthodox way to play and win … but that’s what we had to do today”, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “The Patriots had the most tickets on them of any team this weekend”. Graham reportedly will have season ending surgery, while Roethlisberger is dealing with a concussion. Seattle went 3-and-out to end the half.
The Colts (6-5) won their third straight to remain tied atop the AFC South with Houston. But the drive stalled at the Seattle 3. The receiver gained 80 yards on the play. Roethlisberger’s pass to Jesse James was good for the two-point convesion. Following a 39-30 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, they won’t be any more. On 4th and 2 from the 27, the Steelers lined up to go for it as the 1st Quarter expired.
Steelers linebacker Jarvis Jones wasn’t about to blame the loss on this or that little thing. So did Markus Wheaton, DeAngelo Williams and the rest of the Steelers offense. He was in charge of containing Ben Roethlisberger.
The reward for Wilson’s effort was finally getting Seattle above the.
Third-and-10 from Seattle’s 15?
He ends the season with 48 receptions for 605 yards with two touchdowns in 11 games.
He has raised his passer rating on the season to 102.9, the highest he’s had in any season of his career so far.
While Wilson says nothing is different – “I ignore the noise”, the QB said again Sunday – Baldwin says a lot is.
Even when sick? “He had the sniffles”, Baldwin said, smiling. “I’m going to find a way”. The Steelers blitzed both Lawrence Timmons and Ryan Shazier, but it was Cam Heyward who drove up the middle and sacked Russell Wilson for an 8-yard loss. “I wouldn’t count him out for anything”. Richard Sherman? No one from the Steelers was in the area and Sherman got his first interception of the season.
The injury occurred with 13:36 to go in the fourth quarter, as Graham attempted to catch a pass in the right corner of the end zone. Jones tried to throw back to the left to an eligible tackle.
Only three of the game’s 69 points came in the first quarter, with Chris Boswell breaking the deadlock on a 44-yard field goal. – Philip Rivers threw four touchdown passes, two to Antonio Gates, and San Diego ended a six-game losing streak. Seattle had a 7-3 lead after doing next to nothing early. And we mean on. Black is white, up is down, and the Seattle Seahawks are leaning on their offense. Cornerback Antwon Blake returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown. But after a 5-5 start that included five blown fourth quarter leads and two losses at home, that intimidation factor was all but gone.
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“That is what happens when teams get going”.
