Moreover, the offense will have a big boost from running back Marshawn Lynch, who is expected to return on Sunday.
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“We’re well aware of what we’re heading towards and everybody’s prepared”, Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday.
“He’s got to go tomorrow (Saturday) and make sure that he’s okay after today (Friday)”, Carroll said. “So he”s ready to go, and we are anxious to see him fit in.”.
The Minnesota Vikings will host the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the NFL Playoffs Sunday at 1:05 p.m. ET, and the team has warned its fans against going shirtless in the stands, Minnesota Public Radio reported.
According to AccuWeather, it could feel like 20-below zero for Sunday’s game at TCF Bank Stadium, where the Vikings play their home games as construction continues on the team’s new enclosed stadium.
“No, he’s questionable”, Carroll said following Friday’s practice, using the official National Football League term for a 50-50 chance to play. I know that’s been out there, but I don’t know, really, until we finish the week….
Despite being the lower seed, the Seahawks are actually favored in this one, despite the frigid temperatures they face.
Seattle Seahawks running back Fred Jackson is no stranger to bitterly cold football games. “I know they didn’t make me small”. That 43-8 outcome might seem to demonstrate that Richard Sherman, Russell Wilson and company can perform just fine with the added layer of weather protection. Intended obfuscation or not, Lynch won’t be playing on Sunday at Minnesota.
No matter how far the Seattle Seahawks go in the postseason this year, there’s no doubt it will have a different look than the last 3 years. He hasn’t played since November in a loss to the Arizona Cardinals, and has only one game with more than 100 yards this season (122 yards against the 49ers). Peterson won the rushing title at age 30 – an age when many running backs in are decline – and coming off a 2014 season in which he played in one game before being suspended.
“There’s only so much you can do”, Hauschka said.
“It”s been a great week,” Carroll said.
The Vikings have been playing pretty good ball since last month’s debacle against the Seahawks.
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No team wants to concede the other has an advantage, so, not surprisingly, the Vikings and Seahawks have downplayed the cold. They’ve also got defensive lineman Zach Moore on the active roster. Peterson ran only eight times for 18 yards, and the Vikings didn’t score until Cordarrelle Patterson returned a kick for a touchdown to cut the deficit to 35-7 in the third quarter.
