Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson was under constant siege, forced into a fumble that resulted in a safety, and unforced into a awful underthrown pass toward a wide-open Doug Baldwin that resulted in an interception. Gostkowski, the NFL’s leading scorer the last three seasons, sent his winning kick soaring through the uprights.
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Jones meets the Colts No. 26 secondary, while Robinson surpasses Fitzgerald because his matchup is stronger against a Titans D allowing 23 points per week to opposing receivers and that just lost starting cornerback Jason McCourty for the rest of the season, and with Arizona finding more ways to get Michael Floyd more involved.
“The Seahawks need this game”.
Realistically the Seahawks (4-5) only hope of getting back to the postseason is a wild-card berth that is wide open in the jumbled NFC.
-SPECIAL TEAMS: A. Punter Drew Butler had his best game of the season with a 44.7-yard net average.
After starting 0-2, the Seahawks dug a deep hole. The Cardinals ultimately scored to make it 12-0. Playing in long-yardage situations most of the game completely took Seattle out of its game plan. Wilson fumbled after running into left tackle Russell Okung as he tried to avoid the rush.
“Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll exercised restraint when talking about penalties as he addressed the media Monday afternoon at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center”. It’s not a coincidence that those were five of the six drives in which Seattle failed to score.
Detroit at Green Bay (-10½): The Lions are off a bye, but before that they were hammered 45-10 by the Chiefs in London. That 2013 and ’14 team isn’t showing up all of a sudden.
“He really likes to beat that team”. “Carson handled adversity really well last night”. The Cowboys have to get out of this slump before Tony Romo comes back. And that’s all I can comprehend on a losing game day. Rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota had four touchdown passes in the win at New Orleans. Carroll said. “I’m sure Cary was right”. We would coach him up that it was too high. “There must have been five first-and-20s in this game, at least, and so that’s really hard when you’re doing that to yourself”. Derek Carr threw two touchdown passes for the Raiders. “We’re a tough team and tough teams overcome one player’s mistakes and move on”. Palmer’s strike to Gresham gave Arizona a 32-29 lead and the cushion was pushed to 10 after Ellington’s TD run. I still like Cousins better than Robert Griffin III as the Redskins’ quarterback. Then he wound up on the ground and I think all that would have played into that.
Miami at Philadelphia (-6): Sam Bradford showed a few positive signs last week. He passed for 295 yards in 36 attempts and was sacked only once. It was going to be a hit or miss play. I look for the Eagles to score around 30 points, so I like this over the total (49). “We did it to ourselves, to a great extent”. In other words, this Crimson Tide team is shaping up to have the salty defensive fronts that defined Saban’s title runs in 2009, “11 and ’12”. I suspect tomorrow will be one of the “seems worse” days. After moving to the Baltimore 49, Blake Bortles took the snap an instant before the clock expired and was quickly sacked by Elvis Dumervil. Didn’t find the opportunity to get to the game plan at all. Bortles’ completion percentage (56.3) is low, but he has 17 touchdown passes.
The defense was very good at times, but overall the performance was lackluster. Adrian Peterson, who leads the league in rushing with 758 yards, will have to carry the Minnesota offense. On any deflection, you always want to go and get the ball. I’ll go with the Raiders.
So what does Andy Dalton do to rid himself of this game and move on? The Denver defense will be without DeMarcus Ware and Aqib Talib, so that hurts.
Even with a two-game lead in the NFC West at the midpoint of the season, the Cardinals have yet to prove they can topple the reigning division champions when the division race is still in question.
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The only highlight for Manning was his milestone: a 4-yard pass to running back Ronnie Hillman.
