After shanking the kick, the Seahawks held onto their 10-9 lead to win the game and eliminate the Vikings. Florio will also spend plenty of time on the other three games from Wild Card weekend while also taking a look ahead to next weekend. But that didn’t deter fans of either team from packing the stands. Those were his first practices since November 12, and it had Carroll saying Lynch was “ready to rock” and as late as Friday around noon time telling Seattle’s 710 AM radio Lynch “will play” against the Vikings. “We just kicked the game away”, said Falk about the game. Brown got a concussion from the play. “So we’re trying to outsmart the cold weather”. The temperature and minus-25 wind chill were the coldest in Vikings history.
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-Cornerback Trae Waynes recorded his first career interception when he stepped in for veteran Terence Newman, who battled an ankle injury during the game. “It says a lot about our team”.
What most people will not have heard was what came after the game.
“I’ve got long johns and some insulated trousers and some bibs and a jacket and about three sweatshirts underneath. I thought we played well enough to win”, he said. “It’s probably going to be the last barbecue of the year until probably March”. And for much of the game, victory over the two-time defending NFC champion Seahawks appeared within reach. Minnesota Vikings kicker Blair Walsh (3) watches as he misses a field goal during the second half of an NFL wild-card football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in Minneapolis. Jason Myers failed to make a 26-yard field goal for Jacksonville on November 15, but that was blocked.
When Blair Walsh’s chip shot 27-yard field goal attempt went wide Sunday, they had to sink into a familiar stupor over a playoff chance gone awry. However, Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson’s fumble led to the Seahawks kicking the go-ahead field goal in the fourth quarter. The ball veered left of the goalpost. Walsh had made kicks under 30 yards 97 percent of the time before Sunday, and it is not very often that a quarterback can avoid a sack when the ball is snapped over him, let alone complete a 35-yard pass.
“It’ll take a while for me”.
So instead of moving on to play the Panthers, the Vikings are done for the year. Some credit is due to a great pass rush for the Seahawks, but the inept line contributed to the frequency with which plays broke down. “Even with all the adversity throughout the game, we still had an opportunity at the end”.
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The field goal unit ultimately is the goat after Walsh missed his 27-yarder. “I know that sounds odd, but I’ll be back next year and I’ll be just as good”. Walsh’s kick into the football’s laces slanted the ball to the far left of the goal post, missing what would’ve been the game winning score – and another close loss for the Seahawks.
