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Former Seahawk to Vikings kicker: ‘Hold your head high’

The Seahawks not only survived the cold, but a late 27-yard field goal attempt by Minnesota’s Blair Walsh that sailed wide left.

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Blair Walsh is the face of the Minnesota Vikings’ playoff failure, but he shouldn’t be in the picture alone.

On a day that was better suited for polar bears and penguins, the Seahawks managed just enough offense to come away with the victory. So were three other tries that missed from closer than 30 yards in the league this season.

One of the most exciting, unusual plays that had to have brought about the spike in ratings came from Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.

Seattle head coach Pete Carroll said he doesn’t know if Lynch be carrying the football against the Panthers and the running back is day-to-day. Through the air, Baldwin led the efforts with 42 yards on five receptions, including the game’s only touchdown. Despite an unfortunate end to the season Vikings fans should still look back on the 2015-16 season with fond memories. In the fourth quarter, Peterson coughed up the ball, giving the Vikings one nail in their yet-to-be-closed coffin. Peterson got a first down in the fourth quarter on an eight-yard pass from Teddy Bridgewater.

A little less unique was the continued excellent play by Seattle’s defense.

Though dressed in Seahawks green and navy blue, Mark Wilson of Seattle said he received a warm welcome on his first visit to Minneapolis, even if the weather was the coldest it’s been so far this season.

Kicking on a brutally cold afternoon is never easy, just ask Hauschka and punter Jon Ryan.

“We were in a blitz, so they should have blitzed, but the guy made a good play”, Zimmer said.

Seahawks punter John Ryan had to handle a couple of bad snaps early in the game as well. The end result was Seattle turning the ball over on downs and Ryan getting a bloody nose. “It was a key moment and I have to make that kick but, you know, I’ve made my fair share of big kicks here and I’ll continue to do that”. Their 10-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings was something of a second Ice Bowl, a game where the temperature to start the game was below zero degrees Fahrenheit, and the windchill certainly did not help either.

They got through the miserable conditions that rendered the offense largely inert for most of the game to advance to this Sunday’s divisional-round game at top-seeded Carolina.

-Linebacker Jason Trusnik, a journeyman signed during the regular season for depth and special teams purposes, played in the first playoff game of his nine-year, 117-game career on Sunday.

Dave Thomas has been covering the sports world since his first job as a sports editor for a weekly newspaper in Pennsylvania back in 1989.

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Yet, with slightly under two minutes remaining, the Vikings had a chance to win the game with one final drive.

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