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Seattle moves on after seeing reign as NFC champs end

“That’s the bottom line”.

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Cornerback Richard Sherman also said that he’d remember Lynch well should he be released. “We got behind, and I take the blame for that”. Newton’s passing has substantially improved, and his combination of size and mobility can give defenses headaches. (Middle linebacker) Bobby Wagner is 25. “Obviously, we didn’t get it done, but we’ve got our heads high”. “Guys are just entering the prime of their careers”. So we were trying to catch up the whole time. Unfortunately, because the Seahawks fell behind quickly and trailed 31-0 at the half, Lynch became nearly non-existent in the Seattle offense during the course of the game.

Jonathan Stewart, returning from a foot injury, scored two touchdowns after jumpstarting the Panthers with a 59-yard sprint on their first play. “Yeah, we won the football game, but there’s some things that we got to go back and huddle up and be better with”. “I mean, that’s what concerns me more than anything else”.

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.

He also strongly suggested players not ride hoverboards to and from work, as quarterback Cam Newton is known to do.

Both organizations, in fact, built their teams in relatively short order.

“Props to Russell Wilson, who brightens many a child’s day”.

But in the end the Seahawks, both on Sunday and in the season as a whole, couldn’t overcome their slow start. A game in which one teams hopes will squander into the abyss.

“I will say this, too: I caught them drag racing in the freaking hallway one time, too”. You don’t earn a nickname like “Beast Mode” without laying a licking on opposing players on a regular basis. Seattle’s mercurial running back is coming off an injury-plagued season, and is due to make $12.5 million next season. The only weak area on the team would be the receiver position. “We wanted to leave it out there for each other”. Not even Pete Carroll knows the answer, at least for now. “A community that feeds and clothes the homeless, a community that raises funds for families in hard times, a community that helps a 3-year-old girl battle cancer, a community that has more grace and respect than you could imagine”.

Lynch was otherwise a non-factor in his first game since November 15. They’ve all been bred in the system. I thought we had a great year, but not good enough.

Turns out this is a tradition with the Panthers.

Do you know what color uniforms the Panthers will wear against the Cardinals? “(The fans’) effort didn’t go unnoticed. While the Seahawks would have still been badly behind at the break, three points right before intermission would have given them a little more confidence going into the half, not to mention changed what points were needed down the stretch during the rally.

Maybe this rich tradition will continue.

Sunday’s game will be the Panthers fourth NFC Title Game appearance.

Nobody really knows what will happen with Lynch now that the Seahawks’ season is over.

Instead of preparing for the NFC championship game, the Seattle Seahawks spent Monday cleaning out their lockers at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center. All three games were played on the road. Arizona will have its hands full next Sunday and I fully expect Newton to join history. It was an unbelievable atmosphere. No turnovers in a playoff game – that was the biggest key. It brings a different type of aura to the game.

Seattle outgained the Panthers 280 to 75 in total yardage in the second half and was an onside kick away from having a chance to tie the game in the final minute.

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That team beat the Eagles in Philadelphia and the Rams in St. Louis on its way to the big game.

ASSOCIATED PRESS           Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen makes a touchdown catch against Seattle Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane during the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game on Sunday in Charlot