Back then, Russell Wilson and the offense could not score – Seattle was the worst red-zone team in the league and the only NFL offense not to score three TDs in a game.
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That means when Vikings players return to work on Wednesday they will be forced to relive that miserable afternoon.
Seattle’s seeding depends on Sunday night’s Vikings-Packers game, which decides the NFC North champion. But you wouldn’t say the Hawks were embarrassed or dominated. “We’re going to do what we do and see if we can play the way we’re capable of playing and not worry about what they’re going to do”.
“And despite a season that had unexpected twists and turns, the Seahawks enter the postseason feeling there’s no reason it can’t end in the same destination of the previous two – the Super Bowl”. Last week, Arizona embarrassed the Green Bay Packers on their way to a 9th consecutive win securing their hold as the number one offense in the NFL. If Green Bay wins, they’ll head to Washington and they’ll be in Minnesota should things go the other way at Lambeau.
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians pulled starting quarterback Carson Palmer at halftime of this rout.
The Vikings couldn’t get anything going offensively in the first meeting with the Seahawks. Seattle marched down the field and scored a rushing touchdown from Bryce Brown.
The Seattle Seahawks finished the regular season at 10-6 and were one of the hottest teams to end the season.
In maybe the only negative of the day, Steven Hauschka missed a point-after attempt and field-goal attempt. He does not possess the size scouts look for in a quarterback, but he is an accurate thrower and has the mobility to escape the pocket. They are second in passing yards allowed with 210.3 per game and first in rushing yards allowed per game with 81.5. And the drive ended with a touchdown pass to Larry Fitzgerald, his 98th career touchdown.
“Beast Mode”, as the 5-foot-11, 215-pound tailback is known, has played only seven games this season, running for 417 yards and three touchdowns on 111 carries. Russell Wilson completed 19 of 28 passes for 197 yards and three touchdowns. Though Arizona punted their next possession away, Palmer broke a passing yards record for the franchise with a 6 yard pass to David Johnson.
-PR Tyler Lockette set a franchise record with four punt returns for a 139 yards – and he did all of that in the first half. Instead it was Arizona nailed for 15 yards for facemasking. That’s a bunch of guys working together to get that done. So Seattle was giving the ball at the 8 yard line off the wrong call. Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin finished the season ranked No. 21 in the National Football League for receiving yards (1,069) and tied for the National Football League lead with 14 touchdowns.
If Arians’ open-faced honesty about his penchant for dishonesty sounds familiar, it’s because he answered, “I lie pretty good” when asked why he selected Logan Thomas after vowing not to draft a quarterback in 2014. “They understand what it takes to go on the road and win”. When Wilson connected with Jermaine Kearse for a 24-yard TD, it was 30-6.
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Now it’s QB Tom Brady who emerged from the regular season finale with an ankle injury. Arizona started again from the 20 yard line. “That’s why people love this sport, because people play through pain and do what they do”. After last season’s heartbreaking Super Bowl loss to New England, Carroll and the Seahawks will likely carry a chip on their shoulders into this season’s playoffs. When the zooming Lockett took off on a 66-yard punt return later in the first half, Sherman thought the flag at his feet at the start of the return was on him. Seattle’s first possession of the second half resulted in a couple more records. Sendlein was the only offensive lineman to leave the game for Arizona.
