Vikings kicker Blair Walsh botched a 27-yard field goal with 22 seconds left that would have won it. After the game, Peterson said he was as much to blame as Walsh.
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RENTON Pete Carroll says Marshawn Lynch did not have a health setback on Friday when the lead running back decided he couldn’t play in Sunday’s wild-card playoff win at Minnesota. He didn’t point out that it was -6ºF at the start of the game. But the 26-year-old, who’d successfully booted three field goals earlier in the game, sent his fourth attempt wide left, allowing the Seahawks to escape frosty TCF Bank Stadium with a 10-9 victory. Earlier. About 15 minutes of game-time earlier when the Seahawks were looking at a 9-0 deficit and had done nothing offensively.
“We realize that if we’re going to do this, it’s going to be on the road”, Carroll said. After that, you’re just praying the defense gives us another opportunity. Made it kind of fun. What happened next was one of the more unthinkable results in recent memory: he snap-hooked the short kick and guaranteed the Seahawks another come-from-behind playoff win.
“It’s going to be fun, it’s always fun when we play Carolina”, said Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who had six tackles against the Vikings on Sunday. He didn’t make excuses.
“We’ve got to go one day at a time, see what happens, see how it goes, get him out there practicing and see what that means”, Carroll said. “So for whatever reason, they sped up their mechanism”. “We’ve got to get closer to that goal that we want to accomplish, and that’s winning the Super Bowl”. That was the case again on Sunday, as National Football League rushing leader Peterson was only able to get 45 yards on 23 carries, while Teddy Bridgewater was sacked 3 times and pressured on several other occasions. “So that stings. I’ll be working hard to erase that from my career, but it’ll take awhile”. It was play after play after play of continuing to do the right thing. That’s how it goes.
It was later in the quarter when it looked like the Seahawks luck was about to run out. Joe Cardona has done a great job snapping.
Carroll said RB Christine Michael (21 attempts for 70 yards, 1 reception for 14 yards, no fumbles) was consistent: “He played like a pro in a really tough situation”.
Carroll said the plan will remain the same with Lynch this week and he’ll be evaluated daily.
Amid negative reactions to the play, several current and former players and countless Vikings fans have reached out to Walsh to show their support and thank him for the season he had.
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“Without a doubt. Just taking yesterday, you get three touchdowns (instead of field goals and) you get ready for Arizona”, Peterson said, referencing the 10-9 loss to Seattle. Even though he can run fast and look like hes moving, he didnt have the confidence he could go out there and react to guys and do that.
