“Not to parrot the coach, but like he’s always said, if you have the right coach and the right players working the right way, you’re going to be effective no matter where you are”, Vikings President Mark Wilf said. Lynch is listed as probable to play against the Minnesota Vikings. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, though, said the area of the game where the weather could most impact things might be somewhat overlooked – the kicking game.
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“We just played our assignments, ” Seattle linebacker Bruce Irvin said. “We’ll see how he’s taken to the week’s work and all of that”.
Sometime between Carroll’s after-practice comment and the team’s buses to Sea-Tac, Lynch determined that he wasn’t ready. “He plays fast. His lateral movement, cuts, his vision is top of the line”, Peterson told espn.com. The team won three consecutive games before the regular season ends. The Seahawks, who are coming off back-to-back Super Bowl appearances, closed the season by winning six of their last seven games.
Lynch was expected to play for the first time since November 15 but did not travel with the team.
The Vikings have a good pass rush and if they don’t feel threatened by the Seattle run game, they can remove defenders from the box to both guard against the pass and keep a spy on Wilson in case he decides he wants to take off from the pocket. ” This would be like the first game of the year, as we would approach, so we have been here before with him, and I know we know how to handle that.”. Michael has carried 39 times for 192 yards (4.92 YPC) since rejoining the Seahawks late in the season.
TCF Bank Stadium, which the Vikings call home while their new stadium is being built, has a heated field, and heaters on the sidelines. He had 51 yards on the ground in the teams’ first meeting and 553 rushing yards (third among quarterbacks) in the regular season.
Seattle Seahawks’ Cooper Helfet in action against the St. Louis Rams in the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, in Seattle. He could go off at any time, but the Seahawks have a good shot at bottling him up.
The Seattle Seahawks have ruled out running back Marshawn Lynch for Sunday’s playoff matchup against the Minnesota Vikings.
But later that afternoon, Carroll hedged and said that Lynch was questionable, and that he was merely “optimistic” he would get to play. The Seahawks have had one of the most dominant home field advantages in recent memory, but they’re going to have win away from CenturyLink Field.
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“It makes it fun for our guys, but that’s just the kind of team that we have”, cornerback Richard Sherman said.
