It took only 12 seconds for Super Bowl XLVIII first score. That already sounded like destiny was on the Seahawks side, as a bad snap to Peyton Manning sailed into the end zone and was recovered by Knowshon Moreno for a safety. Following the punt by the Broncos the Seahawks decided to hand the ball off but not to Marshawn Lynch but to Percy Harvin. Harvin ran the ball for 30 yards before being forced out of bounds. the Broncos defense held Seattle to a field goal on the drive.
The following Denver possession the Seahawks defense forced a three and out, and after the Denver punt, Russell Wilson completed a 37 yard pass to Doug Baldwin, this would lead to another Steven Hauschka field goal and the Seahawks took an 8-0 lead. On Denver's next drive Manning threw his first interception of the game to Kam Chancellor, aided by a 15 yard run from Harvin and a pass interference call on defensive back Tony Carter, Marshawn Lynch ran the ball into the end zone with 12 minutes left in the 2nd quarter to put the Seahawks up 15-0.
Things really started to get bad for the Denver Broncos as on their ensuing drive, Manning's 3rd down pass was tipped high into the air, this allowed Malcolm Smith to grab it and once he did there was no turning back. Smith took it to the house for a 69 yard interception for a touchdown and so the Seahawks went up 22-0 before halftime. Denver started to get things going on the offense during their final drive of the half. The Broncos manged to get to Seattle's own 19 yard line but rather then taking the points and kicking a field goal they decided to go for it on 4th and 2. Manning's pass was nearly intercepted by Walter Thurmond, so the Seahawks went into halftime up 22-0, it was the largest deficit the Broncos had faced all season long.
The Seahawks won the coin toss but elected to defer to the second half, and what a start to the second half! Trying to avoid a huge kick return, Matt Prater kicked the ball short. The ball landed at the Seattle 12 yard line and Percy Harvin picked it up and began the second half with an 88 yard kick return for a touchdown. Again it only took 12 seconds to have this half's first score, pretty ironic huh?
After both teams punted the ball Denver began to show that they were not out of this game yet, as Manning was able to complete several passes to get the Broncos into Seattle territory. It wouldn't last. Manning threw a 23 yard completion to Demaryius Thomas but Byron Maxwell knocked the ball out of his hands and Malcolm Smith jumped on the ball and recovered the fumble to give the Seahawks the ball once again. Things just kept getting worse for Denver as an unnecessary roughness penalty gave the Seahawks 15 extra yards. Wilson didn't waste it after a 19 yard completion to Ricardo Lockette he threw a bullet to Jermaine Kearse, who shrugged off 4 tacklers and went 23 yards for the touchdown.
With a 36-0 lead it was looking like the Seahawks defense may produce the first shutout in Super Bowl history, but they didn't. Peyton Manning finally lead his team into the end zone, with a 14 yard touchdown pass to Thomas, but after that Denver would not score again.
Zach Miller recovered Prater's onside kick on the Seattle 48 yard line. He also caught an 10 yard pass as the Seahawks subsequently went 52 yards down the field for one more touchdown. With a 24 yard pass to Kearse that set up Russell Wilson's final touchdown pass of the game as he hooked up with Dough Baldwin for a 10 yard score. After that score which put the Seahawks up 43-8 that basically nailed the coffin shut. Denver's final drives would result in two turnover on downs and one fumble recovery by the Seahawks, thanks to Chris Clemons (which was the only sack in the game by either team).
The clock hit 0:00 and the confetti poured out blue a green and the Seattle Seahawks, who came 31 seconds short of the NFC Championship last year now were Super Bowl Champions for the first time in franchise history. It was the city of Seattle's first major championship since the 1979 Seattle SuperSonics.
Malcolm Smith was named the game's Most Valuable Player becoming just the ninth defensive player to win that award. A lot of ironic stats were recorded in the game. 12 seconds to score in both half's, 12 minutes left exactly when the Seahawks scored their first touchdown, 206 passing yards by Russell Wilson which is the area code for Seattle, Manning's 12th playoff loss, and finally Seattle's 12th playoff win. Those stats say "destiny" all the way.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014
One game win or go home!
Two days remain on the countdown to Championship weekend in the NFL, but one of those games has more media attention then any other game in the playoffs. The Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers square off for one last time this season for a shot at becoming NFC Champs and for a trip to Super Bowl XLVIII. The Seahawks and the 49ers series is tied at 15-15 but the funny thing is that this will be the first time these two rivals face each other in the playoffs! Percy Harvin has already been ruled out of this Sunday's game with a concussion but K.J. Wright is ready to play, not at 100% but he will play on Sunday. The fans, the media, and the teams always look forward to facing each other but this one is for all the marbles in the bag.
Russell Wilson will look to improve from his last 4 games. Wilson has look sluggish in last couple games by over throwing his intended receivers, not running with the ball when he has a shot at 10 or more yards, and making rookie mistakes. Some of the media has said that the sophomore slump is getting to Wilson at the wrong time, but I look at it differently.......he was just saving his A-game for this game! Wilson finished the season with a career high 3,357 passing yards and a career low of 9 interceptions. Colin Kaepernick apparently already went through the sophomore slump in the first 3 games of the season but Kaepernick has problems getting the ball off in time and he has had numerous delay of game penalties on him this year, so you know the 12th Man is going to be a huge factor in this game.
Kaepernick will have his safety blanket back for this game that he did not have in the first meeting at Century Link and that is Michael Crabtree. Crabtree suffered a torn achilles tendon at the start of the season and missed all but the last 5 games of the season, since then he has caught 33 passes for only 284 yards and 1 touchdown. Richard Sherman will do his best to shut down the Niners main receiver and the rest of the Legion of Boom will try to keep Anquan Boldin and Vernon Davis contained as well.
The goal in this game is for Russell to get going early and stay going. His main wide receiver Golden Tate was held to only 1 catch for 13 yards so its very important that Tate and Doug Baldwin get open, but Wilson does have another weapon not Jermaine Kearse but Zach Miller. If Wilson wants to get ahead early he and head coach Pete Carroll need to get Miller involved. Last year Miller caught 12 catches for 190 yards and 1 touchdown including his 142 performance in the Divisional loss to Atlanta. Miller was the big reason why the Seahawks came 31 seconds close to winning that game, so again its important that Wilson gets Miller the ball. One more weapon the Seahawks have of course is Beast Mode Marshawn Lynch, who set both a career high and a Seahawks playoff record last week with 140 yards on the ground. Wilson needs to get Lynch the ball also through the air.
There's plenty of things the Seahawks must do to win this game. Score points early, shutdown the Niner receivers, put a lot of pressure of Kaepernick, and above all give Russell Wilson plenty of protection. This Sunday is the final home game for the Seahawks and they want to give their fans one more win, they do not want the Niners winning a third consecutive road playoff win and winning the Conference Championship on their own field. The 12th Man needs to stay loud and get louder on every defensive play to get to Kaepernick and make him and head coach Jim Harbaugh to call timeouts early. In two days the Seahawks biggest game of the franchise kicks off and millions of football fans will be watch this heated rivalry not knowing who will come out on top.
GO HAWKS!!!
Russell Wilson will look to improve from his last 4 games. Wilson has look sluggish in last couple games by over throwing his intended receivers, not running with the ball when he has a shot at 10 or more yards, and making rookie mistakes. Some of the media has said that the sophomore slump is getting to Wilson at the wrong time, but I look at it differently.......he was just saving his A-game for this game! Wilson finished the season with a career high 3,357 passing yards and a career low of 9 interceptions. Colin Kaepernick apparently already went through the sophomore slump in the first 3 games of the season but Kaepernick has problems getting the ball off in time and he has had numerous delay of game penalties on him this year, so you know the 12th Man is going to be a huge factor in this game.
Kaepernick will have his safety blanket back for this game that he did not have in the first meeting at Century Link and that is Michael Crabtree. Crabtree suffered a torn achilles tendon at the start of the season and missed all but the last 5 games of the season, since then he has caught 33 passes for only 284 yards and 1 touchdown. Richard Sherman will do his best to shut down the Niners main receiver and the rest of the Legion of Boom will try to keep Anquan Boldin and Vernon Davis contained as well.
The goal in this game is for Russell to get going early and stay going. His main wide receiver Golden Tate was held to only 1 catch for 13 yards so its very important that Tate and Doug Baldwin get open, but Wilson does have another weapon not Jermaine Kearse but Zach Miller. If Wilson wants to get ahead early he and head coach Pete Carroll need to get Miller involved. Last year Miller caught 12 catches for 190 yards and 1 touchdown including his 142 performance in the Divisional loss to Atlanta. Miller was the big reason why the Seahawks came 31 seconds close to winning that game, so again its important that Wilson gets Miller the ball. One more weapon the Seahawks have of course is Beast Mode Marshawn Lynch, who set both a career high and a Seahawks playoff record last week with 140 yards on the ground. Wilson needs to get Lynch the ball also through the air.
There's plenty of things the Seahawks must do to win this game. Score points early, shutdown the Niner receivers, put a lot of pressure of Kaepernick, and above all give Russell Wilson plenty of protection. This Sunday is the final home game for the Seahawks and they want to give their fans one more win, they do not want the Niners winning a third consecutive road playoff win and winning the Conference Championship on their own field. The 12th Man needs to stay loud and get louder on every defensive play to get to Kaepernick and make him and head coach Jim Harbaugh to call timeouts early. In two days the Seahawks biggest game of the franchise kicks off and millions of football fans will be watch this heated rivalry not knowing who will come out on top.
GO HAWKS!!!
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Seahawks journey to New Jersey begins
13-3, the #1 seed, and home field advantage through out the playoff; this is how the Seattle Seahawks journey to New Jersey will officially begin. The Seahawks have the privilege of having the first-round bye but who will face this talented Seahawks team at Century Link Field on January 12th? I'm guessing plenty of Seahawks fans are hoping for Hawks/Niners rematch, but lets look at the facts first shall we? The Seahawks will be playing the lowest seed team after the two Wild Card games are over and looking at who is facing who it may become a Seahawks/Saints rematch.
The New Orleans Saints face the NFC East Champion Philadelphia Eagles in Phili. Now, do I think the Eagles have a snowballs chance in hell of beating the Saints........yes I actually do. Since Nick Foles has become the starting quarterback for the Eagles he's taken this team from 3-5 to winning 7 of their last 8 games. Foles has only thrown 2 interceptions in his 8 games played, he's the 2013 version of Colin Kaepernick from last year. With Desean Jackson, Riley Cooper, and Brent Celek as his go-to wide receivers Foles has thrown for 2,891 yards in the games that he started, and he has one more weapon to back him up......Lesean McCoy. McCoy has had a career year rushing for a career high 1,607 yards and 9 touchdowns and he will be the main weapon the Eagles have against the Saints.
The Saints do have the advantage in pass defense as they are ranked 2nd in the NFL in allowing passing yards with only allowing 194.1 passing yards per game, but they do rank 19th in rushing defense giving up 111.6 rushing yards a game. So, the Eagles may have a tough time passing the ball but rushing they should have no problem but the Eagles are the worst in pass defense ranking 32nd in the NFL. So, again the Saints are the passingest team in the NFL going against the worst passing defense in the NFL there is advantage New Orleans have.
For the Niners/Packers game its a rematch from last years Divisional Round game where Kaepernick ran for an NFL QB playoff record 181 yards including a 56 yard run that basically broke the Packers back. This year though its two different Packers and 49ers team. This year the Packers struggled through injuries and used 4 different starting QBs, while the Niners started out 1-2 with Kaepernick struggling but bounced back to win 5 straight and finally winning their final 6 games in a row. So, who really has the advantage in this game? Both teams are in the Top 10 in rushing but the Packers have the advantage in the passing game, the Niners rank 30th in the NFL in passing with only averaging 186.2 yards a game.
The Packers also have their franchise QB back in Aaron Rodgers after missing 7 weeks with a broken collarbone. Rodgers had one hell of a bounce back game against the Bears in the final game of the season throwing for 318 yards and 2 touchdowns including the game winning 48 yard throw to Randall Cobb with 38 seconds left. Now, the Niners defense is going to tough to beat as they rank 7th in pass defense and 4th in rush defense. The Packers though will be prepared to not allow Kaepernick to do what he did last year both in passing and rushing so be prepared to see one physical game.
Now how bout I talk about the Seahawks again? The Hawks began the season a franchise best 11-1 before their final 4 games, but during the final 4 games the Hawks have gone 2-2 including their first home loss in 2 years. But last Sunday's 27-9 win over the Rams showed the Seahawks offense get their mojo back as Golden Tate had a career game catching 8 passes for 129 yards and a touchdown. Russell Wilson knows this stage well, as he lead the Seahawks to their first road playoff win last year for the first time since 1983.
The Seahawks have a ray of light at the end of the tunnel as Percy Harvin has been practicing with the team and could play in two weeks. Harvin played only one game this year and caught one throw for 17 yards and had a 58 yard kick return but went back on injured list, but he is said to be in practice and with only 3 wins away from being Super Bowl Champs Harvin coming back to play is a huge break for the Seahawks.
The last time the Seahawks had home field advantage in playoffs they went all the way to the Super Bowl only to fall to the Pittsburgh Steelers, but this years Seahawks are looking to finish what the 2005 Hawks could not and that is to hold the Lombardi Trophy in New Jersey. With only one month left in the NFL season in just 10 days the Seahawks journey to Super Bowl XLVIII will begin but their opponent is still unknown we will know who will be the first team to fall to Seattle's destiny.
GO HAWKS!!!!
The New Orleans Saints face the NFC East Champion Philadelphia Eagles in Phili. Now, do I think the Eagles have a snowballs chance in hell of beating the Saints........yes I actually do. Since Nick Foles has become the starting quarterback for the Eagles he's taken this team from 3-5 to winning 7 of their last 8 games. Foles has only thrown 2 interceptions in his 8 games played, he's the 2013 version of Colin Kaepernick from last year. With Desean Jackson, Riley Cooper, and Brent Celek as his go-to wide receivers Foles has thrown for 2,891 yards in the games that he started, and he has one more weapon to back him up......Lesean McCoy. McCoy has had a career year rushing for a career high 1,607 yards and 9 touchdowns and he will be the main weapon the Eagles have against the Saints.
The Saints do have the advantage in pass defense as they are ranked 2nd in the NFL in allowing passing yards with only allowing 194.1 passing yards per game, but they do rank 19th in rushing defense giving up 111.6 rushing yards a game. So, the Eagles may have a tough time passing the ball but rushing they should have no problem but the Eagles are the worst in pass defense ranking 32nd in the NFL. So, again the Saints are the passingest team in the NFL going against the worst passing defense in the NFL there is advantage New Orleans have.
For the Niners/Packers game its a rematch from last years Divisional Round game where Kaepernick ran for an NFL QB playoff record 181 yards including a 56 yard run that basically broke the Packers back. This year though its two different Packers and 49ers team. This year the Packers struggled through injuries and used 4 different starting QBs, while the Niners started out 1-2 with Kaepernick struggling but bounced back to win 5 straight and finally winning their final 6 games in a row. So, who really has the advantage in this game? Both teams are in the Top 10 in rushing but the Packers have the advantage in the passing game, the Niners rank 30th in the NFL in passing with only averaging 186.2 yards a game.
The Packers also have their franchise QB back in Aaron Rodgers after missing 7 weeks with a broken collarbone. Rodgers had one hell of a bounce back game against the Bears in the final game of the season throwing for 318 yards and 2 touchdowns including the game winning 48 yard throw to Randall Cobb with 38 seconds left. Now, the Niners defense is going to tough to beat as they rank 7th in pass defense and 4th in rush defense. The Packers though will be prepared to not allow Kaepernick to do what he did last year both in passing and rushing so be prepared to see one physical game.
Now how bout I talk about the Seahawks again? The Hawks began the season a franchise best 11-1 before their final 4 games, but during the final 4 games the Hawks have gone 2-2 including their first home loss in 2 years. But last Sunday's 27-9 win over the Rams showed the Seahawks offense get their mojo back as Golden Tate had a career game catching 8 passes for 129 yards and a touchdown. Russell Wilson knows this stage well, as he lead the Seahawks to their first road playoff win last year for the first time since 1983.
The Seahawks have a ray of light at the end of the tunnel as Percy Harvin has been practicing with the team and could play in two weeks. Harvin played only one game this year and caught one throw for 17 yards and had a 58 yard kick return but went back on injured list, but he is said to be in practice and with only 3 wins away from being Super Bowl Champs Harvin coming back to play is a huge break for the Seahawks.
The last time the Seahawks had home field advantage in playoffs they went all the way to the Super Bowl only to fall to the Pittsburgh Steelers, but this years Seahawks are looking to finish what the 2005 Hawks could not and that is to hold the Lombardi Trophy in New Jersey. With only one month left in the NFL season in just 10 days the Seahawks journey to Super Bowl XLVIII will begin but their opponent is still unknown we will know who will be the first team to fall to Seattle's destiny.
GO HAWKS!!!!
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