As I said stated in the "This season's playoff underdog vs. last season's Superbowl underdog; Saints vs. Seahawks" the Seahawks were going to be crushed against the Bears. Of course I was right, :). My father said that the Seahawks weren't even going to score a point and I said they'd score only field goals, read on to see if either of us was right.
1st quarter. The Seahawks won the coin toss and elected to receive the ball. Leon Washington returned the ball for 14 yards to the Seahawks' 24 yard line, that was the longest play of the drive. Next play Washington rushed for 9 yards to the Seahawks' 31 yard line. Marshawn Lynch was tackled in the back field, Matt Hasselbeck threw for an incompletion to Brandon Stokley, and the Seahawks had to punt without gaining a 1st down. After a fair catch by Devin Hester, after 2 rush plays both positive plays for 8 yards total, Jay Cutler threw to Greg Olsen for a 58 yard touchdown (7-0 Bears). The next Seahawks drive seemed to have a little more spark to it. Washington returned the kick off for 21 yards to the Seahawks' 24th yard line (same starting spot as the first drive). First play of the new drive, Matt Hasselbeck to John Carlson for a 1st down and more, unfortunately Carlson was injured with a hard hit on the sidelines and would not return to the game. Golden Tate ran for another 1st down and more the next play. Hasselbeck threw incomplete to Cameron Morrah, Justin Forsett was taken down for negative 1 yards, and then Hasselbeck completed to Morrah for 10 yards but still made them 1 yard short. The Bears & Seahawks did nothing but eat up around 4 minutes of the clock in 8 plays during their next 2 combined drives. The Bears ate up 5 minutes en route to a 1 yard rushing touchdown by Chester Taylor (14-0 Bears) with a little over 1 minute left in the 1st quarter. Seahawks started their drive with a 7 yard gain. Seahawks drive continued on to the...
2nd quarter. Seahawks couldn't even get a first down on their continued drive from the 1st to the 2nd quarter. Though the Bears also scored a touchdown on their first drive of the 2nd drive, after 8 plays for 3 first downs to get the Bears in the red zone. Jay Cutler actually ran the ball in himself for the 6 yard touchdown (21-0 Bears). Nothing exciting really happens for the rest of this quarter, well unless you love defensive plays. Matt Hasselbeck threw 7 incompletions and Cutler 4 incompletions. The 2nd quarter and 1st half ended with a Cutler sack for minus 6 yards with a Bears lead of 21. Halftime.
3rd quarter. 1st drives for Bears and Seahawks are yawn...3 and outs. Bears discontinued their streak from the first half of scoring on the first play of each quarter but they did score on their 2nd drive after 13 plays, around 8 minutes, and covering 69 yards for another Cutler rushing touchdown from 9 yards out (28-0 Bears). The Seahawks finalllly get on the board during their drive. They had 2 1st downs and got to the Bears' 12 yard line but had to settle for a 30 yard field goal, which Olindo Mare hit for 3 points (28-3 Bears), at this point I was right about the Seahawks' only getting a field goal and my dad was wrong because they scored a point. Bears' drive continued on to the...
4th quarter. The 4th play of the 4th quarter Cutler threw a pass intended for Hester and was intercepted by Aaron Curry. Now this is when the winning teams defense lays down and the final score makes it look better than it was... 2 minutes into Seahawks 1st drive of the 4th quarter Hasselbeck threw an touchdown pass to Mike Williams (28-10 Bears). Bears' tried to pass their next drive instead of run off the clock and had to punt after only running down 3:46 minutes off the clock. Seahawks 1 1st down and then had to punt. Bears' offense got the ball at the Seahawks' 48 yard line. After 2 plays the Bears' were at the Seahawks' 39 yard line and the next play they were in their endzone for a 39 yard touchdown pass by Cutler to Kellen Davis (35-10 Bears). Seahawks' score on a 3 yard pass from Hasselbeck to Williams (35-17 Bears). Bears' couldn't get a 1st down to run down the clock until the 4th quarter is over. Hasselbeck threw a 46 yard completion to Ben Obomanu to set up the 9 yard touchdown pass to Stokley (35-24 Bears). The Seahawks' try an onsides kick but the Bears' Johnny Knox recovered, therefore Cutler was able to kneel 3 times to end the game.
The Bears will be playing the Packers in the NFC championship game.
Title accredited to my dad.
Links:
Boxscore- ESPN.com: http://es.pn/dEIR9m
Seattle Seahawks fire O-coordinator Jeremy Bates, add Tom Cable to staff- ESPN.com: http://es.pn/hIdDn9
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
This season's playoff underdog vs. last season's Superbowl underdog; Saints vs. Seahawks
First off I don't see how the Saints were underdogs in the Superbowl last season. I mean they were the NFC's #1 seed and almost went undefeated if the Cowboys didn't beat them in the Superdome...
1st quarter. The Saints started out with all the momentum, their first drive Garrett Hartley, place kicker, hit a 26 yard field goal to put the Saints ahead in 3:17 minutes (3-0 Saints). The Seahawks first possession was only 3 plays and the 3rd play was a pass by Matt Hasselbeck that was intercepted by Jabari Greer, of the Saints. The Saints, after 8 plays and a Drew Brees fumble recovered by Julius Jones, capitalized on the turnover with a 1 yard passing touchdown from Brees to Heath Evans (10-0 Saints). Matt Hasselbeck and the Seahawks answered back in 6 plays with an 11 yard passing touchdown to John Carlson (10-7 Saints).
2nd quarter (and 3:38 minutes of 1st quarter). Saints ate up 5 minutes on a 10 play touchdown drive, that was capped off with an 5 yard touchdown run by Julius Jones (17-7 Saints). In 2:38 minutes the Seahawks stroke back with an 7 yard touchdown pass to Carlson, again, (17-14 Saints). This is when the momentum shifted to the Seahawks and the 12th man [their fans nickname (most fans nickname, they just embrace it more)]. Seahawks defense, with the help of the 12th man, got the Saints offense off the field in a 3 play drive. Then the Seahawks had an only 3 play drive them self. Back to back 3 and outs. First play of the Saints next drive, Julius Jones fumbled on the Saints 21 yard line recovered by the Seahawks' defensive end, Raheem Brock. The Seahawks weren't able to get a touchdown or even a first down due to Jones' fumble but Olindo Mare, kicker, was able to nail a 29 yard field goal to make it a tied game (17-17). Another 3 and out for the Seahawks defense. Hasselbeck and Brandon Stockley connected for a 45 yard passing touchdown during a 9 play drive (24-17 Seahawks). First Seahawks lead of the game. Saints next possesion they had to settle for a 22 yard Hartley field goal to make it (24-20 Seahawks).
3rd quarter. Seahawks kept embracing their fans enthusiasm with a 38 yard passing touchdown to Mike Williams (31-20 Seahawks). About 7 minutes later, after an unimportant Saints possession, Seahawks hit a 39 yard field goal (34-20 Seahawks). 3 more possesions (2 Saints, 1 Seahawks) in 3rd quarter and a Saints possesion carried over to the...
4th quarter. On the continued Saints drive, 4 plays into the 4th quarter Julius Jones ran in for a touchdown for the 2nd time in the game from 4 yards out (34-27 Seahawks). Saints defense keep the Seahawks offense to 3 downs. Saints kick a 21 field goal after 8 plays and 3:27 minutes (34-30 Seahawks). Seahawks have to punt after and then so did the Saints. Now for the play that everyone will remember for a while and crowned Marshawn Lynch as 'beastmode' (video in links). A 67 yard rushing touchdown, breaking many, many tackles, almost going down by the line of scrimmage, and carried a few defenders for a few yards, by Lynch to make many band wagon fans switch wagons from whoever to the Seahawks (41-30 Seahawks) with only 3 minutes and 22 seconds left for the Saints. Drew Brees got his team down the field in around 2 minutes and finished the drive off with a touchdown pass to Devery Henderson but they failed on the 2 point conversion (41-36 Seahawks). Then Hartley did not help the cause and kicked the onside kick to hard which made for an easy, easy recovery for the Seahawks' Carlson, who had 2 touchdowns in the game. Therefore victory formation for Matt Hasselbeck and the Seahawks and they knocked out the #5 seed and reigning world champions.
Top Passer: Drew Brees with 39 completions of 60 attempts for 404 yards, 2 touchdowns, and no interceptions.
Top Seahawk Passer: Matt Hasselbeck with 35 attempts for 22 completions, 272 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 1 interception.
Top Rusher: Marshawn Lynch had 19 carries for 131 yards and the 67 yard 'beast mode' touchdown.
Top Receiver: Devery Henderson had 7 catches for 77 yards and 1 touchdown.
Top Seahawk Receiver: Brandon Stokley with 19 catches for 73 yards and 1 touchdown.
The Seahawks were the first team, in NFL history, to win their division with a losing record (7-9). Many people were about 95% positive that the Saints would crush the Seahawks. The other 5% were probably members of the 12th man (made up %). From what I can tell, as I stated earlier, there are ton of new members on the Seahawks band wagon so I'm pretty sure by next weekend it will collapse in Chicago, it is a long trip from Seattle to Chicago on a wagon that is full of flip-flop fans. Without the 12th man the Seahawks are at 1% chance to win in Chicago where the Bears defense is always ready to rock a QB. I usually root for the underdog so I rooted for Seattle in this game but last season I never rooted for the Saints though they were considered 'underdogs'. Also I think I'm done rooting for Seattle I'm not fond of being considered a band wagoner, but of course everyone that doesn't have a team in the playoffs will be rooting for a team to win it all just for that playoff. I have to say it...It was Sleepless in Seattle saturday night.
Links:
Boxscore- NFL.com: http://bit.ly/f7vFhu
Lynch's 67 yard TD run video- YouTube.com: http://bit.ly/iaDwAT
Victory defining for Hasselbeck, Seahawks- ESPN.com: http://es.pn/gStGX9
Saints' magical ride comes to an end- ESPN.com: http://es.pn/hq5rws
One "Beast Mode" of a run- Seahawks.com: http://bit.ly/fZteVU
Hasselbeck: The week that was- Seahawks.com: http://bit.ly/ihvTSY
Seahawks' stunner- Seahawks.com: http://bit.ly/ifwvhy
Saints See Season End With 41-36 loss- NewOrleansSaints.com: http://bit.ly/ekNMaY
Saints-Seahawks Postgame Notes- NewOrleansSaints.com: http://bit.ly/hUVXy4
Saints-Seahawks Postgame Quotes- NewOrleansSaints.com: http://bit.ly/fhJOdR
1st quarter. The Saints started out with all the momentum, their first drive Garrett Hartley, place kicker, hit a 26 yard field goal to put the Saints ahead in 3:17 minutes (3-0 Saints). The Seahawks first possession was only 3 plays and the 3rd play was a pass by Matt Hasselbeck that was intercepted by Jabari Greer, of the Saints. The Saints, after 8 plays and a Drew Brees fumble recovered by Julius Jones, capitalized on the turnover with a 1 yard passing touchdown from Brees to Heath Evans (10-0 Saints). Matt Hasselbeck and the Seahawks answered back in 6 plays with an 11 yard passing touchdown to John Carlson (10-7 Saints).
2nd quarter (and 3:38 minutes of 1st quarter). Saints ate up 5 minutes on a 10 play touchdown drive, that was capped off with an 5 yard touchdown run by Julius Jones (17-7 Saints). In 2:38 minutes the Seahawks stroke back with an 7 yard touchdown pass to Carlson, again, (17-14 Saints). This is when the momentum shifted to the Seahawks and the 12th man [their fans nickname (most fans nickname, they just embrace it more)]. Seahawks defense, with the help of the 12th man, got the Saints offense off the field in a 3 play drive. Then the Seahawks had an only 3 play drive them self. Back to back 3 and outs. First play of the Saints next drive, Julius Jones fumbled on the Saints 21 yard line recovered by the Seahawks' defensive end, Raheem Brock. The Seahawks weren't able to get a touchdown or even a first down due to Jones' fumble but Olindo Mare, kicker, was able to nail a 29 yard field goal to make it a tied game (17-17). Another 3 and out for the Seahawks defense. Hasselbeck and Brandon Stockley connected for a 45 yard passing touchdown during a 9 play drive (24-17 Seahawks). First Seahawks lead of the game. Saints next possesion they had to settle for a 22 yard Hartley field goal to make it (24-20 Seahawks).
3rd quarter. Seahawks kept embracing their fans enthusiasm with a 38 yard passing touchdown to Mike Williams (31-20 Seahawks). About 7 minutes later, after an unimportant Saints possession, Seahawks hit a 39 yard field goal (34-20 Seahawks). 3 more possesions (2 Saints, 1 Seahawks) in 3rd quarter and a Saints possesion carried over to the...
4th quarter. On the continued Saints drive, 4 plays into the 4th quarter Julius Jones ran in for a touchdown for the 2nd time in the game from 4 yards out (34-27 Seahawks). Saints defense keep the Seahawks offense to 3 downs. Saints kick a 21 field goal after 8 plays and 3:27 minutes (34-30 Seahawks). Seahawks have to punt after and then so did the Saints. Now for the play that everyone will remember for a while and crowned Marshawn Lynch as 'beastmode' (video in links). A 67 yard rushing touchdown, breaking many, many tackles, almost going down by the line of scrimmage, and carried a few defenders for a few yards, by Lynch to make many band wagon fans switch wagons from whoever to the Seahawks (41-30 Seahawks) with only 3 minutes and 22 seconds left for the Saints. Drew Brees got his team down the field in around 2 minutes and finished the drive off with a touchdown pass to Devery Henderson but they failed on the 2 point conversion (41-36 Seahawks). Then Hartley did not help the cause and kicked the onside kick to hard which made for an easy, easy recovery for the Seahawks' Carlson, who had 2 touchdowns in the game. Therefore victory formation for Matt Hasselbeck and the Seahawks and they knocked out the #5 seed and reigning world champions.
Top Passer: Drew Brees with 39 completions of 60 attempts for 404 yards, 2 touchdowns, and no interceptions.
Top Seahawk Passer: Matt Hasselbeck with 35 attempts for 22 completions, 272 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 1 interception.
Top Rusher: Marshawn Lynch had 19 carries for 131 yards and the 67 yard 'beast mode' touchdown.
Top Receiver: Devery Henderson had 7 catches for 77 yards and 1 touchdown.
Top Seahawk Receiver: Brandon Stokley with 19 catches for 73 yards and 1 touchdown.
The Seahawks were the first team, in NFL history, to win their division with a losing record (7-9). Many people were about 95% positive that the Saints would crush the Seahawks. The other 5% were probably members of the 12th man (made up %). From what I can tell, as I stated earlier, there are ton of new members on the Seahawks band wagon so I'm pretty sure by next weekend it will collapse in Chicago, it is a long trip from Seattle to Chicago on a wagon that is full of flip-flop fans. Without the 12th man the Seahawks are at 1% chance to win in Chicago where the Bears defense is always ready to rock a QB. I usually root for the underdog so I rooted for Seattle in this game but last season I never rooted for the Saints though they were considered 'underdogs'. Also I think I'm done rooting for Seattle I'm not fond of being considered a band wagoner, but of course everyone that doesn't have a team in the playoffs will be rooting for a team to win it all just for that playoff. I have to say it...It was Sleepless in Seattle saturday night.
Links:
Boxscore- NFL.com: http://bit.ly/f7vFhu
Lynch's 67 yard TD run video- YouTube.com: http://bit.ly/iaDwAT
Victory defining for Hasselbeck, Seahawks- ESPN.com: http://es.pn/gStGX9
Saints' magical ride comes to an end- ESPN.com: http://es.pn/hq5rws
One "Beast Mode" of a run- Seahawks.com: http://bit.ly/fZteVU
Hasselbeck: The week that was- Seahawks.com: http://bit.ly/ihvTSY
Seahawks' stunner- Seahawks.com: http://bit.ly/ifwvhy
Saints See Season End With 41-36 loss- NewOrleansSaints.com: http://bit.ly/ekNMaY
Saints-Seahawks Postgame Notes- NewOrleansSaints.com: http://bit.ly/hUVXy4
Saints-Seahawks Postgame Quotes- NewOrleansSaints.com: http://bit.ly/fhJOdR
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