January 11th, 2011, Tuesday
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Marshawn Lynch Goes Beast Mode
Marshawn Lynch Goes Beast Mode
Lynch And Seahawks Stomp The Saints
Well no one was expecting this, but the Seahawks and not the Saints will be moving on to the next round of the playoffs. With quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and running back Marshawn Lynch playing head and shoulders above the rest, the Seahawks managed to outlast the Saints on Saturday in the Wild-Card weekend opener, 41-36.
Lynch was a force on the ground stomping his way to 131 yards rushing on 19 carries, while Hasselbeck was dominant in the air completing 22 of 35 passes for 272 yards and four touchdowns. Things didn’t start out quite so well for the Seahawks too, on their opening drive Hasselbeck was intercepted setting up the Saints first touchdown and putting them in a hole down 10-0.
Once things settled down, the Seahawks went to work scoring touchdowns on their next two drives and making a game of it for the Saints. The Seahawks would continue their offensive explosion led by Hasselbeck, who would throw three of his touchdowns in the first half to turn a 17-7 deficit into a 24-20 halftime lead. After turning over the ball on their first possession, the Seahawks scored on six of their next seven.
The second half was a see-saw battle between the two NFC teams and just when the Saints were looking to turn this thing around, trailing just 34-30 with 3:38 left in the game, thunder struck. Lynch took the ball from Hasselbeck and stomped his way through the Saints defense, breaking numerous tackles, and storming 67 yards to pay-dirt raising the roof at Qwest Field and slamming the door on any hopes of the Saints repeating.
The bone-jarring run crushed the Saints hopes, and sent them reeling, but being the defending Super Bowl Champions they are, they did not stop the fight. They would score once more in the last minutes of the game to add some window dressing, but this contest was decided when Lynch ran through the entire Saints defense and crossed the goal-line.
Well no one was expecting this, but the Seahawks and not the Saints will be moving on to the next round of the playoffs. With quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and running back Marshawn Lynch playing head and shoulders above the rest, the Seahawks managed to outlast the Saints on Saturday in the Wild-Card weekend opener, 41-36.
Lynch was a force on the ground stomping his way to 131 yards rushing on 19 carries, while Hasselbeck was dominant in the air completing 22 of 35 passes for 272 yards and four touchdowns. Things didn’t start out quite so well for the Seahawks too, on their opening drive Hasselbeck was intercepted setting up the Saints first touchdown and putting them in a hole down 10-0.
Once things settled down, the Seahawks went to work scoring touchdowns on their next two drives and making a game of it for the Saints. The Seahawks would continue their offensive explosion led by Hasselbeck, who would throw three of his touchdowns in the first half to turn a 17-7 deficit into a 24-20 halftime lead. After turning over the ball on their first possession, the Seahawks scored on six of their next seven.
The second half was a see-saw battle between the two NFC teams and just when the Saints were looking to turn this thing around, trailing just 34-30 with 3:38 left in the game, thunder struck. Lynch took the ball from Hasselbeck and stomped his way through the Saints defense, breaking numerous tackles, and storming 67 yards to pay-dirt raising the roof at Qwest Field and slamming the door on any hopes of the Saints repeating.
The bone-jarring run crushed the Saints hopes, and sent them reeling, but being the defending Super Bowl Champions they are, they did not stop the fight. They would score once more in the last minutes of the game to add some window dressing, but this contest was decided when Lynch ran through the entire Saints defense and crossed the goal-line.
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