Unbelievable. Deep into overtime, the Seahawks' Josh Brown kicked the winning field goal after Giants kicker Jay Feely missed three in a row (what are the odds of that?) "There's no way this team is not going to the Super Bowl," said Brock Huard on NorthWest Cable News right after the game. And you might also say the crowd -- rocking Qwest field -- won the game for the Hawks after forcing nearly a dozen false start penalties against the Giants. Read the game wrap-up here and click "comments" below to leave your impressions.
17 Comments
Chad said:
Why must the Seahawks try to give me a heart attack every week?
The win makes it all better, but we really need to stomp one of these teams soon. Maybe Philly next week on MNF!
joe said:
i have no fingernails left.
we must be super bowl bound, there's no other explanation.
and we have the best crowd in the country!
Dana said:
Man, two weeks in a row, I have had to nearly go to the hospital with palpatations. What a game! Go Hawks!
rob faber said:
Please tell Brock Huard to stop the Super Bowl talk. It's great to get this win just like the Dallas and SF (close)wins. But, Seattle's offense has GOT TO play alot bigger if they want to win even one playoff game.
Mark said:
Did Seattle really prove anything? It seems to me they didn't win the game so much as the Giants lost it. The last few drives reminded me way to much of last year. While it is a great win, I don't think it will earn Seattle the respect everyone was hoping it would. Then again, in the end all that matters is the tick in the "W" column.
donahoe said:
Let's face the facts.. we got lucky. REALLY lucky. We have a long way to go before we get any respect from the rest of the nation. Thanks to an incredily weak schedule, we may never get that respect.
Chris Renton said:
I don't care about respect - I care about W's. Respect won't give us a first week bye.
David said:
The Seahawks defensive secondary couldn’t cover my three legged dog. In particular Trufant. This guy must be doing something off field that is seriously affecting his ability because he was pretty good. He can’t run with anyone. Also, when Hasselback has ten yards to cover any kind of pressure he either throws 3 yard or thirty. Why doesn’t he go for the first down throw like the other successful quarter backs in the league instead?
Norman said:
Lets face it, if the Seahawks can't win a game without stumbling and fumbling there way across the field, they can win all the games during regular season they can but will still be out first round in the play offs as usuall. They aren't the team this record says they are.
Gene Smith said:
O.K. so the Hawks got lucky but what about the Giants? Shockey's touchdown where he didn't come down with his left foot , hard to tell? Maybe but still lucky.Toomer's so called completion. Take a look at his first foot down, yes it was but was out of bounds before the second foot was down.Once that first foot dragged out of bounds he is out of bounds, it doesn't matter if his second foot was in or not. Bad call, they even reviewed it after making a call that neither one saw.
Tony said:
I agree that the Seahawks have been doing great this season, but they have also been quite fortunate at times, such as tonight. While it is true the offense has sputtered the last couple of weeks on key occasions late in the game, it's also true that even the worst QB's in the league would look like All Pro's against what the defensive coordinator calls late in games with the lead. It's nearly a prevent, with 7 guys in coverage and only 4 rushing, 4 tired guys who have already put in a huge effort in the game. They have let plenty of teams back into games this year when the defensive playcalling gets really passive.
I don't get why they quit stunting, moving around, and blitzing on occasion, as it works well usually, but then they go to that passive defense late, and opposing QB's just sit back there with 4 to 9 seconds to throw the ball, and even the worst can manage to find someone open by then!
Stephen said:
Please...don't say 'Super Bowl' so early. The record is good but the momentum isn't a lock at this point and as a fan since year 1, I want to see a playoff win (or two) before entertaining SB talk.
As for the TD in the back of the endzone (can't remember if it was Shockey or Toomer), I say he deserved it. It was an awesome catch and reminded me of Largent. But, yeah...there was luck on both sides tonight. Fortunately, the Seahawks had more and, to be honest, didn't totally collapse at the end. Otherwise they would have lost on Feely's next field goal. God! I can't help but feel sorry for that guy.
But, hey! AWESOME GAME!!
Stephen said:
Oh yeah...
The Hawks may have barely pulled off wins against Dallas, San Francisco, and the Giants, but any other Seahawks team of the past surely would have lost at least 2 of those 3 games.
Dave said:
Sure the Seahawks seem lucky this year, but there isn't a team in the NFL that could tell you they haven't been lucky in winning a game this season. Just this week, teams like Chicago, San Diego, Denver, Carolina, and St. Louis must feel 'lucky' to have pulled out wins. Fact is, good teams create their own luck by putting themselves in the position to win those games.
Tony said:
Yeah, indeed, every good team gets "lucky" once in awhile, and many of the better teams have just eeked out victories in a few games this year, even Indy! When you are good, you are in a position to win games, and sometimes it comes through for you when the other team either does something stupid or you exploit one of their weaknesses.
While the Giants kicker is a long time veteran who is great from 40 yards on in, his range is known to be limited, and he struggles from 43 yards and out. Usually they get in closer than that, so he is fine, but they didn't, and he missed, which, if you look at his career stats from that range, the only one that is surprising is the 40 yarder at the end of regulation. The other two were past his reliable range, and not really likely in any game.
So they got one "lucky" play when he missed, but hey, how about the "unlucky" play when they nailed Shockey in the endzone and knocked the ball free, and it was clear his right foot didn't hit the turf, but swung past without snagging the cleat or anything. Unfortunately, the cameras didn't have a perfect view of it. The closest camera, that could have made the TD overturnable, swung up right as his foot swung across, and missed seeing it by only a couple of inches! Some of the further cameras showed it, but from the distance it wasn't clear enough to be overturnable, even though it was pretty obvious with how his foot just swung through that there was no way it impacted the turf in any way!
The victory was earned, not given. Every team makes and blows some plays, and so do the refs! The Giants legitimately blew the field goal at the end of overtime, just as the Seahawks blew some coverages, and the Giants blew getting the ball into a realistic range for their kicker in overtime, neither of those kicks were in his reliable range, looking at his career history.
Richard said:
I have to say I'm impressed by the Hawk's win here. Both of the Giants touchdowns had to be reviewed and both should have been overturned, as Norman said above.Two of Feely's field goal attempts were out of his range that should be faulted to the Giants offense for not getting him closer. The 40 yard attempt he should have made, but it seemed the pressure got to him. So in the end he missed one field goal he should have made.
I was nervous though because at times the Seahawks offense looked like that of previous seasons as they went three-and-out 9 times I believe. Finally after the Giants handed them a third chance Hasselbeck went long and they gave the ball to Alexander to give Brown the chance to win it, which he did. If only they played the whole game like that last drive.
I'm angered at the national media coverage on this one. I expected a win here would have gained some respect or favorable coverage for Seattle, but because of the condition it was won there is still nothing. Hopefully with a win next week against the crumbling Eagles the tide will change. Seattle is 9-2 because they win games. To me it doesn't matter how they win, just that they do.
Finally, I don't expect Seattle to lose in the first round of the playoffs because they'll likely get a first round bye. If they do get home field advantage I think they could make it at least to the NFC Championship game... if not Detroit! They'll need the 12th man with them after regular season has ended.
Stephen said:
I say let the respect wait until later in the season or the playoffs. The more the Seahawks are under-estimated the better... at least until they beat the Colts.
Unbelievable. Deep into overtime, the Seahawks' Josh Brown kicked the winning field goal after Giants kicker Jay Feely missed three in a row (what are the odds of that?) "There's no way this team is not going to the Super Bowl," said Brock Huard on NorthWest Cable News right after the game. And you might also say the crowd -- rocking Qwest field -- won the game for the Hawks after forcing nearly a dozen false start penalties against the Giants. Read the game wrap-up
Why must the Seahawks try to give me a heart attack every week?
The win makes it all better, but we really need to stomp one of these teams soon. Maybe Philly next week on MNF!
i have no fingernails left.
we must be super bowl bound, there's no other explanation.
and we have the best crowd in the country!
Man, two weeks in a row, I have had to nearly go to the hospital with palpatations. What a game! Go Hawks!
Please tell Brock Huard to stop the Super Bowl talk. It's great to get this win just like the Dallas and SF (close)wins. But, Seattle's offense has GOT TO play alot bigger if they want to win even one playoff game.
Did Seattle really prove anything? It seems to me they didn't win the game so much as the Giants lost it. The last few drives reminded me way to much of last year. While it is a great win, I don't think it will earn Seattle the respect everyone was hoping it would. Then again, in the end all that matters is the tick in the "W" column.
Let's face the facts.. we got lucky. REALLY lucky. We have a long way to go before we get any respect from the rest of the nation. Thanks to an incredily weak schedule, we may never get that respect.
I don't care about respect - I care about W's. Respect won't give us a first week bye.
The Seahawks defensive secondary couldn’t cover my three legged dog. In particular Trufant. This guy must be doing something off field that is seriously affecting his ability because he was pretty good. He can’t run with anyone. Also, when Hasselback has ten yards to cover any kind of pressure he either throws 3 yard or thirty. Why doesn’t he go for the first down throw like the other successful quarter backs in the league instead?
Lets face it, if the Seahawks can't win a game without stumbling and fumbling there way across the field, they can win all the games during regular season they can but will still be out first round in the play offs as usuall. They aren't the team this record says they are.
O.K. so the Hawks got lucky but what about the Giants? Shockey's touchdown where he didn't come down with his left foot , hard to tell? Maybe but still lucky.Toomer's so called completion. Take a look at his first foot down, yes it was but was out of bounds before the second foot was down.Once that first foot dragged out of bounds he is out of bounds, it doesn't matter if his second foot was in or not. Bad call, they even reviewed it after making a call that neither one saw.
I agree that the Seahawks have been doing great this season, but they have also been quite fortunate at times, such as tonight. While it is true the offense has sputtered the last couple of weeks on key occasions late in the game, it's also true that even the worst QB's in the league would look like All Pro's against what the defensive coordinator calls late in games with the lead. It's nearly a prevent, with 7 guys in coverage and only 4 rushing, 4 tired guys who have already put in a huge effort in the game. They have let plenty of teams back into games this year when the defensive playcalling gets really passive.
I don't get why they quit stunting, moving around, and blitzing on occasion, as it works well usually, but then they go to that passive defense late, and opposing QB's just sit back there with 4 to 9 seconds to throw the ball, and even the worst can manage to find someone open by then!
Please...don't say 'Super Bowl' so early. The record is good but the momentum isn't a lock at this point and as a fan since year 1, I want to see a playoff win (or two) before entertaining SB talk.
As for the TD in the back of the endzone (can't remember if it was Shockey or Toomer), I say he deserved it. It was an awesome catch and reminded me of Largent. But, yeah...there was luck on both sides tonight. Fortunately, the Seahawks had more and, to be honest, didn't totally collapse at the end. Otherwise they would have lost on Feely's next field goal. God! I can't help but feel sorry for that guy.
But, hey! AWESOME GAME!!
Oh yeah...
The Hawks may have barely pulled off wins against Dallas, San Francisco, and the Giants, but any other Seahawks team of the past surely would have lost at least 2 of those 3 games.
Sure the Seahawks seem lucky this year, but there isn't a team in the NFL that could tell you they haven't been lucky in winning a game this season. Just this week, teams like Chicago, San Diego, Denver, Carolina, and St. Louis must feel 'lucky' to have pulled out wins. Fact is, good teams create their own luck by putting themselves in the position to win those games.
Yeah, indeed, every good team gets "lucky" once in awhile, and many of the better teams have just eeked out victories in a few games this year, even Indy! When you are good, you are in a position to win games, and sometimes it comes through for you when the other team either does something stupid or you exploit one of their weaknesses.
While the Giants kicker is a long time veteran who is great from 40 yards on in, his range is known to be limited, and he struggles from 43 yards and out. Usually they get in closer than that, so he is fine, but they didn't, and he missed, which, if you look at his career stats from that range, the only one that is surprising is the 40 yarder at the end of regulation. The other two were past his reliable range, and not really likely in any game.
So they got one "lucky" play when he missed, but hey, how about the "unlucky" play when they nailed Shockey in the endzone and knocked the ball free, and it was clear his right foot didn't hit the turf, but swung past without snagging the cleat or anything. Unfortunately, the cameras didn't have a perfect view of it. The closest camera, that could have made the TD overturnable, swung up right as his foot swung across, and missed seeing it by only a couple of inches! Some of the further cameras showed it, but from the distance it wasn't clear enough to be overturnable, even though it was pretty obvious with how his foot just swung through that there was no way it impacted the turf in any way!
The victory was earned, not given. Every team makes and blows some plays, and so do the refs! The Giants legitimately blew the field goal at the end of overtime, just as the Seahawks blew some coverages, and the Giants blew getting the ball into a realistic range for their kicker in overtime, neither of those kicks were in his reliable range, looking at his career history.
I have to say I'm impressed by the Hawk's win here. Both of the Giants touchdowns had to be reviewed and both should have been overturned, as Norman said above.Two of Feely's field goal attempts were out of his range that should be faulted to the Giants offense for not getting him closer. The 40 yard attempt he should have made, but it seemed the pressure got to him. So in the end he missed one field goal he should have made.
I was nervous though because at times the Seahawks offense looked like that of previous seasons as they went three-and-out 9 times I believe. Finally after the Giants handed them a third chance Hasselbeck went long and they gave the ball to Alexander to give Brown the chance to win it, which he did. If only they played the whole game like that last drive.
I'm angered at the national media coverage on this one. I expected a win here would have gained some respect or favorable coverage for Seattle, but because of the condition it was won there is still nothing. Hopefully with a win next week against the crumbling Eagles the tide will change. Seattle is 9-2 because they win games. To me it doesn't matter how they win, just that they do.
Finally, I don't expect Seattle to lose in the first round of the playoffs because they'll likely get a first round bye. If they do get home field advantage I think they could make it at least to the NFC Championship game... if not Detroit! They'll need the 12th man with them after regular season has ended.
I say let the respect wait until later in the season or the playoffs. The more the Seahawks are under-estimated the better... at least until they beat the Colts.