Jan 13 2013

Divisional Playoff Throwball: Seahawks @ Falcons

A battle of expansion teams the Seahawks extended a 5 game winning streak last week beating the noxious Native Americans and handing D.C. a well deserved defeat.

A word about that.  I hope and wish Robert Griffin has a swift, speedy, and complete recovery, but the likelihood is that it will be long and painful and as with Broadway Joe Namath his game will never be the same.  Why did Mike Shanahan and the rest of the organization including their preening team physician, trainers, and offensive coordinator so badly blow this call?

Stephen Strasburg.

You will recall that Davey Johnson took no end of heat over his decision to bench Strasburg in the playoffs rather than risk permanent injury to their star stopper in what would have been an ultimately futile pursuit of a pennant anyway.  Indeed I expect the Monday Morning Quarterbacking to resume the instant Pitchers and Catchers report and while I will call this masturbatory manifestation of instant gratification “D.C. Disease” most fans are not immune.

The Versailles Villagers, that passel of perpetually wrong pundits and politicians who suck up and kick down confident in their non-existent knowledge of subjects they know nothing about and have no interest in really except as psychic proof of their pompous predestined prepotency over us mere peons and an affirmation of their inherent superiority and hard work instead of inbreeding and nepotism, insist they are entitled and every last one of them is a rabid fan of that team with the racist name where they can get season tickets or a seat in the owners box or sideline and no one else can.

God ordained them in the womb and that divine silver spoon is a true refection of their merit and treasure in heaven and not a distorted fun house mirror.  If they were supposed to be sinners they’d have poor parents and according to His will their struggles would not be blessed with success.  But they are successful and thus His plan is made manifest in this world as well as the next, forget that eye of the needle stuff- if Jesus was so holy why wasn’t he rich?

Thus endeth today’s lesson on hubris and hypocrisy.

Back on the field if the Seahawks were not on a roll you might be tempted to believe that the Falcons had a shot what with home field advantage and all, but their defense is very ordinary especially against the run and they have no ground game of their own to speak of.  Additionally Matt Ryan has never ever won a single playoff game (0 – 3).

But if you insist on another reason to hate the Falcons they are the team that drafted Michael Vick, noted Dog Murderer.

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  7.  Lynch rush to the left for 11 yards to the Atl39. Tackled by Sean Weatherspoon. FUMBLE, recovered by Atl (Jonathan Babineaux).

  8. Ryan pass to the left to Julio Jones for 13 yards to the Sea48.

  9. Turner rush to the right for 4 yards to the Sea44. Tackled by Bobby Wagner. Penalty: Horse Collar Tackle on Seattle (Bobby Wagner) 15 yards.

  10.  Penalty: False Start on Atlanta (Peter Konz) -5 yards.

  11. Ryan pass to the right to Roddy White for 16 yards to the Sea17. Tackled by Winston Guy.

  16.  Bosher kicks off to the Sea0. Touchback.

  17. passing game on track

  18. Wilson pass to the middle to Zach Miller for 8 yards to the Atl49. Tackled by William Moore.

  19. Lynch rush to the left for 5 yards to the Atl44. Tackled by Thomas DeCoud and Stephen Nicholas.

  20. Wilson incomplete pass to the left intended for Golden Tate.

  21. Rodgers rush to the left for 45 yards to the Sea42. Tackled by Malcolm Smith.

  23. Ryan pass to the left to Tony Gonzalez for 5 yards to the Sea21. Tackled by Kam Chancellor.

  24.  Turner rush to the left for 2 yards to the Sea19. Tackled by Bobby Wagner.

  25.  Rodgers rush to the right for 2 yards to the Sea17. Tackled by Brandon Mebane.

  26. Ryan rush to the right for 6 yards to the Sea11

  27. False Start on Atlanta (Tyson Clabo) -5 yards.

  28. About that halftime talk.

  30. These guys are strong.

  31. Bosher kicks off to the Sea0. Leon Washington return for 37 yards to Sea30. Tackled by Robert James.

  32. Wilson pass to the middle to Zach Miller for 34 yards to the Atl36. Tackled by Thomas DeCoud.

  33. Wilson pass to the right to Golden Tate for 16 yards to the Atl20. Tackled by Asante Samuel.

  34. Lynch rush to the left for 3 yards to the Atl17. Tackled by Peria Jerry.

  35. Wilson pass to the right to Marshawn Lynch for 6 yards to the Atl11. Tackled by Vance Walker.

  36. Turbin rush to the left for no gain to the Atl11. Tackled by Stephen Nicholas.

  37. Robinson rush to the right for a loss of 1 yard to the Atl12. Tackled by William Moore.

  41. Turner rush to the left for 3 yards to the Atl15. Tackled by Bobby Wagner.

  42. Turner rush to the left for 33 yards to the Atl48. Tackled by Bobby Wagner.

  43. Penalty: Holding on Seattle (Kam Chancellor) 5 yards.

  45. Matt Ryan pass to the middle to Roddy White for 47 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.

  47. this is turning out to be less of a game than I expected.

  48.  Matt Bosher kicks off to the Sea0. Touchback.

  49.  Wilson pass to the right to Golden Tate for 11 yards to the Sea37. Tackled by Sean Weatherspoon.

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