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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  2. Matt Ryan pass intended for Roddy White INTERCEPTED by Earl Thomas and returned for a loss of 1 yard.

  3.  Lynch rush to the left for 5 yards to the Atl33. Tackled by Stephen Nicholas.

  4.  Wilson pass to the right to Robert Turbin for 30 yards to the Atl3. Tackled by Thomas DeCoud.

  5. Russell Wilson pass to the left to Zach Miller for 3 yards

  8. Falcons still lead by 6. Time is on their side.

  10. Longwell kicks off to the Atl0. Jacquizz Rodgers return for 26 yards to Atl24. Tackled by Doug Baldwin.

  11.  Ryan incomplete pass to the left intended for Roddy White.

  12.  Ryan pass to the left to Julio Jones for a loss of 3 yards to the Atl21. Tackled by K.J. Wright.

  13. Ryan pass to the left to Julio Jones for a loss of 3 yards to the Atl21. Tackled by K.J. Wright.

  14. Ryan pass to the right to Drew Davis for 6 yards to the Atl27. Tackled by Earl Thomas.

  15.  Bosher punts for 42 yards to Sea31. Leon Washington return for 9 yards to Sea40. Tackled by Akeem Dent and Antone Smith.

  18. Wilson rush to the left for 9 yards to the Sea49.

  19. Lynch rush to the right for 1 yard to the 50. Tackled by Sean Weatherspoon.

  20.  Wilson incomplete pass to the middle intended for Sidney Rice defensed by Thomas DeCoud.

  21. Wilson incomplete pass to the right intended for Robert Turbin.

  23. Wilson incomplete pass to the middle intended for Sidney Rice.

  24. Ryan punts for 50 yards to Atl0. Touchback

  26.  Turner rush to the right for 12 yards to the Atl32. Tackled by Leroy Hill.

  27.  Rodgers rush to the left for 2 yards to the Atl34. Tackled by Red Bryant.

  28.  Rodgers rush to the left for no gain to the Atl34. Tackled by K.J. Wright.

  29.  Ryan incomplete pass to the right intended for Roddy White.

  30. Bosher punts for 42 yards to Sea24. Leon Washington return for 15 yards to Sea39. Tackled by Michael Palmer and Drew Davis.

  31.  Lynch rush to the right for 3 yards to the Sea42. Tackled by Sean Weatherspoon and Jonathan Massaquoi.

  32. Wilson pass to the left to Marshawn Lynch for 7 yards to the Sea49. Tackled by Dunta Robinson.

  34. Wilson pass to the middle to Golden Tate for 19 yards to the Atl32. Tackled by Sean Weatherspoon and William Moore.

  35. Wilson rush to the right for 5 yards to the Atl27. Tackled by Sean Weatherspoon.

  36. Wilson incomplete pass to the right intended for Zach Miller.

  37. Wilson pass to the left to Marshawn Lynch for 23 yards to the Atl4. Tackled by Chris Hope.

  38. Wilson pass to the left to Marshawn Lynch for 24 yards to the Atl3. Tackled by Chris Hope.

  41. Marshawn Lynch rush to the right for 2 yards

  42. Seahawks by 1. 30 seconds left.

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