Second Half - Even More Ugliness, But a Win For The Seahawks
Published Sun, Nov 12 2006 4:15 PM
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The Seahawks defense looked good to start, nearly giving the Rams a three and out, but then a ten yard reception and a really big play gave the Rams some momentum. The Seahawks defense just seemed to fall apart at that point.
But then, on the eighth play of the drive Lofa Tatupu almost picked off a pass. On the next play, a false start made it third and nine. Then, another mistake. On fourth and five, Ken Hamlin intercepted the ball on the seven yard line. If he'd just dropped the ball instead of going out of bounds, the Seahawks would have taken over on about the 30 yard line. Instead, they took over on the seven.
It's good to see Marc Bulger intercepted, and it's only the second time he was intercepted all year. Even so 23 yards is 23 yards. Nobody was close enough to Ken Hamlin for it to make a difference if he batted the ball away rather than catching it.
The offensive line was porous again, and Seneca Wallace was sacked. The Seahawks couldn't capitalize on the interception and went three and out. The Rams ended up with good field position on the exchange.
Ken Hamlin almost redeemed himself by knocking Steven Jackson out of bounds on a 30 yard run that almost resulted in a touchdown. The next play, he batted the ball away, making it second and goal. He was involved in the stop again to make it third and goal, and avoided a flag for trashmouthing Steven Jackson. Then, Marc Bulger was sacked by Chuck Darby, the third sack of the day. The Rams field goal unit then made the score 16-14.
Maurice Morris was impressive on the next drive, with a couple of 15 yard runs. This kid is good. If the Seahawks continue to play him together with Shaun Alexander when he comes back, they'll have a real killer running game!
Unfortunately for the Seahawks, the Rams came back with some aggressive defense. On third and thirteen Seneca Wallace was nearly sacked, and instead fumbled the ball. The Rams recovered on the Seahawks 33 yard line. Two Seneca Wallace turnovers!
The third quarter ended with the Rams at second and four on the 17 yard line.
This time, Seneca Wallace's turnover wasn't quite as expensive as the first one. The first one cost the Seahawks seven points. Just before the field goal attempt, St. Louis threw the red flag, challenging the call of an incomplete pass.
The challenge was sustained, and it was fourth down and two at the twelve and a half yard line. On fourth down, Marc Bulger threw an incomplete pass, and the Rams blew an opportunity for another three points. Seahawks ball on the twelve and a half, their second worst field position of the game, but only two points down, instead of five or nine!
The Seahawks didn't manage to do anything with their reprieve though. They went three and out, with an offensive pass interference call on Jerramy Stevens. The Rams got the ball back on the Seahawks 48.
The Seahawks defense came back aggressively! On third and seven, Chuck Darby sacked Marc Bulger again! The punt was almost blocked, and Seattle got the ball back on the eleven.
Once again the offense fell apart. Seneca Wallace was sacked again on the eight yard line, and the Seahawks went three and out again. The punt was fair caught on the St. Louis 42 yard line.
St. Louis failed to do anything with the ball, and went three and out. The Seahawks Nate Burleson ran the punt back for a touchdown! 21-16.
St. Louis' offense came back, making several first downs, including a good scramble by Marc Bulger that was nearly a sack again. The Seahawks defense failed again, and Steven Jackson put things away with a 14 yard touchdown run. A personal foul on Richie Incognito would be assessed after the touchdown. The Rams went for two, and Incognito held, pulling the Rams to the 12 yard line for the conversion, which failed, leaving the score 22-21 Rams.
The Seahawks took over with 2:23 left on the 49 yard line, with two timeouts left. Maurice Morris ran for 5 yards to bring the clock to two minutes.
On the next play, Maurice Morris ran for a first down to bring the Seahawks into field goal range. A Darrell Jackson reception gave the Seahawks a first down at the 22, with 1:05 left to go. Well within Josh Brown's field goal range.
On the next play, Maurice Morris ran, for a loss of one and was slow to get back up. The clock stopped with 1:01 left to play. The next play resulted in no gain and St. Louis used their final time out with 57 seconds left. Mack Strong ran to bring the ball to the twenty and the Seahawks let the clock run down.
Josh Brown's 38 yard field goal attempt, with 13 seconds to go, was good. With 9 seconds left to go the kickoff return was chaos. Time ran out and the Seahawks won!!!! 24-22 Seahawks.
The Seahawks move to 6 and 3 and the Rams move to 4 and 5. The Seahawks take a two game lead, and the tiebreaker if necessary in the NFC West!!!
Josh Brown is now probably the most hated NFL player in Missouri, winning at the last moment for the Seahawks in two games against the Rams this season!
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