Rout, hell!!!
Most of the football writers are stating that the Seattle Seahawks "routed" the Washington Redskins 20-10 in yesterday's second round play-off game. Sure Seattle won, but it was far from a rout. The game was much closer than the writers have protrayed.
The Redskin offense didn't do much for the first three quarters of the game, but either did Seattle's. Both defenses were great. Both teams lost "important" players during the game, so don't just mention Seattle having to overcome the loss of star running back Shaun Alexander. The Redskins were also without a few of their "star" players(Wynn, Springs, Thrash, Brown).
"The Seahawks (14-3) stopped Washington's six-game winning streak. The Redskins (11-7) were inept on offense for the second week in a row -- they had 140 yards in the first three quarters after getting a total of just 120 in last week's win at Tampa Bay...And had it not been for Seattle's mistakes, the Redskins never would have been in the game against a Seattle defense was able to concentrate on stopping Clinton Portis' running because only Moss and tight end Chris Cooley were receiving threats."
Well, the game is four quarters long(not three) and the final stats showed the offensive stats as being fairly close. And "mistakes" are part of the game. The Redskins made some mistakes, too. And without a couple of their mistakes, they would have won the game.
The score was 17-10 with 12 minutes left in the fourth quarter, with the Redskins driving towards a touchdown They were stopped short and then missed a makable 36-yard field-goal, that would have made the score 17-13 with lots of time left in the game. Hardly a rout!!! Seattle then got a field-goal to make the score 20-10. The Redskins than drove to the Seattle 30 yard line with almost two minutes still left in the game. Had the Redskins made their field goal, and Seattle had not, the score would have been 17-13 at that point. Redskin quarterback Mark Brunell than threw a pass to Santana Moss in the end-zone that Moss almost caught for a touchdown, Could have been the "game winner", with the Redskins winning 20-17. But it was not meant to be. But, hardly a "rout"!!!
Don't mean to say that the Redskins came very close to winning this game or should have won, but they hardly got "routed" either. They could have won it in the fourth quarter with a break here or there. But that is the way football is.
Still a great year for the Washington Redskins and much better than expected. Can't wait until next year!!!
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