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The Seattle defense once again has a lot to be proud of-limiting the Rams to a meager 185 yards of total offense in Sunday's 24-7 win in St. Louis.
They won't get the attention the NFL's traditionally good defenses in Pittsburgh or Baltimore, but they are playing as good as any unit in the league.
The Seahawks secondary were on Rams' receivers like gloves. The Rams actually game-planned through the air, besides a first-quarter touchdown they had no success.
Sam Bradford completed 20 of 40 passes, for 181 yards. The yards after the catch by Rams receivers were close to nill, as the secondary swarmed in after the catch was made. Cornerback Richard Sherman led the Seahawks with five tackles.
Steven Jackson ran 15 times for 42 yards, 19 of his yards came when the Rams were backed up on their own six-yard line and on 3 and 26- other than that Jackson was snuffed out on almost every carry.
Bradford was sacked five times and knocked to the Edward Jones Dome turf quite a bit. Chris Clemons was responsible for three of those sacks. Red Bryant's fourth quarter interception was the play of the game in head coach Pete Carroll's mind.
Tarvaris Jackson did what we know Tarvaris Jackson does on occasion and tries to squeeze a pass in somewhere it shouldn't be-twice. The offensive line was about as good as could be expected on the right side of the line with John Moffitt and James Carpenter out. The Rams sacked Jackson four times and hurried him enough to disrupt what the Seahawks wanted to do offensively.
The best offensive play of the game goes to Sidney Rice who throw a perfect 55-yard pass to Mike Williams-which should have been converted to points if not for the first of Jackson's interceptions.
Rice said after the game, "I played a little quarterback all the way up to the tenth grade then I switched over to receiver."
Jackson said that even in practice Rice wants to throw the ball, "thinking he can throw 60, 70 yards. Even when we were in Denver he was throwing seeing how far he could throw in the thin air. So he thinks he's a quarterback."
The NFC West will likely be won by the Niners, but the Seahawks still have a chance to make the end of the season meaningful. At 4-6 they should enjoy their first winning streak of 2011, with three winnable home games in a row on the table.
"We're coming home for three weeks now, it feels like we've been on the road all year," said Carroll.
Next week the Seahawks host the Redskins, then they host the Eagles, then they host the Rams again.
A winning season doesn't seem so far fetched.
Other Notes and Links
-The Seahawks were penalized 13 times for 100 yards
-Chris Clemons recorded three sacks, a career high
-The Rams were held to 5/15 on third down
NFL.com highlights
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/20111...lights|contentId:09000d5d8244f463&tab=analyze
Danny O'Neil writes that Clemons' study of Bradford on film paid off Sunday. Clemons noted that Bradford tends to hang on to the football too long.
Yahoo Sports has video of Bryant's Interception.
Seahawks.com has Pete Carroll's post game press conference
@AllSeahawks on Twitter posted this
"WR Mike Williams said the trick play that started the game against the
#Rams never works in practice against the #Seahawks defense."
"Thanks for all the pro bowl votes btw.... I appreciate everyone that's voting, even if you just vote once. #Respect"
You can vote for Chancellor at www.nfl.com/probowl/ballot
They won't get the attention the NFL's traditionally good defenses in Pittsburgh or Baltimore, but they are playing as good as any unit in the league.
The Seahawks secondary were on Rams' receivers like gloves. The Rams actually game-planned through the air, besides a first-quarter touchdown they had no success.
Sam Bradford completed 20 of 40 passes, for 181 yards. The yards after the catch by Rams receivers were close to nill, as the secondary swarmed in after the catch was made. Cornerback Richard Sherman led the Seahawks with five tackles.
Steven Jackson ran 15 times for 42 yards, 19 of his yards came when the Rams were backed up on their own six-yard line and on 3 and 26- other than that Jackson was snuffed out on almost every carry.
Bradford was sacked five times and knocked to the Edward Jones Dome turf quite a bit. Chris Clemons was responsible for three of those sacks. Red Bryant's fourth quarter interception was the play of the game in head coach Pete Carroll's mind.
Tarvaris Jackson did what we know Tarvaris Jackson does on occasion and tries to squeeze a pass in somewhere it shouldn't be-twice. The offensive line was about as good as could be expected on the right side of the line with John Moffitt and James Carpenter out. The Rams sacked Jackson four times and hurried him enough to disrupt what the Seahawks wanted to do offensively.
The best offensive play of the game goes to Sidney Rice who throw a perfect 55-yard pass to Mike Williams-which should have been converted to points if not for the first of Jackson's interceptions.
Rice said after the game, "I played a little quarterback all the way up to the tenth grade then I switched over to receiver."
Jackson said that even in practice Rice wants to throw the ball, "thinking he can throw 60, 70 yards. Even when we were in Denver he was throwing seeing how far he could throw in the thin air. So he thinks he's a quarterback."
The NFC West will likely be won by the Niners, but the Seahawks still have a chance to make the end of the season meaningful. At 4-6 they should enjoy their first winning streak of 2011, with three winnable home games in a row on the table.
"We're coming home for three weeks now, it feels like we've been on the road all year," said Carroll.
Next week the Seahawks host the Redskins, then they host the Eagles, then they host the Rams again.
A winning season doesn't seem so far fetched.
Other Notes and Links
-The Seahawks were penalized 13 times for 100 yards
-Chris Clemons recorded three sacks, a career high
-The Rams were held to 5/15 on third down
NFL.com highlights
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/20111...lights|contentId:09000d5d8244f463&tab=analyze
Danny O'Neil writes that Clemons' study of Bradford on film paid off Sunday. Clemons noted that Bradford tends to hang on to the football too long.
Yahoo Sports has video of Bryant's Interception.
Seahawks.com has Pete Carroll's post game press conference
@AllSeahawks on Twitter posted this
"WR Mike Williams said the trick play that started the game against the
#Rams never works in practice against the #Seahawks defense."
Saftey Kam Chancellor posted this message on Twitter Sunday after the win"Thanks for all the pro bowl votes btw.... I appreciate everyone that's voting, even if you just vote once. #Respect"
You can vote for Chancellor at www.nfl.com/probowl/ballot
