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| In Monday's game featuring two short quarterbacks, Russell Wilson shone, throwing for more 300 yards and 3 TDs, as well as gaining 47 rushing yards. |
Cory Puffett
Monday night’s game has been anticipated for weeks now. It
pitted the two best teams in the NFC. If the Saints won, they would have a
chance for home field advantage. If the Saints lost, they would all but
guarantee that, barring an earlier exit from the playoffs, they’ll have to go
right back into the heart of the 12th Man for a chance to go to the
Super Bowl.
Not only did the Saints lose, they lost badly. The Seahawks
defense was everywhere early, forcing two three and outs on the Saints first
three possessions. The lone exception was a sack fumble returned for a
touchdown.
The Saints appeared to make a game of things when Drew Brees
led a dink and dunk drive ending with a short touchdown pass to Jimmy Graham.
But when New Orleans went three and out on their next drive and the Seahawks
scored again to take a 27-7 lead entering halftime, things didn’t look good.
It got no better for New Orleans. A more conservative
approach by Seattle led them to just one score in the second half, but the
Saints offense, though they had a few promising drives, failed to sustain any
of them.
Seattle now has a two game lead in the NFC with four weeks
to go. They hold just about every tiebreaker out there, so it would take a
major collapse for them not to clinch home field advantage.
The Saints are now tied for the NFC South lead with the
Carolina Panthers, who they face twice in the regular season’s last four weeks.
The first of those matchups will be next Sunday night in the Superdome.
For Drew Brees, his 147 yards made this the first time since
the last game of the 2010 regular season that he failed to record at least 200
passing yards. He threw for 196 in that 23-13 loss to Tampa Bay. He falls just
two games short of Dan Fouts’s record 45 consecutive games with 200+ passing
yards.
Final Score:
New Orleans Saints – 7
Seattle Seahawks – 34
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