lunedì 12 gennaio 2015

NFL: Seattle Seahawks 31 Carolina Panthers 17 recap and analysis

After a pair of drives for both teams completely dominated by the defenses the Seattle seemed to could score on a drive initiated by a Sherman interception on a deep ball intended for Benjamin, after that TE Willson received a good pass by Wilson for a good gain, Lockett seemed to put them on FG range but he made a stupid penalty who deleted that chance, Carolina for the ball and when they got it the fumbled it with Stewart on a bad read by Newton on a read option who exposed his HB to RE Bennett who stripped the ball out of him to give his team an awesome field position something that open up the 1st TD of the game scored by WR Baldwin from the slot on a well executed play action who caught unprepared the rookie FS. Carolina answered back immediately with a drive characterized by the double trouble runs in fact Williams gave a change of pace to his offense especially on draws and sweeps that has been so effective and alternating the 2 HBs runs they came close the the Seattle's end zone where they scored few plays later on a quick slant by rookie WR Benjamin who use perfectly his physical skills. Seattle gave no time to cheer to Carolina and Wilson delivered a perfect pass to WR Kearse on a crossing route for a 63 yards strike right to the end zone to regain the lead. The Panthers cut the deficit on their last chance of the 1 half with a balanced drive that alternated inside runs (by both QB and RBs) with inside passes especially to TEs that ended with a Gano FG (good at the 3rd attempt due penalties on previous 2 attempts).
After over 10 minutes completely dominated by both defenses Seattle found the way to arrive in FG range due to powerful runs by both Lynch and Turbin along with Wilson short passes so useful to convert some downs, doing that they let Haushka to score 3 points by a 37 yards FG. The Panthers haven't been able to react and this gave the Seahawks a chance to put 2 possession of distance between them and their opponents, Wilson to Willson combination has been the main factor in that drive, 1st with a 29 yards reception after he broke a too high tackle and then he did the same but this time he took the ball in the end zone. The Panthers built a very good drive being so good and fast to advance down the field but once arrived on Seahawks redzone Newton wasted everything made till that moment missing the timing with his TE Dickson on a curl route who has been picked off and returned for a TD by SS Chancellor who ended the Panthers season. Unuseful the Benjamin TD on another very good drive by the Panthers offense.
The Panthers offensively made good job alternating their HBs in certain parts of the game and this has been the major reason why their offense has not be continuous al game long, their gameplan has been good but the execution has not been great especially on bad read on read options but most of all they didn't take enough care of the ball and they Seahawks defense made them pay for it so bad. On defense they shown that they have an elite front 7 even without Hardy but they need to improve so much on their secondary especially on CB position because they shown a lack of coverage in lots of situations.
The Seahawks offense shown that they have a new weapon in TE Luke Willson who played a great end of the regular season and he is also the MVP of this game because he provided a new dimension to this offense, their defense made the same great job that they did in last 10 games and along with the 12th man they played an huge role in the Seattle's win.



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