martedì 8 novembre 2016

NFL: Seattle Seahawks 31 Buffalo Bills 25 recap and analysis

The ninth of the season monday night was staged at CenturyLink Field in Seattle between the hosts of the Seahawks and the Buffalo Bills. The game started with a bang, because to bring the visitors in front after just two minutes was a touchdown rushing the quarterback Tyrod Taylor dope Jerry Hughes captured the John Ryan punt giving possession to his team just three yards from the opposing endzone. Seattle led Russell Wilson tied the game at once, with only two offensive game, the first a pass from 50 yards for Doug Baldwin who beat Stephon Gilmore one on one carrying his team on his 3-yard enemy where feinting a hand off to the running back Wilson held the ball running and scoring his first touchdown of the game race. The Buffalo next drive took ten minutes for a total of 75 yards, the drive effectiveness depended on the great balance of offensive calls, in fact, alternating strokes, with play actions and options read the defense of Seattle has never been able to intervene in a decisive manner by granting even the touchdown to Justin Hunter that route with a stick got rid of the nickleback marking scoring the touchdown of the momentary advantage of seven points. The repartee between Bills and Seahawks did not stop, since the beginning of the second quarter Russell Wilson under pressure of a blitz defense Buffalo has found the endzone in probably his best receiver, tight end Jimmy Graham that thanks to his athleticism beat marking one on one despite a pass interference penalty committed by Blanton. The attack of the Bills back from the best first quarter of the season, has decided to continue the trend continuing with the same strategy as the previous drive but this time I managed to score only three points after that in the redzone the defense of Seattle without Marcus Bennett and Cam Chancellor has managed to cover well on receivers and put pressure on Taylor forcing Carpenter to kick and make a field goal from 31 yards. The Seahawks have taken the lead for the first time in the match with a drive all done by steps including the one that forced the cornerback Darby committing pass interference on Doug Baldwin placing the ball on the three yard line where the running back Christine Michael scored the his first touchdown of the game with a power run from the "I" formation. The last drive of the second quarter the hosts extended their lead to eleven points thanks to a drive made only of steps, and most received by a wild Jimmy Graham is back to being what it was at the Saints after a couple of seasons where he suffered serious knee injuries, Graham addition to receiving passages jumped Gilmore who tried to tackle him and he scored his second touchdown of the night with a one handed catch beating one on one Robey-Coleman.
The Bills on their first drive of the second half of the match went close to score some points but a misunderstanding between Taylor and Woods that instead of continuing his deep trace has stopped before leaving an easy interception to Richard Sherman in the endzone. Reto in the third quarter, unlike the previous two, there was no signature, both defenses played well improving both in bringing pressure to the quarterback in the receivers roofing, the first touchdown of the second half of the match came in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter when Gillislee ran on the weak side following the guard Richie Incognito blocks and fullback Felton easy from entering into the endzone, Buffalo also decided to convert two and succeeded in its intention thanks to a quarterback draw by Taylor. The Seahawks have managed to extend their lead to six points thanks to a field goal by Steven Hauschka spoiled by another pass intereference of Robey-Coleman Doug Baldwin directed towards the endzone on a deep imprint. The last hope to win the game for the Bills passed through the hands of quarterback Taylor shot after driving up to 15 yards from the opponent's endzone, the fourth down is unable to complete the transition to Robert Woods saw a good covering of Earl Thomas III of facts that gave the victory to his team.

FINAL SCORE: Seahawks 31, Bills 25

MVP: Russell Wilson


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