Seahawks back in playoffs after 30-13 win over the Browns

Seattle Seahawks’ Brandon Mebane (92) brings down Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, in Seattle. “The Browns had just one turnover and forced Seattle into several third-and-long situations, but in the end Cleveland failed in its attempt to win back-to-back games for the first time since November 2014”.

Asked about Russell Wilson’s success playing in the same system for four seasons, Manziel said he wants that continuity in Cleveland.

An NFL.com report said that Pettine recently assessed Wilson’s performance prior to his team’s 13-30 loss to the Seahawks on Sunday night.

SEATTLE (AP) – The script the Cleveland Browns wrote for Johnny Manziel was a ideal beginning, leaving the loudest venue in the National Football League silenced.

Manziel threw for 270 yards and was helped by a run game that totaled 230 yards, the most since 2010.

“We can’t say we didn’t get down there and give ourselves a chance, but we have to execute in the red zone”, Manziel said. “You’re not going to be thinking about him escaping your whole time you’re rushing, but you definitely have to as far as game planning and schematically”. Baldwin joined Jerry Rice as the only wide receivers in National Football League history with 10 TDs over a four-game span in a single season.

After Seattle built a 20-10 halftime lead, the Seahawks increased their lead on a 27-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Lockett on the first play of the fourth quarter.

His opinion after seeing Wilson up close? “I was really fired up about him because he played right”, said Carroll about McCray’s play last week against Baltimore. “To be able to go through the spring and have some continuity like you said, it definitely would be a luxury for sure”.

Manziel will face Richard Sherman, Michael Bennett and the challenge of Seattle’s defense after arguably the best start of his young career.

The Browns got the ball first from the 20 yard line and put together an impressive 15 play drive that resulted in a touchdown pass to Gary Barnidge from 6 yards out to take an early 7-0 lead. Cleveland twice drove inside the Seattle 20 and settled for field goals and punted from the Seattle 42 another time. “All the stats and all that are fun and exciting … but we come here to win”. “You’ve got to turn two of those into touchdowns, at least”, Manziel said. We needed to sustain some of those later drives where we ended up kicking for three. Cleveland RG John Greco hurt his knee on the opening series and left the game.

Baldwin has 61 catches and set career highs with 860 yards and 11 touchdowns, which rank tied for fourth in the NFL. He finished with 84 yards rushing.

Offense: A Quarterback Russell Wilson had another outstanding outing, going 21-for-30 for 249 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions.

-G Cameron Erving, one of the Browns’ two first-round picks, came on during the first series of the game and saw some of his most extensive playing time of the season Sunday. Baldwin also became the third wide receiver since 1960 with four straight games with multiple TD catches, joining Calvin Johnson in 2011 and Cris Carter in 1995.

While Baldwin and Lockett scored the touchdowns, WR Jermaine Kearse delivered the best regular-season game of his career, catching seven balls on eight targets for 110 yards.

“The margin of error against a team like the Seahawks is slim and, at the end of the day, we weren’t good enough”, Pettine said.

Then in the 2nd quarter, Baldwin caught a TD from Wilson on a 6-yard pass, capping an 8-play, 57-yard drive that put their team up 14-7.

The teams traded field goals later in the first half, with Seattle’s Steven Hauschka connecting from 49 yards to boost the Hawks’ advantage to 17-10. Further more, Frank Clark ranked second so the Seahawks went 1-2.