Lynch listed as questionable for Seahawks playoff game

But apparently Lynch didn’t come around as he hoped.

“We’re not as explosive as I would like”, Zimmer said Thursday. I know that’s been out there, but I don’t know until we finish the week. With temperatures expected to remain near zero at kickoff, there’s a very real risk that underdressed fans could quickly suffer from hypothermia. But after Friday’s practice, Carroll backed off, saying, “We’ve got to make sure he’s okay”. It’s been a great week. Just not THE premier running back. Carroll backed off that declaration Friday afternoon, telling reporters that the team was not ready to make a final determination about his status.

“If he’s playing, he’s playing”. The Seahawks ” Marshawn Lynch, Peterson said, is the second-best back in the league, despite having played only seven games and gaining 417 yards this season. The Seahawks defense forced a lowly 52.9 QBR on throws that traveled 0-7 yards.

The 27-year-old quarterback has made the best football of his career during the second half of the season.

For all those reasons, the optimism is high that Sunday’s game against Seattle will be the first of many playoff appearances for the Vikings, the next step in their journey from rebuilding to competitor to contender.

Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner recalls a college game when he was at Utah State, when frigid temperatures were compounded by a wet field, when he and his teammates resorted to wrapping cleats in plastic bags to keep feet dry.

The Ice Bowl – the 1967 NFL Championship Game between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys – was held at Lambeau Field in temperatures as low as -26C, with wind chill making the air seem even colder than that.

Along with the usual assortment of cargo that goes on every National Football League road trip, the Seattle Seahawks are collecting every parka, hand-warmer and beanie to be found.

With Lynch downgraded to out, and Thomas Rawls out for the rest of the year due to an ankle injury, third-string running back Christine Michael will get the start for the Seahawks. Playing at Wisconsin, they’d practice at night, and it would get pretty cold.

While it is going to be more hard for the Seahawks to defeat the Vikings on Sunday, they have been without their star running back for nearly two months. But the idea of trying to tackle Adrian Peterson or Marshawn Lynch in such conditions is not an enviable thought for anyone on defence.

The Seattle Seahawks take on the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday at 10:05 a.m.at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Plays that develop quickly doesn’t only reduce amount of pressure on Wilson but it also allows Wilson to attack the flats if the Vikings put a substantial amount of players in the box to act like they are blitzing.