Blair Walsh FG miss vs. Seahawks adds to Vikings’ playoff miseries

It’s how Carroll and the team have gotten so much excellence and production on game days out of him as the foundation for the best five-year stretch in the history of Seahawks football, by giving him autonomy in exchange for yards and touchdowns on Sundays.

“It hurts, but what can you do?” Punter Jon Ryan won’t miss any time despite breaking his nose on an ill-advised leap in Sunday’s first quarter after he made the decision to take off and run following a low snap…

“It’s not that people need to blame someone, it’s that they have to and it’s ridiculous”, McCallum said Monday via telephone from Vancouver.

So it’s hardly exaggerating to suggest 2016 will be a big year for the Vikings and their workhorse running back as they move into a new stadium and try to take another step or two. And the Seahawks were suddenly celebrating an improbable victory, not unlike their rally past Green Bay in the NFC Championship game a year ago.

Special teams are often overlooked by those outside the game. Unspectacular, but quality and steady. He hadn’t accomplished that since 2012. But by the end of the game, the Vikings had just 183 yards of offense and recorded 14 first downs, converting on just 3-of-13 third down plays. But Peterson’s next three carries left the Vikings a yard short of the first down. Over 23 seasons he made 393-of-459 field goals (85.6 per cent), accumulated 1,620 points and a 41.8-yard career punting average. He has four 100-yard days and six rushing touchdowns in his last six postseason starts, including 102 yards and a score in last February’s Super Bowl.

Not only did they maintain consistency in this parity-painted, unpredictable league, the Vikings overtook the rival Packers for the NFC North title and finished 11-5. Coach Mike Zimmer choked back tears during his postgame news conference. The hard part, though, was finding a way to get past the late lapses against the Seahawks.

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: The Seahawks burned all three of their first-half timeouts early in the game, the result of some miscommunication and difficulties getting the plays into Wilson. I went out to warm up before everybody came out and took a jog.

“I have not said yet that he’s playing”. After that, you’re just praying the defense gives us another opportunity. “Unfortunately, the ball just got past me there”. The Dolphins then beat Baltimore to reach the Super Bowl, where they lost to Dallas.

“We’ve got to go one day at a time, see what happens, see how it goes, get him out there practicing and see what that means”, Carroll said.

Chancellor, who ripped the ball away from Peterson that Ahtyba Rubin recovered, missed a tackle on tight end Kyle Rudolph’s 24-yard reception that let the Vikings advance to the 18 with 1:26 left. “It’s a chip shot”, Zimmer said.

Oh, I don’t know. “I’m in a position right now where I get to lead this group of men in this locker room, and I’m glad to be in this position”.

Yesterday’s NFL football playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Minnesota Vikings was the 3rd coldest game in NFL history, as temperatures were -6° F with a wind chill of -25° F. It was so cold that camera batteries weren’t performing well and had to be warmed up on the sidelines.

Carroll was impressed, saying Lynch’s fill-in “played like a pro” against Minnesota. I feel bad for their kicker missing the kick, but you have to execute it just like our kickers did.