Did Marshawn Lynch play his final game for Seattle?

Whether this was Lynch’s final time in the Seattle Seahawks locker room remains to be determined. In their second season as a franchise, the Panthers faced the eventual Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers in the 1997 NFC Championship, losing 30-13. Tight end Greg Olsen is the healthiest he’s going to be, running back Jonathan Stewart is back as the feature piece in the backfield and Mike Tolbert, Cameron Artis-Payne, Ted Ginn Jr. and Devin Funchess are all doing their best to make life easier for Newton.

Things only got worse.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) celebrates with…

Conservative attacks don’t work in this league and Carolina’s power rushing attack and play action passing game really meshes well with its physical defense that forces turnovers left and right. “I thought he was phenomenal”, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said of Wilson’s second half.

Carolina Panthers strong safety Roman Harper wants football fans to know reports of the demise of Beastmode have been greatly exaggerated.

Regardless, this was a team that had expected much more.

There won’t be a third straight trip to the Super Bowl for the Seahawks.

Aside from the potential dropping of Marshawn Lynch, how did the Seahawks do as a team this past Sunday? I really like the free field goal here, but I think the Cards win this game outright. Denver’s defence ended up making the biggest plays which landed them to the AFC Championship as Bradley Roby’s forced fumble of Fitzgerald Toussaint helped secure the Bronco’s win in the fourth quarter. Although this is a different kind of Manning-led team, it appears that it is working.

The offensive line was also a struggle during last Sunday’s game against Carolina. I also find it tough to trust the Panthers, as they go cold at times, as we saw in the second half against the Seahawks. “When you’re the No. 1 seed coming off the regular season your destiny is in your own hands and we took care of business against what has been the pinnacle of the NFC the last few years, so this was a big step forward as an organization”.

“A lot of us wouldn’t mind going back there to Carolina and playing those guys again since they beat us previous year when we had a lot of injuries”, Cardinals cornerback Justin Bethel said. We talk about that a lot: “It doesn’t have to be pretty, just throw it up there and I’ll try to go attack the ball and get it”.