Refs admit missed facemask call against Seattle on touchdown pass

Even though it’s more of a long shot than it has been recently, you still have a chance to make it to the Super Bowl. That’s not good, but then again…

Now all the Seahawks have to do is generate plays and fan reaction worthy of a new Beast Quake. In betting, the opening line favors the Seahawks by 7-1/2 points. The most significant example is a 2012 Seahawks-Packers matchup. But this will be his first time back with so much on the line. “Is it going the team that beat New England or the team that scuffled through San Francisco?”

When approached in the Seattle locker room Wednesday, Sherman proclaimed that he was shutting it down and speaking with only one national reporter, ESPN’s Ed Werder, and taking his message straight to the public through his social media accounts, a la President-elect Donald Drumpf.

It took almost four quarters against the second-worst team in the National Football League and a tweet from Earl Thomas to determine what exactly the Seahawks were doing in the regular season finale Sunday.

It won’t be Tate’s first return to Seattle in a Lions uniform. Still, this is a defense that remains extremely formidable. If the Seahawks come away with a close win, the controversy will only grow bigger.

Detroit is the only playoff team without an All Pro or Pro Bowl selection. Both yes and no. They participated in the weekly practices in a limited role, suggesting they could play on Saturday, but keeping their statuses uncertain. Seattle’s pass protection and run blocking has been problematic, so there could be opportunities to disrupt Wilson’s timing. Few can, which is why a looming sense of despair hangs over the game even though if playoff form holds the home team should win handily.

Cook is only 4 of 14 for 41 yards – and Houston has a grand total of 75 yards and five first downs.

How the Seattle offensive line got as young as it is has been well chronicled, and becoming a topic that the players and coaches long ago grew exhausted of discussing. But it might be, and it was definitely the catch of the year for 2017. They were 7-2-1 heading into Thanksgiving weekend, but from there they alternated wins and losses the rest of the year. The 28-point setback was easily the worst of the Wilson Era.

Do we have the advantage of a home playoff game like we had hoped for?

Osweiler started the first 14 games this season before being benched in the second quarter against Jacksonville on December 18 after throwing interceptions on consecutive drives to give him 16 for the season.

Brock Osweiler started for the Houston Texans after being benched for Tom Savage two weeks ago.

KEYS TO THE GAME: History provides an indication as to how this game might go. Doug Baldwin leads a solid receiving corps overall, but Seattle’s offense often flounders. With his right hand, he clearly grabbed and twisted the helmet of Lions defensive back Tavon Wilson. But be it Rawls or rookie Alex Collins, Seattle must remain persistent when it comes to pounding the rock. And giving the Seattle defense a little more time to catch its breath certainly wouldn’t hurt. Since, the franchise has fallen in postseason road games 10 times in a row. Instead, it’s been a rollercoaster-type stretch run for the NFC West champions.

On the season Seattle only averaged 99 yards per game rushing.