Seahawks edge Vikings 10-9 after Walsh miss

It was that fumble that handed Seattle a 12-yard drive that produced the go-ahead field goal in the Vikings’ 10-9 NFC wild-card loss.

Now 1-3 in his career in the postseason, Peterson probably won’t have many more chances to improve upon that record. But the Seahawks still forced the Vikings to make a play in the final minute. Scoring just twice, they still managed to come out on top because of that special teams blunder. Unspectacular, but quality and steady. He hadn’t accomplished that since 2012. 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.

Only three times, excluding the game Sunday against the Seahawks, did he finish with fewer than 60 yards rushing. Seattle moved to 8-2 without Lynch this season. It was only the second road playoff win since their first, in the memorable upset of Miami that pushed them to the AFC title game following the 1983 season.

Vikings coach Mike Zimmer was in no mood to sugarcoat the miss for Walsh.

But the Seahawks fought back in the final quarter and they had to do it the hard way, quarterback Russell Wilson collecting his own missed snap to connect with a 35-yard pass to wide open wide receiver Tyler Lockett. So that’s going to be the main thing overall, just being a better player and a better fit for this offense, as well. I was at least proud of the way he stood up there and took it on his shoulders. With that said, the duo still managed to get their respective jobs done. “Who knows how it’s going to go but he dealt with it really well”. “Sometimes you’re fortunate and you get away with it. Sometimes you don’t”.

Seahawks advance to Divisional round after Vikings miss 27-yard field goal to win – SBNation.com The Seahawks were shut out for three quarters, but managed to finally score enough points in the fourth quarter to beat the Vikings and advance to play the Panthers. The one negative on Peterson has always been ball-security, but with Peterson, that usually is a small price to pay in exchange for his brilliance. They’ve lost 23 of them. But I can tell you this: It’s my fault. Yup, that’s the sort of chip shot that high schoolers make with regularity.

Oh, I don’t know. Now, I’m not saying he can’t be, but right now he’s not. “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”.

Peterson fumbled six times during the season, most of any back in the NFL.

The Vikings are now playing at TCF Bank Stadium, home of the University of Minnesota’s football team, while a new stadium on the site of the Metrodome, their home from 1982 to 2013, is under construction. “Seeing Bud out there early in the shirt-sleeves thing and everything, that was a great start to the game”, Carroll, who was an assistant coach under Grant with the Vikings in 1985, said Monday at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center.