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Wilson to Kearse in OT NFCCG 2014 against GB to clinch the NFC because it was the culmination of a game ending miracle.
acer1240":r195mqli said:I may have the name wrong but Paul Skansi? The game Derrick Thomas had 7 sacks or something like that. I had turned the game off out of frustration.
I've never made that same mistake again. I watch until the bitter end
olyfan63":36qg8okk said:I haven't seen this one mentioned yet, but it's easily in my top 10. OK, I'll say, even top 5, for me, because it marked a turning point, the Pete Carroll era Seahawks D and LOB serving notice on the league, in a very loud and public way.
Brandon Browner's pick-6 in October 2011 against the NY Giants, in a 10am road game, that changed a sure Seahawks loss into a "did that just happen?" win, against the team that won the Super Bowl that year.
Why is it important? It was a culture-changer. It was a narrative-buster.
It was a rip-up-the-script moment, against a New York team.
It was the moment that said, "these are not Your Father's Seahawks."
It was Pete Carroll's second year in Seattle, the season following BeastQuake, and Seattle was not in the hunt for a playoff spot, and Russell Wilson was lighting it up for the Wisconsin Badgers, not yet a Seahawk. That Giants team went on to win the Super Bowl that year, beating Brady and the Patriots.
The script was, that yes, these pesky Seahawks had put up a decent battle, but now it was time for the clock to strike midnight for Cinderella while SB champion QB Eli Manning calmly marched the Giants in for the Game-winning touchdown. I was already disgusted thinking about the knob-slobbering over Eli and the Giants that the announcers would soon launch into. I mean, I was still disgusted from the Behring years. And then....
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Eli throws to Victor Cruz, who tries a one-handed catch, but then he sees Kam bearing down on him, pisses himself, and then the ball gets knocked up in the air, Browner snatches it, and goes 94 yards the other way for a TD. A 14-point swing in about 14 seconds of game clock.
Seattle won that game 36-25. For me, that game was the turning point, where the Seattle DEFENSE imposed their will on an opponent, on the road, in a 10am game.
So satisfying... instead of NY Media knob slobbering over Eli Manning and his late-game heroics, it was like the Seahawk D collectively grabbed the NY Media by the hair, yanked them around and said, "slobber over this instead."
An excerpt from a Danny Kelly FieldGulls article captures some of how I felt:
https://www.fieldgulls.com/2012/1/23/27 ... he-defense
"Overall, my personal confidence level in the Seahawks defense is vastly superior to that of last year, obviously. Last year, the Seahawks were very consistently slower, less athletic, and overmatched at pretty much every position, and a slow feeling of dread would creep into my stomach every time they took the field. Not so this season.
For the most part, I felt very confident in what the defense could do this season and in a number of games, they imposed their will on teams. They were more physical, more athletic, and more nasty than their opponents at times. The produced turnovers - the Seahawks had 22 interceptions (12 last year), 13 forced fumbles and 9 recoveries. They scored 4 touchdowns.
I hope everyone enjoys that trip down memory lane with the same fondness and exhilaration I remember it with. Can't believe that TD hasn't been mentioned yet.
stang233":2eqrzxhi said:For me. Smith SB 48.
Harvin SB 48 finally knew it was over.
Kams pick 6
Hawknight":qq5iwpqz said:Aros":qq5iwpqz said:The Best Hit poll did well, so let's try a new topic. What is the best touchdown (in your mind) in Seahawks History? No poll because touchdowns are so ubiquitous over the years. Think game-winning, think cuiture-changing, etc...What ya got?
I don't know about just one touchdown..how about a flurry of touchdowns from Alexander
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Alexander-sets-record-with-5-TDs-in-first-half-1097306.php
'Alexander soared to five first-half touchdowns -- an NFL record -- and the Seahawks scored 28 points in less than two minutes to effectively put away the Minnesota Vikings early in a record-setting display offensive firepower.
Also sort of fitting as to who we are playing this week :stirthepot: