Seahawks' tight end Zach Miller catches eight passes for 142 yardsZach Miller's biggest game for the Seahawks before Sunday was 59 yards receiving. He caught eight passes for 142 yards against the Falcons, which was just one yard short of Darrell Jackson's franchise record for receiving yards in a playoff game. |
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Rookie Russell Wilson passed for 385 yards, nearly leading the Seahawks to the NFC Championship Game. The Seahawks overcame a 20-point deficit to take the lead late against Atlanta, but lost when the Falcons made a field goal in the final seconds. |
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Atlanta players and coaches would have been answering more questions about not being able to win in the playoffs if they hadn't survived against Seahawks. |
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The Seahawks went out in typical fashion Sunday — in a thrilling, heart-stopping loss to the Falcons that will leave fans pondering a lot of "what-ifs." |
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The Seahawks rallied against Atlanta on Sunday but lost a heartbreaker. It was a painful loss but this team will build off a great season that might just be the start of something big. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Falcons defense spent most of the fourth quarter getting torched by Russell Wilson and the rest of the Seahawks offense, but the Falcons scored last and that means members of their defense were free to crow after the game. Alex Marvez of FOXSports.c… |
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Players of the game Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson passed for 385 yards, not only a career-high and franchise playoff record, but the most ever for a rookie quarterback in any playoff game.Seahawks tight end Zach Miller had never had more than 59 ya… |
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Sean Newell, deadspin.com Atlanta 30, Seattle 28: Seattle's all-pro shit stirrer, Richard Sherman, somehow manages to win this interaction that began with Roddy White burning the Seahawks defense for a 47-yard touchdown—Ohhh you got a touchdown, gooood for youuuu—even though t… |
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The Falcons added plenty of drama to their 30-28 win over the Seahawks. Chris Burke examines Atlanta's escape job, Russell Wilson's brilliance, questionable strategies and more. |
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Matt Loede, seahawksgab.com An amazing season for the Seahawks came to a tough end Sunday afternoon in Atlanta, as a Matt Bryant 49-yard field goal with 8 seconds left lifted the Falcons to a 30-28 win over the game Hawks. Russell Wilson played his heart out, throwing for 385 yard… |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com The Atlanta Falcons earned their first playoff win with Matt Ryan as quarterback, and they did it in heart attack-inducing manner. After pulling out to a 20-0 lead, the Falcons came close to dropping the home game to the Seattle Seahawks. Atlanta found … |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Matt Bryant kicked a 49-yard field goal with 8 seconds left and the Atlanta Falcons bounced back after blowing a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter, defeating Russell Wilson and the gutty Seattle Seahawks 30-28 in an NFC divisional playoff game Sunday. |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Falcons answered one Seattle touchdown drive with an impressive drive of their own, but they couldn’t do it a second time and we’ve got a close game in Atlanta. Russell Wilson flicked a short touchdown pass to Zach Miller with 9:13 left in the fou… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com The Seattle Seahawks went into the visitors' locker room at the Georgia Dome In Atlanta down 20-0, and nobody to blame but themselves. A defense that has been stout all season allowed 268 yards on 34 plays, and the Falcons converted four of their seven … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com An ugly half ended in ugly fashion for the Seahawks. The Seahawks drove the ball inside the Falcons’ 10-yard line as time ran down in the second quarter, but a false start and a sack by Jonathan Babineaux pushed them back with no timeouts left to stop t… |
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Maggie Hendricks, yahoo.com Throughout the NFC divisional playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons, Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman pulled out the best of his smack talk. After disrupting a sure touchdown early in the game, Sherman signaled that the Fal… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Just before Atlanta burned Richard Sherman for a 46-yard touchdown pass and a 20-0 lead, Thom Brenaman of FOX said that Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley indicated on Saturday that he’ll interview for two head-coaching jobs other than the Eagle… |
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The Seattle Seahawks bear full responsibility for their 20-0 halftime deficit against the Atlanta Falcons. They've surrendered seven points off a Marshawn Lynch fumble. They've gotten zero points from two red zone possessions. One of those drives ended … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com A slow start for the Seahawks in their Wild Card game against the Redskins meant they had to come back from a 14-0 deficit to move onto Sunday’s date with the Falcons. They’re digging themselves another hole. They trail the Falcons 10-0 near the end o… |
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Sean Newell, deadspin.com Seattle at Atlanta 1:00 p.m. (FOX): Well, it's put up or shut up for the "Falcons stink in the playoffs" narrative. It really could not have shaken out any worse for them, though, as the white-hot Seattle Seahawks come into town. While Atlanta… |
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Falcons 10, Seahawks 0Jan 13
Can the top-seeded Falcons avoid their fifth straight playoff loss? They'll have to cool off Russell Wilson and the streaking visiting Seahawks. Follow the divisional round matchup here. |
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Roddy White: ‘If Russell Wilson is better than Matt Ryan, I don’t know nothing about football’Jan 13
Doug Farrar, yahoo.com There's no question that the marquee matchup in the divisional round game between the Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks is the Falcons' outstanding receivers versus Seattle's big, physical cornerbacks. Roddy White and Julio Jones are a nightmare for … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Falcons listed defensive end John Abraham as questionable for their Divisional Round game with the Seahawks and the answer wound up being a positive one. Abraham is in the lineup and expected to start for the Falcons after spraining his ankle in the… |
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Here are the inactives for today's matchup: Seahawks: CB Byron Maxwell, LB Allen Bradford, CB DeShawn Shead, G Rishaw Johnson, OL Mike Person, DT Jaye Howard, WR Deon Butler Falcons: QB Dominique Davis, WR Tim Toone, CB Chris Owens, G Phillipkeith Manle… |
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Join our ESPN.com NFL experts for the NFC throw down between the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons. Contribute your thoughts and questions beginning at 1 p.m. ET. See you there. Countdown Live: Seahawks-Falcons |
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Seattle has been conditioned to prepare for disappointment in these games but this pinch-yourself Seahawks run is different. |
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If the Seahawks win at Atlanta on Sunday, they'll face the 49ers at San Francisco in the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 20. Season series The 49ers... |
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