Atlanta Falcons vs. Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks played the Atlanta Falcons in the divisional play-offs and it was a blow out until the final quarter. Then the Seahawks made a run at it. They came out above by 1 with 0:31 seconds left in the fourth. When after 2 pass plays the Falcons came within range of a field goal. So the Falcons called Matt Bryant out for a field goal attempt from 49 yards and he missed it, but the Seahawks called a time-out trying to ice Bryant. The next time Matt wouldn't miss he put it through the uprights with only 0:13 seconds. That would be it for this amazing Seattle season.

I believe the game would have turned out differently if Marshawn Lynch had ran for more yards than 46 yards. There was one Seahawk who gave completely everything he had, Russel Wilson. He had 385 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. He also had 60 rushing yards and a touchdown on the ground. Tight end Zach Miller had a game nothing short of outstanding. He had 8 catches for 142 yards and a touchdown. Also if the Seahawks defense played better than they did that would have helped. Because they didn't have a single sack all game. Plus Atlanta's Micheal Turner had 98 rushing yards and an average of 7 yards.



The final score would end up with Micheal Turner and the Falcons on top 30-28. Better luck next year Seahawks and as for the # 1 Falcons they will face the 49ers on January 20 at 3:00 PM EST.

Atlanta vs. Seattle: Preview

On Sunday night the #1 Atlanta Falcons play their first play-off game this year against #6 Seattle Seahawks. The Falcons have had a bad past in the play-offs with a record of 0-3 with Matt Ryan as their quarterback.

Overall the Falcons are the 51% favorite to win this game. This number came out of 10,000 simulations. The reason I would not pick the Falcons to win this game is that the Seattle Seahawks have a wild cat offense. Giving them the choice to hand it off to running back Marshawn Lynch, pass to Golden Tate or Sidney Rice, or run with quarterback Russel Wilson. Also this Seattle defense has put up very good numbers lead by corner back, Richard Sherman, who has 8 interceptions. Defensive end Chris Clemons also does his fair share with 11.5 sacks.


The other team will be the Falcons who had a 13-3 regular season. This team is lead purely by their offense, which consists of quarterback Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, Roddy White, and last but, not least Tony Gonzalez. White and Jones have a total of 2,549 yards receiving, and they have a total of 17 touchdowns. Tony Gonzalez also has 93 receptions and 930 yards for 8 touchdowns. Also Matt Ryan ties Peyton Manning with 68.6 completion percentage. Ryan threw for his best season yet, with 4,719 and 32 touchdowns.


 By David B.

Play-off Recap

8 teams faced off over the weekend, but only 4 will made it out. Those teams are the Texans, Packers, Seahawks, and Ravens.

Texans- The Texans win over the Bengals was a hard fought battle to the end. The game was in the Texans favor until the end. When the Bengals made a run at it, but the Bengals never did grab the lead from the Texans. So it would end in a score of 19-13 Texans on top. Next week the Texans will play the Patriots. 

Packers- The Green Bay Packers played the Minnesota Vikings. The Packers had the lead through the whole game. Except for a tie in the early first quarter. One problem that might have lead to a loss for the Packers is that they had to punt 7 times and Minnesota only punted 5 times. They made up for that by getting 3 touchdowns. The final score would turn out to be 24-10 Green Bay on top. They're going to play the 49ers next week. 

Seahawks- Seattle played an unlikely foe, the Redskins. The Redskins were unexpected to make the play-offs, but it happened and it looked like they would upset this Seattle team. The Redskins took a 14-13 lead into the locker room in the second half, but when RG3 came out after hurting his knee in the second half. The 'Skins fell apart and ended up falling short of the Seahawks 24-14. So the Seahawks will get a shot against the Falcons next week.

Ravens- Baltimore would take the lead and keep it in the second half after the first half ended in a 3-3 score. Then it was all Baltimore and the Colts couldn't stop them. It ended with the Ravens leading 24-9. The Ravens will move on to play the Broncos.

By David B.