Monthly Archives: January 2011
Until we meet again
Today marks departure day for the Seahawks, as the season abruptly ended and the offseason began with Sunday’s 35-24 loss in Chicago. Players are going through exit physicals all morning before the final team meeting at noon. The club will then scatter, as players will fly home and take a break while coaches will vacation [...]
Hopeful future
Optimism for the future was all the rage in the Seahawks’ locker room on Sunday afternoon. Read all about it in the latest feature from Seahawks.com. “These guys hung together extremely well and stayed together and kept believing,” Carroll said. “That’s what was so powerful, and it even showed up again in this football game. [...]
Game at a glance
CHICAGO – A recap of the Seahawks’ 35-24 loss to the Bears in their divisional playoff game at Soldier Field on Sunday: PLAYER OF THE GAME Jay Cutler. Since 2003, only five quarterbacks had won their first playoff game – against 19 losses. Cutler made it six, by passing for two touchdowns and also running [...]
Fourth quarter
Peephole perspective: The Seahawks finally scored a couple of touchdowns, on two Matt Hasselbeck passes to Mike Williams and one to Brandon Stokley. But it was a textbook case of way too little, way too late. Bears 35-24. Player of the quarter: David Hawthorne. The Seahawks were out of this one before the quarter ever [...]
Third quarter
Peephole perspective: The Seahawks finally scored, on an Olindo Mare field goal. But the Bears scored again, on Jay Cutler second TD run. Chicago 28-3. Player of the quarter: Cutler. In his first postseason game, the Bears did all he could to make sure there would be a second. He not only scored his second [...]
Second quarter
Peephole perspective: The snow finally stopped but not what seemed like an avalanche of big third-down plays by the Bears, who scored again to take a 21-0 lead. Player of the quarter: Jay Cutler. The Bears’ QB scored on a 6-yard run – on a third-and-5 play – and also passed for 22 and 13 [...]
First quarter
Peephole perspective: A pair of Bears’ touchdowns and snow. Chicago 14-0. Player of the quarter: Greg Olsen. The Bears tight end ran past Seahawks SS Lawyer Milloy to score the first touchdown and then had a 33-yard reception to set up the Bears’ second TD. Play of the quarter: The first long pass to Olsen [...]
Carlson: Head injury
Seahawks TE John Carlson was taken from the field after Bears SS Danieal Manning hit Carlson while he was in the air and Carlson landed on his facemask and had his head snapped back. The official word is that Carlson has a head injury and taking him off on the board was a precautionary measure. Carlson had feeling in his [...]
No surprises among Bears’ inactives
CHICAGO – The following players are inactive for the Bears: S Craig Steltz CB Joshua Moore CB Kahlil Bell OG Herman Johnson OL Edwin Williams TE Desmond Clark DT Marcus Harrison 3rd QB: Caleb Hanie
Tatupu active
CHICAGO – Not that it’s a surprise, but middle linebacker Lofa Tatupu is active and will play against the Bears today. Tatupu had yet to be cleared to return on Friday, but he and the team expected him to play all along despite getting a concussion in last week’s game against the Saints. Inactive for [...]
