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 First Quarter Chris Warren's return has the Seahawks opening the game at their own 41. Seahawks Drive #1 John L. picks up four quick yards and then Krieg completes a pass to a covered Ron Heller that brings Seattle into enemy territory. Krieg then scrambles for eleven yards and another first down. Now, I know that you are all speculating when the first Stouffer reference is coming so let's just get it out of the way: He's got his helmet on on the sidelines and like a subpar frozen pepperoni pie, he's fucking ready. Fenner rattles off fifteen on the next second down and the Seahawks are at the 20 and looking impressive. Of course as soon as I say that, the Rams knuckle down with a batted pass and a jailbreak swarm on Fenner, leaving the Seahawks with a daunting 3rd and 14. Krieg gets just under seventeen minutes to scan the field in the pocket and hits Tommy Kane, who streaks into the end zone for a touchdown. I'll let you make your own murderer jokes, but my personal suggestion would be that he got caught red-handed putting points on the board. 7-0, Seattle Rams Drive #1
After Cleveland picks up ten on the next play, Curt carries it the last five for a touchdown. The Rams ran five plays on this drive, all of which resulted in a first down or a touchdown. Nice defense, Seahawks. Where's the Boz when you need him? 7-7 End of 1st Quarter: Los Angeles-7, Seattle-7 Second Quarter Seahawks Drive #2
14-7, Seattle Rams Drive #2 Curt gets the call on three straight plays and delights the Rams' fans by chewing up forty yards and bringing LA down to the Seattle 16. On third and ten, Chris shows Seattle that they're not the only team with a lousy white tight end, allowing Pete Holohan to celebrate a very rare touchdown catch. 14-14 Seahawks Drive #3 With a 1:19 remaining and starting position inside their own twenty, the Seahawks go with the quick-strike option of three consecutive Fenner dives. Fenner picks up a first down, but takes so long in doing so that he not only ended the first half, but started draining time from the third quarter as well. End of 2nd Quarter: Los Angeles-14, Seattle-14 Halftime I'd just like to use this space to mention that while the LA defense has certainly been an admirable sieve itself, Seattle hasn't done anything that could possibly be mistaked for defending thus far. Unless the Seahawks can keep riding the dagger of Tommy Kane to the end zone, Chris and the Rams are going to rape the Seahawks' playoff hopes here in the second half. 3rd Quarter Rams Drive #3 Norm Johnson helps the Seattle cause with his twelve yard kickoff and the Rams are starting at the Seahawks' 45. Chris and Cleveland connect (<--alliteration) right away and the Rams are already at the twenty-two of their opponent. But the Rams then throw three straight incompletions and are set to try the game's first field goal. This was not because of any great Seattle defense. It was because Chris didn't understand that his receivers aren't able to catch passes that he rockets out the back of the end zone. Lansford then shanks his kick by a ridiculous distance and the Seahawks somehow managed to not give up points on a possession. Seahawks Drive #4
After two straight Krieg incompletions, the Fenner up top play gets the Seahawks negative one yards and they are looking to Norm Johnson to break the tie. While his attempt is not Landsfordly ugly, it does bounce off the upright and therefore does not net the Starbuckston football team any points. Rams Drive #4 Cleveland is obviously in excellent as he speeds across the fifty. But on second down, Chris fires up the first turnover of the game and Eugene Robinson brings it back twenty-five yards to set his team up with excellent starting position on the Rams' side of the field. End of 3rd Quarter: Los Angeles-14, Seattle-14 4th Quarter Seahawks Drive #5 Fenner continues his usual "six yards and a cloud of pixels" routine as the Seahawks move the chains. Seattle keeps feeding the ball to Fenner but after twenty yards and four carries, the Rams finally swarm him under on the fifth consecutive try. On 3rd and 10, Dave Krieg suckers the Ram defense and this webmaster by faking like he's going to scramble, only to deftly pull up and uncork a tremendous pass to John L. Williams in the end zone. Williams makes an amazing diving catch and the Tecmo Seahawks for the first time are the recipients of a superfluous amount of football-related superlatives. 21-14, Seattle
3:20 left and starting from their own 23, Chris and Cleveland dink and dunk together and stretch a small pass all the way to the LA 48. The Rams wisely use their first timeout with 2:54 remaining to set up Everett's second interception. Seahawks Drive #6 Rather than run the clock out, the Seahawks go straight to the gun and try their best to throw an interception. Unable to be obliged, they settle for a twenty-three yard Fenner gain on second down. Four plays later, Fenner walks in on the dive and in a surprise move, becomes the first Seahawk other than Tommy Kane to kill something, this time victimizing the Rams' playoff hopes. 28-14, Seattle Rams Drive #6 Just to remind everyone how bad the Seahawks defense still is, Chris hits Flipper for a sixty-yard TD on the final play of their season. 28-21, Seattle Closing Thought In a very interesting twist, neither team punt kicked in this game. Seattle really didn't deserve to win with such an awful defensive unit, but turnovers will kill any team, especially one featuring the lovable but overmatched Frank Stams. I'm giving Fenner the player of the game nod, because seventeen carries without an injury or complaint is an admirable effort.   |
