Regular Season Week 1
Green Bay Packers (0-0) at
Seattle Seahawks (0-0)
It was a cool night at CenturyLink field in Seattle, Washington. The 12s were out and they sure we're loud. Green Bay won the toss and elected to receive. Aaron Rodgers led the Packers down the field on the opening drive for a 35 yard field goal. Seattle would come back with a field goal of their own near the end of the first quarter, tying the game at three apiece. The Packers got the ball back. On a second and 10, Jordy Nelson caught the ball on a curl route, turned, and ran face first into Richard Sherman, who poked the ball free to be recovered by Bobby Wagner. On the very first play, Marshawn Lynch took the handoff on a run up the middle, cut outside, and ran around the safety HaHa Clinton-Dix for a 43 yard score. The packers would go three and out and punted to a waiting Percy Harvin, who got the ok from coach Pete Carroll to return punts over teammate, Earl Thomas. Harvin caught the punt, juked a diving defender, and ran upfield, hurdling over the punter Tim Masthay's attempted tackle and in for a
69 yard touchdown. On the ensuing drive, Rodgers would lead the packers down to the Seattle 5 yard line before throwing a goal line interception to Richard Sherman on an attempted fade route to Jordy Nelson. This was the story all night, with coach Mike McCarthy not afraid to throw at. Sherman. Most of the night Jordy got it done, totaling 7 receptions for 96 yards. But on a few occasions Sherman made him pay, like on the fumble and the goal line interception.
Halftime
Green Bay Packers: 3
Seattle Seahawks: 17
Russell Wilson led the seahawks into the red zone on the opening drive of the second half. On a second and 8 pass he threw the ball over the outstretched hands of Jermaine Kearse who was running a post route and into the hands of safety Clinton-Dix. Rodgers and the pack went three and out, and this time Masthay was careful to punt the ball out of bounds and out of the hands of Harvin. Wilson would again lead the seahawks into the red zone only to throw another pick on an attempted curl route to CB Morgan Burnett. Green Bay drove down the field to start the fourth quarter. On a third and 16 play, the seahawks read the screen perfectly, and a hesistant Rodgers was all but sacked by the Seattle lineman when he emerged from a pile of big men still upright. He lobbed the ball to Starks
who was still in the flat waiting for the screen pass and ran down to the Seattle 1 before Kam Chancellor made a touchdown saint tackle. A few plays later on third and 1 Starks would stuff the ball in for a touchdown. Wilson led the hawks down the field. On a third and 10 at midfield, he threw a pass to TE Zach Miller on a wheel route, double covered, the ball tipped off of Miller's hands and into the diving grasp of Jermaine Kearse, making a spectacular play and keeping the drive alive. Wilson would later connect with Harvin on a slant for a 12 yard touchdown. Rodgers took the packers back into the red zone. After being sacked on third down, and losing by 14, McCarthy gave the ok to the offense on 4th and 14. Rodgers threw up a duck to Jarrett Boykin who was covered by both Byron Maxwell and Earl Thomas on a wheel route, yet Boykin managed to make the grab. After being sacked again, for the ninth time of the night, Rodgers connected with former Seattle fourth round pick out of Kansas State WR Chris Harper, wide open in the corner of the end zone for a 17 yard touchdown. Down by 7 with three timeouts, Crosby kicked an onside kick, but the seahawks ROLb Kevin Pierre Louis recovered and ran for 10 yards, into field goal range. Marshawn Lynch was stopped on first and second, the packers using two timeouts to stop the clock. On third and 8 marshawn ran up the gut, juked the linebacker and trucked over Clinton-Dix when he fell right around the first down marker. The chain gang came out to measure and he was determined to be inches short. Hauschka came out for the 44 yard fg attempt to seal the deal, put it up, and the kick HIT THE BAR. The football bounced off the bar straight up, back off of the bar, and back behind the upright. The kick was GOOD. Seattle was up 10, and Green Bay would have no luck with a drive.
Final Score
Green Bay Packers (0-1): 17
Seattle Seahawks (1-0): 27
Game Stats
QB A. Rodgers: 27-35, 404 yds, 1 td
HB M. Lynch: 14 art, 110 yds, 1 td
WR J. Nelson: 7 rec, 96 yds
WR D. Adams: 6 rec, 108 yds
CB R. Sherman: 8 tak, 1 tfl, 1 int
SS M. Burnett: 5 tak, 1 int
LE M. Bennett: 6 tak, 3 tfl, 3 sack
MLB B. Wagner: 7 tak, 3 tfl, 2 sack
RE C. Avril: 3 tak, 1.5 sack