Paul Richardson makes submission for Catch of Year

The Lions cut the score to 10-6 on a Matt Prater field goal in the third quarter, giving Lions fans hope that the game could remain close until the end.

Forget about Rawls’ rushing total for a second, and we’ll get to that franchise record-setting number. Few can, which is why a looming sense of despair hangs over the game even though if playoff form holds the home team should win handily. Many a quarterback has his bust in the hall of fame because they were able to take advantage of the play-action pass. Against an impressive Seahawks front four, getting those two back would be absolutely huge. “I don’t know that Kam and “Sherm” and those guys can sense it the same way”. In his junior year he had 83 catches, 1,343 yards and 10 touchdowns and was named to the First Team All-Pac-12. We’re so fortunate to have it.

The receptions seemingly were all ridiculous for the Seahawks on Saturday night. This is their first playoff meeting. It needs to be normal if you’re going to do it consistently.

And then, when you’re done there, you can get on with making your picks for the Wild Card round. “The part I love about the job is trying to help everybody understand how they can max their opportunities out and this is part of it”. But Seattle is the team to be trusted in this spot, not Detroit. Three-time All-Pro Richard Sherman has attracted more attention for his words and actions off the field.

Seattle eventually pulled away regardless (taking a 26-6 lead with less than three minutes to play), but that also wasn’t the only instance of the refs appearing to job Detroit during the game.

Seattle has shown flashes of being the run-first team of previous seasons, but failed to top 100 yards as a team in the final three games of the regular season. On a fourth-and-goal play midway through the second quarter, Wilson tossed a high pass in the direction of Richardson, who had Detroit safety Tavon Wilson in his face.

The postseason will go a long way toward determining just how on track the offensive line really is. “Nobody would say they got their football right by the time playoffs had come, but they clawed and scratched and found a way”. Additionally, a jilted Seahawks defense will need to deal with the ongoing absence of Earl Thomas, who went down in the team’s Week 13 win over Carolina. We’ve trained them all year so it’s nothing new to us. (That’s a span of 51 games.) Things might be different had Ameer Abdullah and Theo Riddick stayed healthy this season, but no one’s feeling sorry for the Lions in a next-man-up league. Can you truly endure that much pain? Collins ran for 55 yards on seven carries against the 49ers and has 106 yards on his last 21 carries. Those were all with Cleveland – which is exactly opposite of Seattle in recent playoff pedigree. The play was blown up by Wagner and K.J. Wright for a 2-yard loss. Rawls galloped more than he ran behind a plowing block by Ifedi.

Elsewhere, the Houston Texans are listed as four-point favorites against the Oakland Raiders in Saturday’s AFC wild card matchup.

“I think it’s going to heal for rest”, Stafford said.

“It’s exciting. But it’s normal here”.

The question now is if the young, emerging line will be good enough to allow the Seahawks to get done what they want in the postseason.