Seahawks hold off Bills to maintain Monday night dominance

The tight end made a similar play just before halftime, hauling in an 18-yard toss from Wilson going up the seam to make it a 28-17 game at the break. And neither catch included Graham hurdling a defensive back in the open field like he did.

Kaela Carpenter started a mini Twitter feud with Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman after she suggested he should be castrated for hitting her husband, Buffalo Bills kicker Dan Carpenter, during Monday Night Football at CenturyLink Field. The Russell Wilson we all have enjoyed watching over the years finally looked like himself yesterday. Team owner Arthur Blank has been pleased with the relationship between Dimitroff and coach Dan Quinn.

3 – McCoy, offense back on trackHe missed the bulk of the last two games with a hamstring strain, but LeSean McCoy looked like his old self on Monday night.

Down 31-25 with just over a minute to play, Tyrod Taylor had Buffalo in second and goal at the Seahawks’ seven yard line.

Buffalo would not have needed a touchdown if not for mistakes by the officiating crew at the end of the first half that cost the Bills a chance at a shorter field goal. Had they made the field goal at the end of the first half, the Bills conceivably could have attempted to tie the game with a 32-yard attempt at the end of the game.

NFL VP of officiating Dean Blandino said Sherman deserved a flag for unnecessary roughness.

Our own Steven Ruiz broke it down well last night – on multiple occasions, the officials got calls wrong that directly impacted the Bills’ ability to win the game.

Anderson explained his rationale after the game: The clock never started, since the play was blown dead once Sherman charged into the backfield. And because we had to go out and attend to him and it wasn’t called roughing the kicker, we had to spike the ball so we can come back in and kick.

Buffalo has now given up a play of 50 or more yards in four consecutive games.

Only 1:11 ticked off the clock before the Seahawks responded, tying the score with a 3-yard scamper by Wilson. It led to a time of possession advantage of 40:17 to just 19:43 of possession for Seattle. Buffalo finished the third quarter working on a great drive. His only mistake — an interception by Sherman in the end zone — appeared to be a miscommunication with the wide receiver. Taylor’s desperation fourth-down throw to Robert Woods fell incomplete. He kept plays alive.

“(Anderson) in looking at it was coming in to kill to play and didn’t think the contact was enough. “He was lights out”. Bills RB LeSean McCoy began the night averaging 110.7 scrimmage yards per game since the start of 2010, the most in the National Football League, and gained 60 yards in the first half. Attempting a 49-yard kick, the Bills field goal unit had to wait a long time while the officials got a kicking ball onto the field. Because Buffalo was out of timeouts, that was considered an injury timeout, which requires the player in question to leave the field for at least one snap. The Bills snapped the ball and Carpenter kicked a beauty right down the middle, but the refs flagged them for delay of game. After a delay and a controversial delay of game penalty, Carpenter missed a 54-yard attempt as time expired in the half.

“He should avoid the contact if he hears the whistle”, Carroll said.

(Why did you put Jerry Hughes on the punt team.) “It was Danny Crossman”. Sherman came off the edge so early that he arrived at the ball before it was even kicked.