16. 2011 BALTIMORE RAVENS at 1. 2013 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
1. 2013 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
Record: 13-3
Pythag: 13-3
Off: 8th
Def: 1st
1st NFC West
d. Saints Div Rnd 23-15
d. Niners NFC Title 23-17
d. Broncos Super Bowl 43-8
HC Pete Carroll OC Darrell Bevell DC Dan Quinn
Century Link Field: 50 degrees
Steve Raible/Warren Moon
Offense
QB Russell Wilson 25 NC St
RB Marshawn Lynch 27 Cal
WR Golden Tate 25 N Dame
WR Doug Baldwin 25 Stanford
WR Jermaine Kearse 23 Wash
TE Luke Willson 23-R Rice
LT Paul McQuistan 30 Weber
LG James Carpenter 24 Alabama
C Max Unger 27 Ore
RG JR Sweezy 24 NC St
RT Breno Giacomini 28 Louisville
Defense
LDE Red Bryant 29 A&M
LDT Tony McDaniel 28 Tenn
RDT Brandon Mebane 28 Cal
RDE Chris Clemons 32 UGA
LLB Bruce Irvin 26 WVA
MLB Bobby Wagner 23 Utah St
RLB KJ Wright 24 Miss St
LCB Richard Sherman All Pro 25 Stanford
RCB Brandon Browner 29 Ore St
SS Kam Chancellor 25 Va Tech
FS Earl Thomas 24 All Pro Texas
K Stephen Hauschka 28 NC St
P Jon Ryan 32 Regina
KR Robert Turbin 24 Utah St
PR Golden Tate 25 N Dame
4 Seahawks squads have advanced; here's the best team in franchise history, the 12th overall seed in the field, the '13 Super Bowl Champs. Top defense in the league. 25 year old Richard Sherman, 24 year old Earl Thomas are both All Pro, combined for 13 picks. On offense, Russell Wilson is 25, 27 scores and 9 picks. 27 year old Marshawn Lynch had over 1500 yards from scrimmage, 14 scores.
16. 2011 BALTIMORE RAVENS
Record: 12-4
Pythag: 11-5
Off: 12th
Def: 3rd
1st AFC North
d. Texans Div Rnd 20-13
lost Patriots AFC Title 23-20
d. '01 Packers 9-3
HC Jim Harbaugh OC Cam Cameron DC Chuck Pagano
M&T Bank Stadium: 55 degrees
Gerry Sandusky/Stan White/Qadry Ismail
Offense
QB Joe Flacco 26 Delaware
RB Ray Rice 24 Rutgers
FB Vonta Leach 30 All Pro E Carolina
WR Anquan Boldin 31 Fl St
WR Torrey Smith 22 R Mary
TE Ed Dickson 24 Ore
LT Bryant McKinnie 32 Miami
LG Ben Grubbs 27 Auburn
C Mike Birk 35 Harvard
RG Marshal Yanda 27 Iowa
RT Michael Oher 25 Ole Miss
Defense
LDE Haloti Ngata 27 All Pro Ore
NT Terrence Cody 23 Alabama
RDE Cody Redding 31 Tex
LOLB Terrell Suggs 29 All Pro Ariz St
LILB Jameel McClain 26 Syracuse
MLB Ray Lewis 36 Miami
ROLB Jarret Johnson 30 Alabama
LCB Ladarius Webb 26 Nicholls
RCB Cary Williams 27 Washburn
SS Bernard Pollard 27 Purdue
FS Ed Reed 33 Miami
K Billy Cundiff 31 Drake
P Sam Koch Nebraska
KR David Reed 24 Utah
PR Ladarius Webb 26 Nicholls
One Ravens team has advanced - this team will need to pull the first 16/1 upset in the tounament to become the second They're here with the 3rd ranked defense that held the '01 Pack to a FG in the Plat In. The All Pros were Haloti Ngata (27) and Terrell Suggs (29); Suggs had 14 sacks. At 36 and 33, Ray Lewis and Ed Reed are aging, but still both Pro Bowlers. Reed was Player of the Game in the Play in Round. On Offense, Joe Flacco is 26, 21 scores and 12 picks, 30 year old Vonta Leach is an All Pro - 24 year old Ray Rice had over 2000 yard from scrimmage, 15 TDs.
11 top seeds have played, 11 top seeds have won - can the Seahawks make it 12/12? Lets go to Seattle for the kick?
1st Qtr
Seahawks open at the 22.
3 and out. Ravens at the 40.
1/10 - Ricky Williams gets the first Baltimore carry, 2 yards.
2/8 - Williams for 4.
3/4 - Joe Flacco to Torrey Smith, 7 yards and the Ravens are across midfield.
1/10 - Flacco to Ray Rice, breaks a tackle and he's got 9.
2/1 - Williams picks it up. Baltimore at the Seattle 37.
The drive ends -- long FG attempt for Cundiff .....misses....and the Seahawks take over near midfield.
1/10 - Russell Wilson's first completion is 10 yards to Golden Tate, Seahawks at Baltimore's 43.
1/10 - Wilson again - out of the backfield to Derrick Coleman - Coleman turns it into an 18 yard gain and the Seahawks are at the 25.
That's it - a Terrell Suggs sack ends the drive -- Hauschka - hits - the 43 yard FG and Seattle goes up 3-0.
Ravens at the 28.
They get one first down - Flacco 9 yards to Ricky Williams the big play - but the drive stalls - Seattle takes over at their own 25, 1 minute left in the qtr.
1/10 - Marshawn Lynch gets 1.
2/9 - Wilson finds Tate - 19 yards out to the 45 as the qtr ends.
2nd Qtr: Seahawks 3 Ravens 0
Looked like a rock fight on paper, so far so good. Seattle at their own 45, first down.
1/10 - Wilson to Zach Miller, 5 yards.
2/5 - Lynch goes for a dozen, Seattle at the Raven 38.
1/10 - Wilson gets plowed over by Ray Lewis -- it's a Fumble -- a Fumble -- and Baltimore takes over at their own 42 yard line! Ravens force a turnover and have good field position.
3 and out. Seattle quickly gets the ball back at their own 32.
3 and out. Ravens to start at the 30.
3 and out. Baltimore not able to get much going today. Seahawks to start at the 42.
3 and out - Haloti Ngata with the 3rd Ravens sack of the day ends the drive - with 6 minutes left in the half, the Ravens are at their own 33.
1/10 - Give to Williams, 4 yards.
2/6 - Flacco to Lee Evans, 3 yards.
3/3 - Flacco looking for Anquan Boldin -- Picked Off by Richard Sherman! Sherman steps in front of Boldin -- and Sherman runs down the sideline -- Sherman knocked out of bounds at the Ravens 8 yard line! Big play by Sherman - he takes a pick back to the 8 and it's a first and goal for Seattle.
1/goal - Wilson - out of the backfield to Lynch -- Lynch breaks a tackle -- Marshawn Lynch is going to Fight - His Way -- Into the End Zone....TOUCHDOWN SEAHAWKS - Marshawn Lynch with the 8 yard TD reception and with 4 minutes left in the half it is 10-0.
Ravens at the 26.
One first down for Baltimore - Flacco to Evans, 14 yards - but the drive stalls around midfield, great punt by Koch -- it rolls dead at the 3 yard line, Seattle starting there at the 2 minute warning.
1/10 - Wilson is Leveled By Terrell Suggs on the blind side -- Wilson is Sacked in the End Zone -- that's a Safety -- Seahawks lucky Wilson was able to hold onto the ball this time -- that's the 4th Ravens sack and Baltimore is on the board.
Baltimore gets the ball after the free kick - and they get a great runback - LaDarius Webb taking the ball back to the Seahawk 35 yard line, with a little more than a minute and a half left in the half, Baltimore is in business.
But again -- the drive gets nothing at all --- Cundiff hits the FG - and it's 10-5 Seattle.
Seattle gets the ball at their own 33 with a minute left - they'll take the rest of the half, get one first down, 10 yard Lynch reception - but we head to the locker room.
3rd Qtr: Seahawks 10 Ravens 5
Baltimore hasnt shown anything offensively against this top Seahawk defense; but the Ravens have a pretty good defense themselves and it keeps them alive so far.
Ravens will start at their own 31.
Another 3 and out, Michael Bennett with the sack to end the drive. Seattle starts at the 27.
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Wilson is sacked for the 5th time - Ed Reed getting him with the safety blitz.
3/16 - Draw to Lynch -- Marshawn busts one -- Marshawn Lynch blasts his way 54 yards all the way down to the Baltimore 25 yard line! Huge, huge gain for Lynch -- 54 yard run to the Baltimore 25!
The drive ends here - and when Suggs hits Wilson viciously to force the incompletion on third down - Wilson needs to be helped from the field.
Hauschka 40 yard FG makes it 13-5 Seattle.
Baltimore to start at the 25.
1/10 - Rice for 1
2/9 - Williams for 6
3/3 - Flaco finds Rice - 11 yard gain, Baltimore at their own 43.
1/10 - Flacco to Ricky Williams, he's got 11 yards and the Ravens cross midfield.
1/10 - Flacco to Boldin, 3 yards.
2/7 - Vonta Leach gets a carry, 2 yards.
3/5 - Flacco picks it up, 8 yards to Boldin -- the Ravens reach the Seahawk 33 yard line.
But....the drive ends....Cundiff hits the 48 yard FG and it is 13-8 Seattle, little over 3 minutes left in the third.
Seattle at the 25. Wilson remains on the sideline -- Tarvaris Jackson in.
The Seahawks pick up 2 first down - Lynch 14 yard run and then Jackson, throwing the ball - finds Golden Tate for a dozen yards.
But the drive ends at the Seattle 49, time expires as Seattle lines up for the punt.
4th Qtr: Seahawks 13 Ravens 8
Inflection point here - Wilson knocked out of the game - Seattle about to give the ball back to Baltimore, Ravens only trailing by 5 -- the 16th seeds in the region, possible upset potential here against the 12th overall seeds in the tournament.
Baltimore will start the drive at their 17.
3 and out - Seattle defense has stepped up all day long. Seattle at their own 40, Jackson still in for Wilson.
3 and out. Ravens at the 20, 12 minutes left, Seahawks up by 5.
1/10 - 2 yards for Rice, a false start backs Baltimore up 5.
2/13 - Ricky Williams gets 6.
3/7 - Big gainer for Williams - he is all the way out to midfield, 27 yard gain, with 11 minutes left, the Ravens are now at midfield.
1/10 - Leach gets 4
2/6 - Cliff Avril sack - Seattle's second sack of the day.
3/10 - Flacco again in trouble - thowing over the -- Intercepted by Earl Thomas -- Thomas picks off Flacco and He's got Blockers-- Thomas is Gonna Go all the way down to the Ravens 14 yard line! Seattle with their 2nd huge INT of the day - Thomas picks off Flacco and takes it to the Baltimore 14.
Jackson still on for the injured Wilson.
1/10 - Give to Lynch -- Lynch - Lynch busts through the Ravens line, Lynch with the stiff arm -- Marshawn Lynch rolls into the endzone -- TOUCHDOWN SEAHAWKS - that might be the dagger - Seattle goes up 20-8, halfway through the 4th quarter.
Ravens at the 35.
1/10 Rice stacked up.
2/10 - Williams gets a yard
3/9 - Flacco - Boldin - 25 yards, Ravens at the Seattle 36.
1/10 - Michael Bennett's second sack.
2/16 - Incomplete
3/16 - Flacco - to Torrey Smith in space, Smith has a step - Smith is all the way to the Seattle 17 yard line, there's 5 minutes left in a 2 score game.
1/10 - Flacco to Rice in the flat - Rice breaks a tackle, he's out of bounds at the 9.
2/2 - Rice picks it up. Ravens use their first timeout, first and goal.
1/goal - Ricky Williams -- he rumbles -- Into the End Zone -- TOUCHDOWN RAVENS - Baltimore slices the deficit to 20-15; still 4 and a half minutes left, Ravens decide to kick it deep, Seattle ball at their own 19. Wilson remains on the sideline, Jackson comes back out, Seattle needs a couple of first downs here.
3 and out. Seattle loses 3 yards on the drive - huge defensive effort here - at the 2 minute warning, the Baltimore Ravens take over at their own 46. They still have 2 timeouts.
That's where we are. No top seed has lost - Seattle clings to a 5 point lead - 2 minutes to go, Baltimore takes over at their own 46, 2 timeouts left, it should be plenty of time - can Joe Flacco lead the Ravens down the field and pull the first 16/1 upset of the tournament?
1/10 - Flacco to Ray Rice -- 8 yards, Rice out of bounds at the Seattle 46.
2/2 - Give to Williams, picks it up. Clock running.
1/10 -- Flacco -- Boldin -- got him -- 18 yard gain! Anquan Boldin is down at the 26 yard line! Ravens use their second timeout at 1:22 to to - Baltimore first down at the Seattle 26 yard line!!!
1/10 - Incomplete
2/10 - Flacco is dropped by Bobby Wagner running through on a blitz - Ravens have to use their final timeout - 59 seconds left in the game.
3/17 - Seattle brings another blitz -- Flacco -- To The End Zone ----
Incomplete
4th down and 17 at the Seattle 35. Ravens out of timeouts now, 47 seconds left. They need a TD.
4/17 -- Flacco -- Flacco Going to the End Zone --- Boldin --- Boldin ---- Picked Off by Richard Sherman! Sherman intercepts Flacco in the back of the end zone --- it's a touchback -- Jackson knee down and it is done.
Final: Seahawks 20 Ravens 15
Seattle loses their QB, Wilson was sacked 5 times, fumbled, gave up a safety and was knocked out of the game - but they intercept Flacco 3 times and get 4 sacks of their own and hang on.
Wilson: 11 for 18, 106 yds, 1 TD
Flacco: 17 for 28, 169 yds, 3 INT
Lynch: 15 carries, 103 yds, TD, 2 catches, 32 yds TD
Williams: 16 carries, 60 yds, TD
Tate: 4 catches, 50 yds
Boldin: 5 catches, 52 yds
Suggs: 2 sacks, safety
Bennett: 2 sacks
Sherman: 2 INT
Player of the Game: Richard Sherman
