Season Ends in Seattle

Washington fell to the Seahawks, 35-14. Yeah, yeah, they lost by 21 points. But the game was much more competitive than the score implied. In fact, after a Seattle special-teams mistake gave Washington a fortunate fourth-quarter possession deep in Seattle territory, I was starting to believe that something otherworldly was affecting the outcome myself. But there’s only so much poltergeists can do.

For most of the first half, it looked as if Seattle’s defense was going to keep the Redskins offense completely bottled up. Patrick Kerney led the way for Seattle, a seething pillar of menace that single-handedly short-circuited our schemes, providing plenty of opportunities for his teammates to get into the act. A Leonard Weaver run for touchdown and a second quarter field goal allowed Seattle to take a 10-0 lead into the locker room, with Washington looking for some sort of answer to get the team moving again.

Washington responded in the second half by giving quarterback Todd Collins some adjustments - shorter drops and quicker reads - to help him get rid of the ball in the face of Seattle’s onrush. But Seattle gave Washington an assist themselves by going conservative on defense and easing up on the pressure - the wages of playing teams like Arizona and St. Louis, I suppose.

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