A game won at the death [url=http://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Phil-Haynes-Jersey]http://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Phil-Haynes-Jersey[/url] , that granted the Seattle Seahawks a new lease on their playoff life, usually has more turning points than a dodecahedric roundabout. Seattle 30, Carolina 27 does not disappoint. I’m particularly interested in three plays that aren’t getting their proper due a day later, and four things the Seahawks didn’t do that they’d usually like to, for, you know, gathering wins.The Kick ItselfWait, isn’t this an obvious turning point in the game, THE turning point, and weren’t we going to go for the less obvious stuff instead? Yes. Objection sustained. Except that I’ve seen scant praise for Sebastian Janikowski, and a ton of assumptions that he would... just make the chip shot.But such an attitude requires ignoring a ton of evidence. A ton of sad, recent evidence. 2016: Steven Hauschka misses in Arizona, leaving the score 6-6 as time expires.2017: A random Blair Walsh miss, among many. So many misses.Walsh missed eight FG in 29 tries as a Seahawk and ended up 30th in kicking accuracy that year. He had a bad season. Half his misses were from inside 40 yards. He missed all the time.Counting any kick before it hatches, even Sunday’s game-winner, would not only ignore history but conveniently also gloss over Janikowski’s own slow start to the season. He only made four out his first seven FG attempts. However! Since a couple fishy Week 4 miscues in Arizona, Seabass has been reliable as you could ever expect any kicker to be. Perfect on extra points, which matters, and only one field goal that came up short against the Chargers — so 11 out of 12 on three-point kicks. Add in the XP makes and he’s split the uprights on 34 of his last 35 attempts. He’s feeling it right now.Even when your kicker is in the zone, there are no gimmes. Janikowski had to make the kick that his predecessors often shanked. He did. And an overtime, one Russell Wilson would have dominated, again, because that’s what he does, became unnecessary. It’s OK to make a bigger deal out of this made FG than people have done thus far.2. The TackleMatty Brown’s going to break down this Tre Flowers gem later in the week on this here site [url=http://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Gary-Jennings-Jr.-Jersey]Gary Jennings Jr. Jersey[/url] , because he’s our buttercup, and he’s smart enough to call it one of the biggest plays of the game.How many times have we seen a short crossing route turn into a big gain against Seattle? It’s a potent route, designed to prey on young corners and make it hard on them to keep up with the play. It would take a special rookie to follow a receiver well enough, on third down, and come up with the tackle that forces a long field goal...Flowers maintains just enough contact with D.J. Moore to trip him up after the catch. Just enough disturbance to deny a first down. Just enough arm length to make it happen. A smaller, slower, or worse-coached first-year player might have allowed the conversion, setting up a shorter field goal for the Panthers, perhaps as time expired, perhaps delivering a fatal wound to the Seahawks season.3. The Other TackleOne name we haven’t called in a while: Nazair Jones, number 92. On an afternoon when the Seahawks allowed 476 total yards, the most they have all year, registered zero sacks, and made only three tackles behind the line of scrimmage, this one was particularly well-timed.We don’t have video yet for a play under the radar like this one; perhaps five still shots will do the trick. Jones is almost instantly in the backfield. He saw the play coming and guessed right, apparently.After beating the helpless lineman, he finds himself between the fullback and the running back, Christian McCaffrey (you’ve heard of him). This is not so convenient for the offensive play design. Naz finishes the play with a vicious tackle that leaves no doubt.He’s at the bottom of that pile, having denied McCaffrey the hardest yards to get. A loss of three sets up a field goal, when a touchdown might again have sunk the Seahawks in the end. Jones, once a bright star of the Seattle defense, hasn’t played much this year. He’s been inactive five times, each time a healthy scratch, and coming in to today had only logged 10 percent of defensive snaps. He got on to the field a lot more vs. Carolina [url=http://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Cody-Barton-Jersey]http://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Cody-Barton-Jersey[/url] , with snap counts pending. It’s a little early to call Jones’ career reborn, this soon, with this little to go on, but it’s very possible that in the wild-card round, we’ll be looking back at this play as a catalyst for his full return to the D-line rotation.What about the stuff the Seahawks didn’t do, though?A) They didn’t contain Cam Newton or McCaffrey, or stop the Panthers between the 20s at all. At all at all.Carolina averaged 8.6 yards per play and rushed for 221 yards. McCaffrey exceeded 100 yards in the air and 100 more on the ground. Only his own fingers, which were clearly doused in butter pre-game, as part of some weird rookie initiation, could stop him. The Panthers had nine drives. They punted once. Their second-shortest possesion gained 45 yards. Three times they went 70 yards or more. Carolina put up seven explosive runs of 10 yards or more, and five explosive passes of 20 yards or more. It was a bloodbath, until Seattle’s red zone defense tightened up. B) They didn’t rush the ball very well.28 carries, 75 yards doesn’t translate to a very good yards per carry: a mere 2.7 on the day. The pass-aided win marked the first time since Week 3 that the Seahawks failed to get 150 yards on the ground.The Chris Carson flip, on which he stuck the landing, was pretty cool. I guess.C) They didn’t get any breaks when the ball hit the turf. There was, clearly, a Carolina-friendly homing device installed within the ball. It’s the only explanation for five fumbles on the ground by Panthers, all finding their way back to Panthers hands. Forget deflating the footballs, someone nefarious in Charlotte has been implanting remote controls inside the equipment to direct loose balls to the home team. Logically, this makes the most sense. They should stop doing that before they get caught.Punts don’t bounce between legs of the receiving team, missing the Panther’s leg by inches, on the same day that five Carolina fumbles bounce the wrong way and a sixth one, by Carson, tries to [url=http://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/D.K.-Metcalf-Jersey]D.K. Metcalf Jersey[/url] , only to be overturned.D) They didn’t record a sack. Usually this spells doom. They didn’t even hit Newton, except on tackles while he was running free in the second level. The pressure was bad, to the point that Newton finished the first half with zero incompletions. If you had presented, early Sunday morning, a scenario in which the Seahawks allow McCaffrey a career day, Newton goes 25-of-30 without being sacked, let alone hit, and the Panthers punt all of once — that, um, doesn’t sound like a win. Despite all the Seahawks didn’t do, they still chalked up a victory that puts them in a three-way tie for the final wild-card spot. Doing that was way more important than what the defense, and fate, left undone.P.S. Fine. You slogged through the article. You get your reward. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona quarterback Kyler Murray was impressive at times with his arm and legs, made rookie mistakes at others.The Cardinals moved the ball most of the game, yet struggled to score touchdowns when they got deep into Seattle’s end of the field.Arizona’s defense gave up big plays and committed penalties at key moments, couldn’t stop the Seahawks from going on a game-sealing drive after the offense finally got into the end zone. They were burned by another tight end, too.Same script as Arizona’s first three games, similar result.Haunted by the same mistakes plaguing them all season, the Cardinals made little progress and remained winless after losing to the Seahawks 27-10 on Sunday.“We want to play better, obviously,” Arizona coach Kliff Kingsbury said. “Negative plays have hurt us offensively and defensively untimely penalties at times and some missed tackles. It’s all on us coaches and players to get better. We have to get better. I like the competitive spirit we’re playing with. The execution is lacking at times and that’s on all of us.”The Cardinals (0-3-1) entered the season brimming with excitement. They had Murray, the Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall draft pick, and an innovative offense in their first year under Kingsbury.Arizona played Detroit to a tie in its season opener [url=http://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Marquise-Blair-Jersey]http://www.theseahawksfanshop.com/Marquise-Blair-Jersey[/url] , yet kept up the buzz with a scintillating comeback to nearly snatch away a victory.The past three games have been more fizzle than sizzle.The Cardinals have been slow starters most of the season — last week against Carolina being the exception — and were again in an early hole against the Seahawks (3-1), trailing by 10-0 in the first quarter, 20-3 at halftime.Arizona’s offense did its part — until reaching the red zone.Just as they have all season, the Cardinals struggled once they reached the opponents’ 20-yard line, forced to kick field goals instead of scoring touchdowns.Unlike the previous games, Zane Gonzalez didn’t come through; he made one of his three field-goal attempts after starting the season with nine straight makes.“Obviously, if you’re in the red zone that many times and we don’t score, it’s tough,” said Cardinals running back David Johnson, who had 11 catches for 99 yards and 40 yards rushing on 11 carries.Murray made some dynamic plays, throwing for 241 yards and scoring his first NFL rushing touchdown on a 9-yard run in the fourth quarter. He also had an interception returned for a 27-yard touchdown by Jadeveon Clowney in the first quarter — albeit on a spectacular play — and was sacked a couple of times (four total) trying to extend plays instead of throwing the ball away.“Everybody in the building understands what we have, how it is supposed to go, how it is supposed to look,” said Murray, who hit 22 of 32 passes. “There are flashes but we haven’t put it a together. Once we put it all together, we will be fine.”Arizona’s defense gave up big plays in key third-down situations and hurt itself with penalties at inopportune moments.The Cardinals also couldn’t come through after Murray’s TD run cut the score to 20-10, allowing the Seahawks to grind them down on a 15-play, 75-yard drive that ate up nearly 13 minutes and ended with C.J. Procise’s 9-yard, game-clinching touchdown run.And yet another tight end got the best of the Cardinals. They game-planned to stop Seattle’s tight ends after four previous tight ends had big games and failed again. Will Dissly caught eight passes for 57 yards, including a 9-yard TD in the second quarter.“We obviously didn’t execute the plan as well as we’d hoped,” Kingsbury said. “That tight end is a solid player, but we’ve got to do a better job on him.”Arizona did have one bit of positive news: Larry Fitzgerald passed Tony Gonzalez for second on the NFL’s all-time receptions list with 1,326.The Cardinals also had a bit of bad news when fellow receiver Christian Kirk twisted his right leg awkwardly while being tackled in the closing seconds.But that’s the way it’s gone for Arizona so far this season.