The Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers are playing live on the NFL divisional round playoffs schedule on Sunday. The game starts at 1:05 pm ET and TV coverage is on Fox as Cam Newton and Russell Wilson face off to see who will get to the NFC championship game.
The Seahawks come into the game after winning over the Minnesota Vikings in the wild card round. The Seahawks were held scoreless in the game into the fourth quarter and needed to make a comeback to win. Minnesota was up 9-0 before the Seahawks started cutting things down and eventually they pulled ahead for a 10-9 lead.
But the Vikings did not go quietly and drove down the field to set up for a chance to win the game. The team made it into field goal range and Blair Walsh came out to try as potential game winning kick. The kick was a chip shot, but Walsh pushed the ball wide left and that gave the Seahawks the win when it looked like they would surely lose. The team now has the number one seeded Panthers in the second round of the playoffs.
The Seahawks won that game without Marshawn Lynch playing and now the team is expected to get him back against Carolina. Russell Wilson has been playing at an MVP level all season and he showed that against the Vikings with one of the best plays of the year. After a bad snap went by Wilson, the quarterback scooped up the ball instead of just falling on it and he scrambled around before finding Tyler Lockett to convert a first down. It was one of the biggest plays of the game and was Lockett's only catch, but a very important one.
The Panthers come in after going 15-1 during the season and they now will be trying to make a run to the super bowl with Cam Newton. The Panthers and Seahawks played already this season and that game saw Carolina come back in the fourth quarter and win in Seattle. Now Seattle will get the chance to return the favor in Charlotte on Sunday.
The Seahawks offense has been working without Lynch for over a month and now the running back will finally return for this game. The Panthers have Jonathan Stewart and Ted Ginn in the lineup for this game after both players missed Week 17. Stewart also missed the previous two games with a foot injury, but he is expected to be a full go for the game Sunday.
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