The Seattle Seahawks came into this game fashionably late to the playoff conversation. After an uninspiring 0-2 start, Seattle had won four of their last five and found themselves on more analysts’ lips than chapstick. The Chargers, for their part, came in equally hot (and off their bye), and the winner of this game would enter the second half firmly entrenched among their respective conferences’ contenders.
The Seahawks received the opening kick and their first drive was tremendous. There’s no secret to their approach anymore, especially out of the gate. But what Seattle’s play calling has lacked in run/pass unpredictability, it’s more than made up for with creativity and old school gumption.