ATLANTA The Seahawks’ offense started its end perfectly.
It began Saturday’s NFC divisional playoff game at Atlanta with a 14-play, 89-yard drive that used more than half the opening quarter, startled the Falcons and the entire Georgia Dome and suggested a regular-season of maddening inconsistency had turned into a postseason of sustainability.
Uh, no.
The Seahawks had 49 yards rushing on that initial drive to Russell Wilson’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Jimmy Graham. They had just 22 yards rushing and 142 yards total over their next six drives (23 yards per drive) into the fourth quarter.