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Wild-card Weekend Snaps: Seahawks have Football Gods on their side again

LANDOVER, Md. — Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we recap the NFL’s wild and woolly wild-card round, while watching Green Bay and Washington face off in FedEx Field...

• Richard Sherman was right to immediately hit his knees and bow down. The Seattle cornerback knew the football gods had been kind to him and the rest of his relieved Seahawks teammates, and it required homage to be paid. Vikings kicker Blair Walsh had converted 33-of-34 of field goal attempts shorter than 30 yards in his career before lining up for that game-winning 27-yard try with 22 seconds remaining.