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Week 10 Game Recap: Seattle Seahawks 19, Miami Dolphins 21
What you need to know
| Seattle Seahawks |
The Seahawks were again without their QB and leader, Matt Hasselbeck. In a close game like this, he is the type of player who may have changed the outcome. Seneca Wallace played capably all day, but failed to come through in the clutch, coming up just short -- first on a two point conversion attempt, and then again on the final drive, in which he had the opportunity to move the Seahawks into field goal position but fell short.
Maurice Morris was nowhere to be seen for most of the day, as Julius Jones was given a feature back role in this game. Morris showed up briefly in the second half, as did T.J. Duckett, but the Seahawks were content to rely on Jones, who got better as the game went on.
No single receiver shone for the Seahawks. Bobby Engram was the most reliable option, and TE John Carlson was a favourite target of Wallace, though inconsistent. Koren Robinson scored a touchdown, but only caught short passes and was unable to stretch the field. Seneca Wallace did spread the ball out, but the lack of any real deep threat clearly hurt.
| Miami Dolphins |
The Dolphins dominated in the early going, and by all appearances were going to rout the Seahawks. Pennington then made a rare mistake and had an interception returned for a touchdown. Other than that, he was his usual reliable self, favoring no one and simply finding the open man. He spread the ball out to nine different receivers, but was also content with a lot of short gains. The lone exception was a highlight reel flea flicker to Ginn in double coverage for a 39 yard touchdown.
The usually more productive Ronnie Brown gave way to Ricky Williams, who had his best day yet as a Dolphin. Williams reached 100 yards rushing while adding a touchdown and two receptions. The Dolphins did not use the Wildcat formation often, but when they did, it often worked. The Wildcat produced two scores, one by Williams and one by Brown. Their bag of tricks was responsible for all three scores (the other TD coming on a flea flicker play).
Ginn had the big play in the first quarter, but other than that it was a ho hum day for all Dolphins receivers. With Pennington spreading the ball out well, it meant that no other receiver stood out.
What you ought to know
| QB Seneca Wallace, Pass: 21 - 38 - 185 - 1 TD / 0 INT, Rush: 2 - 9 - 0 |
Wallace was quite sharp for much of the game. He appeared very comfortable dropping back into the pocket and firing away. Too often his receivers dropped his passes, however, killing drives before they began. He played a smart game, and almost became the hero with the clock ticking down, but he overthrew a wide open Bobby Engram, which brought up fourth down. He then threw a pass that TE John Carlson couldn't bring in, effectively ending the game. There were reports of a minor leg injury that apparently affected Wallace's mobility in the second half.
| QB Matt Hasselbeck |
Hasselbeck remained out due to a back injury.
| RB Julius Jones, Rush: 16 - 88 - 0, Rec: 2 - 2 - 0 (4 targets) |
Jones got stronger as the game went on. He was given nearly all of the carries and though he did not have much success in the first half (7-15-0), in the second half, five of his nine carries went for first downs, which included his longest of the season, a 33 yard scamper that took the Seahawks to the Miami five yard line.
| RB Owen Schmitt, Rush: 3 - 19 - 0, Rec: 1 - 6 - 0 (1 targets) |
Schmitt took over for the injured Leonard Weaver, carrying the ball three times and adding a reception.
| RB Maurice Morris, Rush: 1 - 11 - 0, Rec: 1 - 6 - 0 (1 targets) |
Morris did not see the ball until late in the game. His one carry was a crucial first down run of eleven yards.
| RB T.J. Duckett, Rush: 1 - -1 - 0 |
Duckett was brought in for the first time late in the game and got a goal line carry, which was promptly stuffed by the Miami defense.
| RB Leonard Weaver, Rec: 1 - 5 - 0 (2 targets) |
Weaver had no carries on the day and only one catch. He suffered an apparent rib injury early in the game.
| WR Bobby Engram, Rec: 5 - 63 - 0 (10 targets) |
Engram was clearly the most reliable Seahawks receiver on the field, but did not see the ball much in the second half. He was wide open on the final drive on what could have been a long touchdown, but the ball was overthrown. Each of his receptions were for over ten yards.
| WR Koren Robinson, Rec: 5 - 38 - 1 (8 targets) |
Robinson was somewhat effective, but did not provide the deep threat that the Seahawks so badly needed. He dropped one pass in the end zone, but made up for it a short while later by scoring on a three yard strike.
| WR Keary Colbert, Rec: 1 - 11 - 0 (4 targets) |
Colbert was looked to more in the second half, where he was able to pull in his single catch for an 11 yard first down.
| TE John Carlson, Rec: 5 - 54 - 0 (10 targets) |
Carlson was a favorite target of Wallace, but the results were mixed. He did gain three first downs for the Seahawks, but could have had an even better day had he been able to pull in a couple more that were right on the money. He was targeted in the red zone, on the two point conversion, and on the final play of the game, an incompletion on fourth down. Encouraging that he is relied on in clutch situations, but again, none of them converted successfully.
| PK Olindo Mare 2 - 2 FG, 1 - 1 XP, 7 points |
Mare connected on 27 and 37 yard field goals, as well as making his two PAT attempts.
| SEA Rush Defense |
The rush defense could not stop Ricky Williams, but had no problem (for most of the game) holding off Ronnie Brown.
| SEA Pass Defense |
The pass defense improved gradually. They got burned early but really turned things around in the end. The pass rush gave Pennington tons of trouble in the second half, and earlier they returned an interception for a touchdown -- a crucial play in that it represented Seattle's only score of the first half.
| QB Chad Pennington, Pass: 22 - 36 - 209 - 1 TD / 1 INT, Rush: 2 - 1 - 0 |
Pennington was his usual accurate self. He worked on finding the open man, favoring no one. His one interception was costly; it was returned for a touchdown. He looked great early on, airing it out to a double covered Ted Ginn in the back of the end zone for a 39 yard score. He also proved very capable under pressure, on one play eluding multiple pass rushers and finding the open man while scrambling. With few exceptions, he seemed to be content with a number of short gains.
| RB Ricky Williams, Rush: 12 - 105 - 1, Rec: 2 - 21 - 0 (2 targets) |
Williams had a big day, rushing for over a hundred yards, including a 51 yard touchdown. He also caught two passes that gave the Dolphins first downs. Yardage totals aside, what really impressed was how he fought hard for (and got!) a few more yards on each carry.
| RB Ronnie Brown, Rush: 10 - 39 - 1, Rec: 4 - 27 - 0 (4 targets) |
Brown took a back seat to Ricky Williams, though both were featured in the overall game plan. With limited touches, Brown still managed a touchdown carry (yes, out of the Wildcat formation) and three receptions.
| RB Lousaka Polite, Rush: 2 - 4 - 0, Rec: 2 - 17 - 0 (2 targets) |
Polite was used as an occasional runner and receiver, gaining crucial first downs on third and short and fourth and short plays.
| RB Patrick Cobbs, Rec: 2 - 10 - 0 (2 targets) |
Cobbs had two receptions in succession late in the game, each of five yards.
| WR Greg Camarillo, Rush: 1 - 6 - 0, Rec: 4 - 21 - 0 (8 targets) |
Camarillo was targeted a good amount of times, but keep in mind his yardage log per reception (6, 5, 5, 3, 8).
| WR Ted Ginn, Rec: 4 - 67 - 1 (8 targets) |
Ginn made a spectacular end zone TD catch in double coverage to start off the scoring. He was also productive later on, catching the ball for 13 and eight yard first downs. Ginn began the game with a kick return that would have been a touchdown, but it was called back on a penalty.
| WR Davone Bess, Rec: 2 - 25 - 0 (3 targets) |
Bess was used in three WR sets, and made the most of his short time on the field - a couple of nice catches for first downs.
| TE David Martin, Rec: 1 - 4 - 0 (4 targets) |
Martin had only one short catch, for a Dolphins first down.
| TE Anthony Fasano, Rec: 1 - 17 - 0 (3 targets) |
After his only catch, Fasano was not looked to often. He and David Martin saw roughly equal time on the field.
| PK Dan Carpenter 0 - 0 FG, 3 - 3 XP, 3 points |
Carpenter had no field goal attempts, and was good on all three PAT attempts.
| MIA Rush Defense |
The Dolphins were able to shut down the Seahawks ground game in the first half, but eased up in the 2nd, allowing Julius Jones to run slightly wild (9-71-0).
| MIA Pass Defense |
The pass rush and secondary were just effective enough to hurry Seneca Wallace repeatedly, forcing a number of incompletions.
