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Originally Posted by transplant99
the collapse in the 1st half was even more epic.
The score in this one ended up somewhat close but the game was never ever in doubt really.
Hard to see Carolina losing next weekend.
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Somewhat close? Seattle gets the ball one more time its going into OT, with full momentum from 30 minutes of football where Carolina was playing scared and Seattle having found their gear.
Turnovers the issue, and not recovering the fumble right after the long initial run on the 1st play of the game would've meant 7 less points and also a lot less confidence Carolina had...put it this way, they wouldn't have gone up 31-0 or even 24-0 at the half if that happens.
Be that as it was, as usual, its subtle plays that make a huge difference. CAR had two first downs by a combined 4 inches in the 4th Q, on 3rd down. On each of those first downs, CAR went three and out the next set of downs.
If those go as 4th down instead, they likely punt (both were in their own end), but more importantly, there is 3 or more minutes on the clock (so almost 4:30 left when CAR got the ball) and Seattle may well have gotten the ball back. So, given the way that 2nd half was moving along, hardly can say "never in doubt".