On Sunday at MetLife Stadium, the NFL's No. 1 defense in both yards and points completely garroted the No. 1 offense, of all time.
The Seattle Seahawks proved that in a league where offense and scoring is on the rise every year, defense still wins championships. Seattle took home the Lombardi Trophy for the first time defeating the Denver Broncos in a 43-8 rout before 82,529 fans.
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning managed to set records for both touchdowns and yards during the regular season and picked up his fifth MVP award on Saturday. It was the Seahawks though, who were No. 1 in both points and yards allowed, who finished on top in the battle of the best defense vs. the best offense in the biggest blowout since the Cowboys crushed the Bills 52-17 back in 1993.
Within the first 12 seconds of the game, Manning stepped out of the shotgun formation and moved toward center Manny Ramirez and what happened next is still trying to be explained. Ramirez inexplicably snapped the ball over Manning's head causing it to sail into the end zone, and ganering Seattle a safety. It only got worse from there with the Bronco's ball being picked off twice during the first half which included Seahawks linebacker Malcolm Smith's 69-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter, as well as defensive end Cliff Avril hitting Manning's arm as he released the ball, gave Seattle a stunning 22-0 lead to end the half. After sitting out the NFC Championship Game against the 49ers, Seahawks wide receiver Percy Harvin was a big part of their offensive game plan. He not only had two sweet runs in the first half, a 30-yard rush around left end and a 15-yard sweep he then ran back the kickoff to open the second half 87 yards for a touchdown taking Seattle to a 29-0 lead against Denver.
Denver finally got on the board during the third quarter when Manning hit Thomas for a 14 yard touchdown pass and then connected with Wes Welker for the two-point conversion making the score 36-8. During the final quarter Russell Wilson threw five straight passes, the fifth of them being the 10-yard touchdown to Doug Baldwin, which gave Seattle a 43-8 lead and ultimately ended the game.
Manning had this to say of the loss, "I've worked hard to get to this point, overcame a lot of obstacles to be here. But to finish this way is very disappointing. It's not an easy pill to swallow."
Congratulations Seahawks.
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