"It wasn't pretty," said defensive lineman Richard Seymour, who has seen it all. "Guys were going down left and right and we still fought."
That's it. Guys were going down left and right. And they still fought.
Wes Welker fought. Welker was blasted into next summer by the Ryan Clark Express when the Patriots were routed by Pittsburgh last week. But he was back on the field yesterday, making 12 catches for 134 yards, plus a 2-point conversation grab. Small in stature, regularly blasted over the middle, Welker is a candidate for a concussion study when his playing days are over, but that hasn't stopped him from being Matt Cassel's go-to guy on just about every third-down play this season.
Junior Seau fought. He'll be 40 in January. He's played 19 years in the NFL ("almost as long as I've been born," said Seymour). He was surfing in the Pacific Ocean at this time last week and Deion Branch made him look 139 years old when Seau first returned to the field (a photo of Seau chasing Branch could be entitled "The Old Man and the Seahawks"). But Seau sucked it up and stayed on the field.
Rosevelt Colvin fought. He was braiding his daughter's hair in Houston last week, keeping an eye on his UPS stores. He wound up prowling around Qwest Field for 28 snaps, 21 in the second half. Colvin even hit the quarterback once. Now we know what brown can do for you.
Sammy Morris fought. After the Patriots trailed for 57 minutes, Morris lined up on fourth and goal from the 1, took the handoff, followed Matt Light and Logan Mankins, and vaulted across the goal line with the football and New England's season in his sturdy hands.
Brandon Meriweather fought. Burned a couple of times earlier in the game, the mercurial Meriweather flashed through the Seattle defensive line and strip-sacked Seneca Wallace to put an exclamation point on the victory.
