I thought this was a great game. Seattle is so damn tough to put down. I think since Carroll has been there the most they have lost by is one score, and they have been down by 20+ points quite a few times and always fight back. They should have lost that game a couple of times, so a tie isnt bad. They are to defensive clutchness what New England is to offensive clutchness. I wouldnt really call it luck...they just dont give up and it puts themselves in position to succeed. Luck would be if it was random, but in these situations I think they believe they will find a way so they still play hard, and more times then not they do find a way.
I think them missing the FG at the end was more karmic justice because the Cards should have won. lol I actually feel bad for Arians. I think he's a badass coach, and he kinda deserved this win. Their defense was sick and Palmer made no mistakes. The tie hurts the Cards more than it hurts the Hawks...Cards are looking at the wildcard and that tie might screw them at the end of the season. But anyways, I thought the game was fantastic. Kept waiting for one team to give in and neither one did. The rare case where a tie is fitting.
It was an awesome game, but also infuriating to watch how awful the Seattle O-Line is. Not to discount an incredible effort by Arizona D, but while the executed perfectly, the plan was pretty much to bumrush the weak corners and, well, the weak center and box in Wilson, who can't really move like he likes to. He's not a quick-release QB like Brady and their offensive scheme really does depend on time to let plays develop.
Arizona did look great, though, but consider their D was on the field 1/3 of the time as Seattle's, with the same effect. That is ridiculous. Seattle couldn't do crap, though. Arizona managed some great offensive series and plays, even though they were completely contained by Seattle--not to mention some screwups on special teams. I like Collinsworth's confusion of what constituted toughing/interference whatever when Wagger lept over the snapper twice, because it sure looked like it should have been called both times.
I'm also glad it ended in a tie, for whatever reason. Arizona deserved that game, but so did Seattle's defensive squad.
The crazy luck I am endorsing here are those type of games that pretty much created the perception of Wilson during his rookie year: that clearly-not-a-TD game-winning "TD pass" against GB, among several crazy games that year.
The disgruntled, long-time New Orleans native and neighbor of the Manning family that put some wicked voodoo curse on Manning and the Broncos to make them play like the Browns in the Super Bowl (I mean, it's the only explanation, right?)
Then two years ago, the ridiculous comeback in the NFCCG--all of the things that needed to go right beyond just "never giving up."