The Seattle Seahawks defeated the Seattle Seahawks 41-6 this Saturday. San Francisco 49ers and sealed their pass to the National Conference (NFC) title game, prelude to the Super Bowl. In the NFC final, the Seahawks will host the winner this Sunday between the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams.
The most recent time Seattle reached the NFC Championship game was in the 2014 season. when they defeated the Green Bay Packers 28-22.
The runner Kenneth Walker III had an outstanding performance in the home team's offense, He added 116 yards for three touchdowns rushing. Sam Darnold passed for 124 yards and a touchdown.
The Seahawks got off to an explosive start. On the kickoff, Rashid Shaheed had a spectacular 95-yard return to the painted zone to take a 7-0 lead, which they increased with a field goal by Jason Myers and a pass to the end zone to Jaxon Smith-Njigba to go up 17-0.
San Francisco offered a timid reaction in the second quarter with a pair of field goals by Eddy Pineiro, which brought them within 17-6, a reaction that was extinguished before halftime with a touchdown run by Kenneth Walker III that moved Seattle away 24-6.
In the second half the nightmare continued for the 49ers who could not prevent the score from going 34-6. with another three-point kick by Jason Mayers and another carry to the painted zone by Kenneth Walker III.
The beating intensified in the final period, Walker, in steamroller mode, once again penetrated the Gambusinos line to celebrate his third score of the game that made the score 41-6.
The dominance of the Seahawks allowed them to retire Sam Darnold, starting quarterback, to avoid an injury and place substitute Drew Lock for the rest of the game; Same situation for the visitor, who with no chance of a comeback, sent Brock Purdy to the bench so that Mac Jones, his backup, could finish the match.
Broncos reach the American Conference finals
The Denver Broncos defeated the Buffalo Bills 33-30 in overtime this Saturday in the divisional round and advanced to the final of the American Conference (AFC) in which they will play against the winner of the series between the Patriots and Texans.
Bo Nix shined in the Broncos' controls with three touchdown passes. With the Bills, Josh Allen had three touchdowns and two interceptions.
In an intense match with several rounds on the scoreboard, The Broncos struck first via a 28-yard field goal by Wil Lutz, A 3-0 lead disappeared when Allen sent Mecole Hardman to the diagonals, putting the Bills up 3-7.
In the second quarter, Denver regained control at 10-7 thanks to a touchdown reception by Frank Crum. Buffalo tied it at 10-10 on a 33-yard three-point kick by Matt Prater.
The place was back in business. Bo Nix got his second touchdown pass of the game as he connected with Lil'Jordan Humphrey to retake control 17-10.
In the attempted reaction, Josh Allen was hit by Nik Bonitto and dropped the ball that the Broncos defense recovered, a success that their attack took advantage of in the last second of the first half to distance themselves 20-10 before halftime.
Denver kept the momentum of the game going with another field goal at the start of the third quarter that put them ahead 23-10. From that moment on, Bills shook off his mistakes and began the comeback.
They got closer to 23-17 with a pass to the painted zone that Keon Coleman caught, they turned the score 23-24 at the beginning of the last period thanks to Allen finding Dalton Kincaid in the end zone and they increased the lead to 23-27 via another field goal by Matt Prater, four minutes from time.
Bronco did not despair. Bo Nix led his offense on a 73-yard drive which was crowned with a touchdown pass that Marvin Mims caught to take the lead 30-27 with 55 seconds left.
Josh Allen took advantage of every second to put the ball away for a 50-yard field goal that Matt Prater connected to tie it 30-30 and send the game to overtime.
Bronco failed on the first drive of overtime. In his turn, Allen suffered an interception by Ja'Quan McMillian, a success of the local defense that Bo Nix took advantage of to take the ball to the six-yard line thanks to an interference by Tre'Davious White, which opened the way for Wil Lutz to connect the 24-yard field goal for the 33-30 victory
