Seattle just completed one of the wildest comebacks in NFL history, defeating the Packers in OT, 28-22. Green Bay held a 19-7 lead with two minutes left in the game but couldn’t quite close the door.
In fact, the trouble may have started much earlier. Here are the four biggest plays in Seattle’s comeback victory.
4. The slide
With five minutes remaining, Russell Wilson threw an ill-advised pass over the middle that was picked off by Green Bay’s Morgan Burnett. Instead of returning the ball for a possible touchdown (and he had a lot of room on one side of the field) Burnett slid down.
https://twitter.com/WorldofIsaac/status/556946789065318403
Did we ever figure out why that Packer went into a post-interception slide with 5 mins left and a wide open field in front of him?
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) January 18, 2015
3. Green Bay’s botched onside kick recovery
Hard to blame one guy for a loss but Brandon Bostick’s botched onside recovery was so bad on so many levels.
2. The two-point conversion
This is the hardest one to explain. Ha Ha Clinton-Dix had a chance to bat this down as the ball hung in the air for what seemed like ages. Instead, he has a colossal brain fart and gives Seattle a three point lead.
1. OT Touchdown
And of course Jeremaine Kearse’s unbelievable catch in overtime, which for some reason, came against single coverage.
