Moon goes down and so do the Seahawks!
The Seattle Seahawks came into the weekend as the #5 seed in the AFC playoff race with a 9-4 record. The Seahawks have won 7 of their last 8 games as they are one of the hottest teams in the NFL. They took on the Baltimore Ravens, who are 5-8 on the season. Why would anyone think the Hawks would lose to the Ravens? And that’s why we play the games!
Seahawk QB Warren Moon went down in the third quarter with bruised ribs leading 13-9 and that was all she wrote. Backup QB John Kitna came in and tossed the game away as he threw two crucial interceptions as the Ravens came back to win 18-13.
Trailing 13-12 late in the fourth quarter, punt returner Ronnie Harris fumbled and the Ravens recovered. Ravens’ backup QB Eric Zeier took advantage of the situation and hit TE Eric Green on an 11-yard TD pass to give the Ravens a 18-13 lead with 2:30 left. However, Kitna threw his second pick to linebacker Cornell Brown to seal the game.
When Moon went out, he was 12 of 21 for 173 yards and a touchdown. Kitna came in and was 5 of 11 for 46 yards and two interceptions.
Zeier had a pretty good start as he was 22 of 36 for 272 yards and a touchdown. Derrick Alexander caught seven passes for 130 yards in the game.
The Seahawks will try to get things back on track next Sunday when they travel out to the Bay Area to take on the Raiders. Then they will finish the season at home against San Francisco on Sunday Night Football. The 6-8 Ravens will host Tennessee next weekend.