Packers-Seahawks Quasi Live Blog: Third Quarter

Fox starts the second half by noting fantasy numbers, as if anyone is still playing that. Fools! Hasselbeck pules for a call on a first down incompletion, then hits Engram for a short gain. Seattle is already crying to the refs, and the third down play won't make them any happier, as Al Harris wrestles the ball away for an incompletion. Watch how these same plays will be pass interference next week in Dallas... The punt is brought back to the Packer 34 with pain.

Grant for a good gain on first, a bad on second. Can Seattle finally get a 3 and out? Favre rolls out and hits Jennings for 23 yards, as he beats the overrated Marques Trufant for the big play. Pack ball at the 37, and Grant makes the Seahawks look very, very bad for a 25 yard gallop up the middle; that gives him over 120 for the day, and made Deion Grant regret his profession. Brandon Jackson takes a second down dump pass to the house by being considerably faster than the defense, and we're in Blowout City: Population, You. Packers 35, Seahawks 17.

Hasselbeck mouthing off big after a drop, and this game is going to be Drama-Free pretty soon. But a safe 3rd and 4 toss to Hackett keeps the game alive, and then Hasselbeck hits Obomanu under duress for a big gain. The Packers defense just might not be good enough to keep Seattle from getting points, especially if the Seahawks crying for calls starts to work... because the refs just called both Packers EBs for holding on the same play. Holding then comes back on Engram after a short gain, and it's 1st and 18. Seattle tries the curious tactic of seeing how far Alexander can run on a draw, and the answer is Not Far At All, Really. After a nice enough screen, it's 3rd and 10... and with the snow looking heavy, Hasselbeck has all day to find Engram for the first down. Engram takes a big hit from Al Harris, who then walks like he just did something good. Boy, the Packers secondary might be, um, overrated...

On first and 5 from the Pack 11, the defense sells out on a blitz and doesn't get there -- telling. 2nd and 1 sees the Seahawks finally use their best RB (Weaver), and he gets the first. Morris gets nailed in the backfield for a loss, and it's 2nd and 11 from the 12, where Pollard has a ball go right through his hands for a brutal miss. The snow's nasty, but that play had to be made. On 3rd and 11, Burleson is short... and it's figgie time. Brown makes it with his very special electric pants, and it's Packers 35, Seahawks 20.

After the kickoff, the Pack starts at the rumored 35 yard line. Siragusa has finally gone to a hat. More coverage next time, please. Three to Driver, then three more for Grant, and Fox has had to go to tighter cameras because the wide shots aren't telling you much. Awesome. On third and four, Grant gets the corner and goes for 41 yards, in just a brutally easy play. Jackson then reels off another 10, as the Seahawks defense just looks DOA. The end of the first fast quarter of the day happens as the Pack is on the doorstep. 35-20, and Garbage Time awaits.