Seahawks 7, Chargers 3
Key play: Percy Harvin took a Russell Wilson pitch 51 yards for a controversial touchdown.
Key stat: The Chargers' offense was 3-for-4 on third down.
Not in the box score: The Chargers scratched Jarret Johnson after his wife went into labor. Another inactive defensive starter for the Chargers was CB Brandon Flowers. He is a good tackler who had successes and misses defending the pass in Game 1. Halting the game's first drive, Melvin Ingram had a tackle for loss and Dwight Freeney beat Russell Okung for a sack to force the Seahawks to punt. The Chargers answered by driving from their 20 to set up Nick Novak's 50-yard field goal. Michael Bennett's sack ended the drive. The fastest player on the field, Harvin, took a third-and-1 pitch from Russell Wilson 51 yards for a go-ahead score (though he stepped out of bounds). Antonio Gates beat Bobby Wagner for 20 yards to initiate San Diego's final drive of the quarter.
Second quarter
Chargers 20, Seahawks 14
Key play: Philip Rivers eluded a pass rush and lobbed an eight-yard scoring pass to Gates, the tight end's second eight-yard TD of the quarter.
Key stat: In the half, the Chargers' offense was 7-for-9 on third downs
Not in the box score: Keenan Allen drove off Richard Sherman in man coverage and caught a pass. The Packers never targeted Sherman in the season opener. Allen's 14-yard gain moved the Chargers inside Seattle's 10. A questionable holding penalty on John Phillips nullified a Ryan Mathews TD run But Gates beat Kam Chancellor for the first eight-yard TD reception. Melvin Ingram forced the ball from Wilson, who recovered. Ryan Mathews fumbled but recovered. Allen beat Sherman on a stop route, gaining 12. The Chargers had their third grinding, scoring drive in three tries to go ahead 13-7. When Kavell Conner forced a fumble off the kickoff return and Darrell Stuckey recovered, the Chargers went in for Gates' second TD. But Wilson drove Seattle 69 yards in 52 seconds, cutting it 20-14.
Third quarter
Chargers 27, Seahawks 21
Key play: Antonio Gates caught his third touchdown pass of the game, an acrobatic grab off a Rivers' 21-yard toss into the end zone.
Key stat: The Chargers, who had the ball for 21 minutes in the first half, mustered a 76-yard scoring drive that consumed 6:24.
Not in the box score: Bruce Irvin, a Seahawks linebacker, revived the TD drive by hitting Rivers after the quarterback was out of bounds. The dumb penalty appeared to infuriate some of Irvin's teammates. Later in the drive, a fan wearing a Raiders' Khalil Mack jersey ran on the field and was taken down by security. Following the delay, the Chargers had a holding penalty (on tackle Willie Smith, the replacement to King Dunlap, who left with an undisclosed ailment) and an incompletion. But Rivers and Gates worked improvisational magic for the TD. Wilson replied by leading the Seahawks on a 70-yard drive that took only 2:58.
Posted by Unknown on Sunday, September 14, 2014 - Rating: 4.5
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