Lambeau flop

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Sea hawks took the field in one of the league’s most legendary stadiums Sunday, and put on a nearly historic performance. Historically awful that is, requir ing a record book to show just how bad Seattle’s 48-10 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field truly was. The Packers’ 48 points were the most scored by any Seattle op ponent since November 1983, and the 38-point margin of defeat matched the second-largest in the Seahawks’ 33 seasons. Only a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to tight end John Carlson prevented the Seahawks from suffering the in dignity of the franchise’s largest loss ever. And on a day when Matt Hassel beck became the franchise’s lead ing passer, he was intercepted four times in a game for the first time ———————- ———————- since Dec. 20, 2009. Oh, wait – that was just last week’s double-digit loss to Tampa Bay. With all the double-digit dust ings Seattle has suffered this sea son, it’s hard to keep them all straight. Seattle has lost 10 times this sea son, and nine of those defeats have been by more than 10 points. After one more rout, what’s left to say? “You can almost give it any adjec tive, really” receiver T.J. Housh mandzadeh said. “It’s terrible. It’s embarrassing. … It’s unbelievable.” Well, that about covers the of fense, which was held to a single touchdown for the second consecu tive week. Hasselbeck was picked off the first two times Seattle crossed midfield, negating scoring chances and leaving Seattle’s de ———————- ———————- fense to swim upstream. Hasselbeck’s first interception was returned 29 yards by Green Bay linebacker A.J. Hawk and set up the Packers’ first touchdown four plays later. The second came in the end zone, with Seattle threaten ing to cut into the Packers’ 14-0 lead. Green Bay lineman Johnny Jolly tipped a ball intended for Houshmandzadeh, and safety Atari Bigby picked it off. Seattle had outgained Green Bay to that point, yet trailed by double digits. When the Seahawks finally scored on Olindo Mare’s 28-yard field goal midway through the se cond quarter, the Packers an swered by scoring on their next six possessions, a run of 34 consecutive points in a span of 29 minutes. Dur ing that time, the Seahawks offense gained a total of four first downs, threw two interceptions and crossed midfield only once. “They’re all very distinct in my — Jump from page 1 to page 4 — mind. It’s an awful feeling every time,” defensive end Patrick Kerney said after seeing his team outscored 106-24 in the past three games. “There’s not much more to say about it.” Packers running back Brandon Jackson had never scored more than a single touchdown in a game in his three NFL seasons. He scored three times Sunday. Running back Ryan Grant scored twice, and his 56-yard run was the third-longest ground gain against Seat tle this season. Even 32-year-old Ah man Green, 10 years re moved from his last game as a Seahawk, scored on a 6-yard run with 6:39 left in the game. That made the score 48-3, leaving Seattle in danger of surpassing the worst loss in franchise history – 51-7 in Dallas on Nov. 27, 1980. They avoided that his ———————- ———————- toric lowpoint when Carl son made a 16-yard touch down catch with 4:15 left.  Packers 48, Seahawks 10  Seattle 0 3 0 7 — 10 Green Bay 14 10 14 10 — 48  GB—Jackson 13 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) GB—Grant 3 run (Crosby kick) Sea—FG Mare 28 GB—Grant 56 run (Crosby kick) GB—FG Crosby 29 GB—Jackson 6 run (Crosby kick) GB—Jackson 4 run (Crosby kick) GB—FG Crosby 52 GB—Green 6 run (Crosby kick) Sea—Carlson 16 pass from Hasselbeck (Mare kick)  Sea GB First downs 17 20 Total Net Yards 291 417 Rushes-yards 29-115 32-153 Passing 176 264 Punt Returns 1-20 0-0 Kickoff Returns 7-142 3-68 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 4-32 Comp-Att-Int 19-37-4 16-29-0 Sacked-Yds Lost 3-22 1-9 Punts 4-47.8 4-41.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 8-86 5-50 Time of Poss 27:46 32:14  INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Seattle, Forsett 14-70, J.Jones 14-39, Hasselbeck 1-6. Green Bay, Grant 16-97, Green 8-29, Jackson 5-20, Rodgers 1-9, Flynn 2-(minus 2). PASSING—Seattle, Hasselbeck 19-37-4- 198. Green Bay, Rodgers 12-23-0-237, Flynn 4- 6-0-36. RECEIVING—Seattle, J.Jones 6-51, Branch 5-53, Houshmandzadeh 4-51, Carlson 2-24, Butler 1-15, Forsett 1-4. Green Bay, Jennings 4- 111, Finley 3-80, Driver 3-33, Jackson 3-19, Nel son 1-17, Hall 1-7, J.Jones 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.